In this Expert Commentary, the authors identify and analyze the main types of civil liability insurance contracts for directors (their scope, terms and limits) under article 396 of the Portuguese Companies Code, as amended by the deep reform on the corporate governance rules and models introduced by Decree-Law 76-A/2006, of 29 March.
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Soares da Silva, Luisa
Luísa Soares da Silva is a partner at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva e Associados ? Sociedade de Advogados, RL. She is particularly experienced in Capital Markets and Financing areas, having been involved in privatisations in the banking and highway concessions sectors and several capital markets transactions, as well as in innovative structures occurred in Portugal, namely convertible and exchangeable securities, hybrid instruments and several kinds of debt issues. Her practice also includes counselling clients on companies law, commercial law and corporate matters, as well as advising in the insurance and pension funds area, as she provides ongoing assistance to insurance and pension funds managing companies. Luísa Soares da Silva received her Law Degree from the Portuguese Catholic University Law School (1990), having also pursued Postgraduate Studies in European Studies in the Portuguese Catholic University Law School (1992). She has also attended a Course on Legal Aspects of International Finance from the University of London (1994) and received Legal Training in Acquisition Finance (2007).
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