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Diogo Leónidas Rocha is the partner responsible for the M&A, Banking and Finance Department. Diogo is specialised in mergers and acquisitions, banking, capital market and corporate finance.
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Publications and conferences: "Merger Control in Europe"- IFR Publishing Ltd (1991); Dossiers Internationaux Francis Lefrevre - Portugal (jurídico, fiscal, social) (1992 y 1996); "International Securities Law", Euromoney Publications PLC (1992); "The Guide To World Equity Markets", Euromoney Publications PLC and GT Management PLC (1990) y actualizaciones anuales; First Annual International Financial Law Review, Banking Yearbook; "International Securities Law", BNA International Inc. (1998); "Global Banking & Financial Policy Review" (2003-2004); "The Euromoney Compliance Officer's Handbook" (2004).
Contributor to the "Journal of International Banking Law". Ongoing collaboration for the "Financial Regulations Report" (Financial Times) - Worldwide regulatory developments and their implications for the financial services industry, with contributions on: "Ex-dividend trading to be permitted on the Lisbon Stock Exchange"; "New definition of Investment Firm following implementation of the ISD"; "Shareholding disclosure provisions"; "The role of "Central de Valores Mobiliarios within the Portuguese clearing system"; "Trading of Portuguese treasury bonds by non-residents"; "Regulatory capital adequacy requirements for Portuguese credit institutions"; "Equity convertible bonds under Portuguese legislation"; "Shareholding disclosure provisions in Portugal"; "Lisbon Stock Exchange: trading will no longer stop for payment of dividends"; "Insider trading and market manipulation rules"; "The treatment of global custody under the Portuguese clearing system"; "The provision of investment services through the use of Internet"; "Reporting requirements following the implementation of articles 20 and 21 of the ISD"; "Portugal issues new legislation on Contractual Netting"; "Regulatory framework for the private offering of notes within the Portuguese market"; "Takeovers in Portugal: current thresholds following the 1995 amendment"; "Relevant forms of ownership and nature of holdings for shareholding disclosure purposes"; "Oporto Derivative Exchange launches a Repo market in Portugal"; "The concept of Upper Tier II capital under Portuguese capital adequacy rules"; "Primary dealer status on auctions of republic debt following introduction of the Euro, and the redenomination of the debt"; "Acquisition of treasury shares by Portuguese companies"; "Marketing in Portugal of foreign UCITS".
Collaboration for the journal European Financial Services Law: "System for the settlement of Stock Exchange transactions", May 1994; "Shareholding disclosure provisions", October 1994; "Licensing requirements in Portugal following the implementation of the Second Banking Directive", January 1997.
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