Inês Espírito Santo
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Inês Espírito Santo

Head of Legal

Head of Legal at Harbor Partners, overseeing the firm's legal practice while contributing as an Investment Associate across its mandates.

About Inês

Inês Espírito Santo is Head of Legal at Harbor Partners, leading the firm's legal practice. She also works as an Investment Associate, supporting the firm's M&A and Commercial Real Estate mandates, with a focus on M&A and real estate transactions, corporate governance and contract negotiation.

Inês trained in the corporate M&A team at Morais Leitão, where she became an Associate Lawyer, and completed a secondment at the legal department of novobanco. She holds a double degree in Law and Management from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, with postgraduate studies in Corporate Governance and a specialisation course in Investment Funds at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. She is admitted to the Portuguese Bar and works in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Specialisation
M&A, Real Estate Transactions · Corporate Governance · Contract Negotiation
Education
Law and Management, Universidade Católica Portuguesa · Postgraduate studies, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon

Experience

2026, Present
Head of Legal and Investment Associate, Harbor Partners

Leads the firm's legal practice and supports its M&A and Commercial Real Estate mandates.

2021, 2025
Morais Leitão

Trainee and later Associate Lawyer in the corporate and M&A team, including a secondment at the legal department of novobanco.

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