Mafalda Barreto
Mafalda is a partner and head of Corporate and M&A and Banking and Finance, managing partner of the Lisbon office and member of the Board of Directors at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
She has been leading the major operations in the M&A and Banking areas of the Lisbon office, as well as in Restructuring, advising noteworthy international corporations and investment funds.
Mafalda has a law degree from Catholic University of Lisbon and a postgraduate diploma in Corporate and Commercial Law from the same university and a Tax Law postgraduate diploma from ISG Business & Economics School.
Recently, Mafalda was recognised in the Iberian Lawyer’s Top 20 Lawyers in Portugal 2024 as a Consolidator for having played a key role in strengthening the firm, fostering growth and fortifying GA_P’s market position. Mafalda and has been highlighted as Highly Regarded in recent years by IFLR1000 for her work and extensive experience in M&A, Banking and Finance, and Capital Markets (Debt and Equity). In addition, she is also recognised in prestigious legal directories such as Chambers & Partners and Legal500 as one of the leading practitioners in the areas of Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Projects and Project Finance and Insolvency and Restructuring.
Mafalda has coauthored several specialist legal publications.
Areas and sectors in which she collaborates
I have carried out numerous transactions with Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.
She joins Gómez-Acebo & Pombo as a partner in 2013.
1998 | Law degree from Catholic University of Lisbon (Portugal).
2001 | Post-graduation in Tax Law from ISG Business & Economics School (Portugal).
2004 | Post-graduation in Corporate and Commercial Law, Catholic University of Lisbon.
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association (since 2000)
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23 Feb, 2026 
