DLA Piper has promoted Ana Isabel Vieira to Partner at its Lisbon office.
Ana Isabel Vieira is part of the Corporate and M&A practice and has been with DLA Piper Portugal since 2014. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, in regulatory in the banking and insurance sectors and also in financing and restructuring matters. The focus of her work are complex domestic and cross-border transactions in financial services, insurance, energy, life sciences and technology sectors.
To Ana Isabel Vieira, “This promotion is a source of great pride for me, which I embrace with humility. Since the beginning of my career at DLA Piper, I have seen how the firm’s values reflect the commitment that the entire team brings to its work and to our clients.
Being part of the DLA Piper team means knowing, every day, that I am learning from the very best, within the firm with the most exciting project and the ambition to achieve the highest standards of excellence. For all these reasons, I take on this new role with a deep sense of pride, loyalty and genuine commitment, as well as true optimism regarding the future and the path ahead.”
According to Nuno Azevedo Neves, Country Managing Partner of DLA Piper Portugal, “We are very proud of this promotion, which represents a fully deserved recognition of Ana’s career, dedication and contribution to the firm’s growth and success. Over the years, Ana has distinguished herself through her technical excellence, her ability to build trusting relationships with Clients, and the way in which she embodies DLA Piper’s values, culture and ambition on a daily basis. Her career progression reflects a clear commitment to organic growth in Portugal, as well as the strengthening of our presence in key sectors that have demonstrated strong momentum in recent years.”
Additionally, and globally, DLA Piper has promoted 62 lawyers to partner. Corporate practice recorded the highest number of new partner promotions, with 21 appointments, followed by Litigation with 12 new partners, Finance, Projects and Restructuring with 8, and Intellectual Property and Technology with 7. Other practice groups include Real Estate with five promotions, Regulatory and Government Affairs with 4 new partners, and Employment, Investment Funds and Tax with two promotions each.
Regionally, the United States recorded the highest number of promotions, with 24 new partners, followed by Continental Europe with 14. Other regions include the United Kingdom with 9, Canada with 6 and Australia with 5.
