About Diana Ribeiro Duarte

Diana Ribeiro Duarte co-heads Morais Leitão's private equity team and is a powerhouse in the firm’s corporate practice areas. Diana has invested extensively in acquiring in-depth knowledge of the legal challenges that confront the setting up and operation of private equity vehicles, including the complex regulatory procedures to which they are subject under EU and Portuguese law. Her legal practice in this field has focused increasingly on advising private equity investors in M&A transactions, including share deals, leveraged investments, joint ventures, structuring and executing the investment and the investment rounds, and the exit.