Uría and Eversheds on the purchase and sale of Hilton Porto Gaia

Uría Menéndez and Eversheds Sutherland have respectively provided legal advice to ECS, the asset manager backed by Davidson Kempner Capital Management, and to Extendam, a French investor specialising in the hotel sector, on the sale of the Hilton Porto Gaia hotel. Opened in 2021, Hilton Porto Gaia is a five-star hotel with 194 rooms overlooking Porto’s historic centre. The hotel will continue to be managed by Highgate and franchised under the Hilton brand.

The Uría Menéndez team that advised ECS on the sale was led by Alexandre Pedral Sampaio (counsel, real estate) and included the support of Tânia Luísa Faria (counsel, competition), Susana Bradford Ferreira (principal associate, employment), Liliana Silveira de Freitas (senior associate, employment), and João Fernandes Thomaz (senior associate, real estate).

Extendam was advised by Eversheds Sutherland, whose team was led by João Osório de Castro (partner, corporate and M&A) and included the support of Joana Pinhal (senior associate, corporate and M&A), Sara M. Rodrigues (principal associate, competition), Marta Afonso Pereira (partner, employment), Bruno Arez Martins (partner, tax), Margarida Mota Amador (associate, corporate and M&A) and Beatriz Barradas (trainee, corporate and M&A).

On the picture, from left to right, Alexandre Pedral Sampaio and João Osório de Castro.