About André de Sousa Vieira

André de Sousa Vieira joined Morais Leitão (ML) in 2020 as a partner. He is co-responsible for a banking and finance team, and integrating the international committee of the firm. He is a finance lawyer admitted in England & Wales, Portugal and Spain, having worked at Clifford Chance LLP in London between 2011 and 2020. André has focused on the lusophone markets, with strong connections to the main international financial markets. He is recognised for advising international project finance transactions in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors, having represented lenders (DFIs, ECAs and commercial banks), sponsors and governments. André jointly leads the ML team, advising clients on cross-border, inbound and outbound investments into lusophone Africa, often in respect of large-scale project finance deals.