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Lisbon
+351 213 821 200
Tiago Azevedo Basílio is a Senior Associate in the Banking & Finance practice at Garrigues in Lisbon, with a particular focus on advising institutional lenders, private lenders, borrowers, sponsors and corporate debt issuers on both cross-border and domestic finance transactions. His expertise includes project finance, leveraged finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance, mezzanine finance and structured finance across several industries, such as energy, both physical and digital infrastructure, real estate, retail, tourism and hospitality.
Tiago also advises private credit investors and borrowers on a broad range of private debt and direct lending transactions, including leveraged loans, high-yield, distressed debt, special situations, and restructurings.
Experience
Tiago joined the firm in 2024 and is a Senior Associate at Garrigues since 2025.
Before joining Garrigues, Tiago was a trainee lawyer and lawyer at Cuatrecasas (2018 – 2022) and a lawyer at PLMJ (2022 – 2024).
Academic background
- Degree in Law from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (2017).
- Master’s Degree in Law & Business from Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa da Universidade Católica (2019).
- Postgraduate in Corporate Law from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (2017).
- Postgraduate in Corporate Finance from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (2017).
- Postgraduate in Banking Law from Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (2019).
Memberships
Portuguese qualified lawyer at the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados Portugueses) since 2021.
Distinctions
- Best Lawyers
Ones to Watch in Portugal – Banking & Finance (short-listed since the 2024 edition).
Publications
“Investment (Security) Tokens: A captação de fundos através de Initial Coin Offerings e Token Sales”. Revista de Direito Financeiro e dos Mercados de Capitais, Vol. 1 (2019), no. 2, 127-168, 2019.