João Costa Quinta

João Costa Quinta is the Co-Head of the Corporate and M&A department and Head of IPT department. He is one of the most respected and recognized lawyers and a central figure in DLA Piper's Portuguese asset management practice. He advises venture capital funds and private equity investors on M&A transactions. He also has notable experience in issues relating to the operation of search funds and privacy matters.

His name has been associated with highly complex and important private equity, corporate governance, and venture capital and M&A operations. João advises all sort of national and international clients in every aspect of their business activities, regardless the sector they are in (eg. technology, telecommunications, healthcare, pharmaceutical, automotive, banking, private equity, venture capital, insurance, consumer goods, oil&gas, online gambling, tourism, luxury brands).

João consistently advises, for more than 20 years, all sort of transactions of M&A (buy-side and sell-side) including the incorporation of several private equity funds, investment funds (regular funds, alternative investment funds and SIFIDE funds).

He has a strong and deep experience in cross border transactions as well as in innovative entrepreneurial projects, and had advised some of the most innovative and high-value start-ups which have emerged in recent years in Portugal, particularly those that flipped abroad (USA and UK).

João is regularly invited to chair the shareholders’ general meetings and is currently chairman of the General Meeting of more than 20 companies.