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Managing Partner

Domingos Cruz

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With over 20 years of experience and a well-established practice in Commercial Law, Corporate Law, M&A and Corporate Transactions, Domingos advises national and international clients on transactional matters, including multi-jurisdictional operations. He is recognized for his strategic insight, personalized client service, and unwavering commitment to the highest standards of quality and excellence.

He has extensive experience in acquisitions, mergers, restructurings, investments and divestments, acting for both buyers and sellers, with a particular focus on the mid-cap market and on advising investment funds and management teams. Domingos regularly coordinates cross-border transactions, ensuring strategic and regulatory consistency in complex operations, with significant experience in the technology, infrastructure and life sciences sectors.

He also has broad experience in structuring investment vehicles—both regulated and unregulated—working closely with management companies and institutional investors to deliver robust, tailored solutions that meet the specific requirements of each transaction.

Domingos advises on private equity and venture capital transactions, including the structuring and negotiation of investments in innovative and high-growth companies. His wide-ranging expertise enables him to provide ongoing support in matters of governance, incentive plans, regulation and the launch of new products across multiple jurisdictions.

Domingos is a member of the Executive Committee and currently serves as Managing Partner of CCA, leading the firm with a multidisciplinary, pragmatic, disruptive and innovative approach.

Academic Training

— Executive Education, Lawyers Management Program, IE Law School, Madrid, Spain (2012)

— Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA (2007)

— Master’s Degree in International Legal Practice, with distinction and awarded Best Student, IE Business School, Madrid, Spain (2006)

— Law Degree, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal (2001)

Career Path

Having built his professional career at CCA, Domingos became a Partner in 2007 and currently holds the position of Managing Partner.

Alongside his legal practice, Domingos is a strong advocate for entrepreneurship and is himself an entrepreneur.

Between 2002 and 2015, he held academic appointments as Associate Professor at IE Business School—widely regarded as one of the most prestigious business schools in Europe—and at Porto Business School.

He also serves as Vice-President of ASAP – the Portuguese Law Firms Association – for the 2023–2025 term.

Associations

— Aspen Institute

— Member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados)

Acknowledgements

Chambers and Partners Europe - Portugal

Domingos Cruz, Band 1, — Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded, 2025

Leaders League

TTR Data

1st Place | Dealmaker (Transactions Number), Mergers & Acquisitions, 2024
1st Place | Dealmaker (Transactions Number), Private Equity/Venture Capital, 2024

Best Lawyers

Forty under 40 Awards

Named one of the top 40 lawyers under 40, 2015

Beyond Law

Founded the Tell a Story project in 2013, a publishing house dedicated to the dissemination of Portuguese authors in different languages.

Practiced several competitive sports. Today he only plays tennis.

dc@cca.law

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