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Hélder Frias

Counsel ––– Lisbon
Member no. 47791L of the Portuguese Bar Association
Languages
  • Spanish

  • English

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Profile

Hélder Frias joined the Lisbon office of Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho in 2006. In 2009, he was seconded to the in-house legal department of a British bank in Lisbon for six months and from September 2010 to August 2011 he was based in our London office.

His practice is focused on banking, finance and insurance. Notably, he advises on M&A transactions involving financial institutions, bancassurance joint ventures, the transfer of insurance portfolios and on other regulatory matters related to these markets, including insurance and reinsurance intermediation.

Hélder frequently advises on regulatory and supervisory aspects of financial and insurance activities (including banking and financial intermediation services and payment services), such as lending, creation of security, factoring, sale and purchase of receivables, money laundering, venture capital and financial products and investment and retail banking and insurance instruments (capital redemption transactions and unit-linked life insurance agreements).

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Education

  • Law Degree, Universidade de Lisboa, 2006
Education

Professional associations

  • Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados)
  • International Insurance Law Association

Recent publications

  • Hélder Frias, Sofia Santos Júnior. In Consumer Finance Law, 8th ed. Rick Fischer (Editor), Calvin Funk (Editor), Jeremy Mandell (Editor). London: Law Business Research, 2024

  • Domingos Salgado, Hélder Frias. In The International Comparative Legal Guide. Practical Cross-Border Insights into Fintech Law. London: Global Legal Group, 2023

  • Domingos Salgado, Hélder Frias. In The Banking Regulation Review, 14th ed. Jan Putnis (Editor). London: Law Business Research, 2023

  • Portugal. The Consumer Finance Law Review

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    Hélder Frias, Sofia Santos Júnior. In The Consumer Finance Law Review, 7th ed. Rick Fischer (Editor), Calvin Funk (Editor), Jeremy Mandell (Editor). London: Law Business Research, 2023

  • Pedro Ferreira Malaquias, Hélder Frias. In The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Fintech 2022. Ben Kingsley (Contributing Editor), Rob Sumroy (Contributing Editor). London: Global Legal Group, 2022