LXP is an established institutional Credit and Real Estate Principal investor in Portugal.
Privately owned, LXP invests alongside other investors as well as providing advisory services to partners through Alyx Properties on a variety of real estate sectors.
The expertise of our multidisciplinary team allows us to provide independent advice as well as specialised real estate management services.
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Our Team
LX Management Team
Vittorio Calvi
Prior to founding LXP, Vittorio was General Partner of a Luxembourg based Special Investment Fund SICAV and CEO of a regulated family office backed investment partnership. Vittorio has over 20 years experience in financial services working for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, CSFB and Bear Stearns in London. Degree in Law and Master in International Affairs.
Bernardo Simões
Prior to founding LXP, Bernardo was Chief Investments Officer of one of the largest NPL servicer in Portugal. He was responsible for origination and managing NPL portfolios for international investors.
Mafalda Jardim
Mafalda started her career in 2005 in investment banking, structuring Leveraged and Project Finance deals. Mafalda joined LXP in 2015.
Prior to joining LX, she worked as Finance Director, in a large TMT Industrial Group with strong presence in Portugal and Brazil, responsible for M&A and financing. Mafalda holds a degree in Economics (Nova SBE) and a Master in Finance (UCP).
LX Real Estate Management
Margarida Oliveira
Lawyer since 2005 - registered in the Portuguese Bar Association – has been working for more than 15 years with secured and unsecured NPL for several Portuguese Banks. Solid experience in legal management (Executive and Bankruptcy Law) in two law firms and in 2013 joined one of the leading NPL companies in Portugal as Team Leader of Legal Collections. In 2014 became Head of Legal Collections and Head of Property Management adding a strong experience in Real Estate services.
Sara Simões
Civil Engineer working in the Real Estate market since 2000, started her career at Barclays Bank, where she performed risk assessments to construction projects and decision analysis for credit committee. Also gained experience in analyzing value appraisal reports for assets with assumed transaction value above €1M, investment and divestment strategy implementations on RE assets and support credit recovery teams. Four years experience at Montepio Bank, where analyzed the feasibility of 100 RE projects.
Carla Relogio
Real Estate Manager for 4 years at Domusvenda, where had 100 RE Assets Portfolio from Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse under management for 3 years, with an aggregated OMV of around €7M. Also, at Domusvenda, managed a corporate Portfolio from Apollo Global Management. One year experience as RE Manager at Finsolutia, managing a RE Portfolio from Banif. Two years of experience as RE Manager at Finangeste, managing a portfolio from HIG Capital.
Joana Esteves
AM and LM for 9 years at Intrum PT, managing Secured and Unsecured Credit Portfolios. Two years managing unsecured credit portfolios from Banif and CEMG, five years managing Parvalorem credit portfolios and two years managing one secure portfolio from Caja Duero. One year experience as Real Estate Manager at Finangest.
Mafalda Silva
Lawyer since 2007 - registered in the Portuguese Bar Association – worked for about 10 years for several Portuguese Banks, with solid experience in contracting and closing areas. For the last 3 years, has been working with secured NPL teams as Real Estate Lawyer, managing all the legal and tax procedures in Real Estate services and property management.
Senior Analyst Real Estate Team
Sandro Magalhães
Prior to joining LXP Sandro has 10 years’ experience in acquiring and managing NPL portfolios. Worked alongside International investors. During this period, Sandro managed over 32 NPL Unsecured portfolios, comprising over 3bn OB with different credit typologies. In the Secured segment, circa 2bn OB managed, from Resi to Corporate portfolios collateralized with over 5300 assets including 1500 REO. Sandro joined LXP in 2015 where contributed to all the analysis and acquisitions performed.
Susana Amaral
Certified as European Financial Analyst by EFFAS with a management degree and a post-graduation in financial analysis, joined the credit market in 2010, where she took part in one of the leading companies of NPL servicing in Portugal. Specialized in analysis and valuation of investment opportunities and post-acquisition and set-up of operations, has been undertaken several deals with major international investors.
Susana joined LX Partners in 2016.
Pedro Alcobia
Prior to joining LXP Pedro has 8 years’ experience in acquiring and managing NPL portfolios. Worked alongside International investors. During this period, Pedro managed over 40 NPL Unsecured portfolios, comprising over 2,2bn OB with different credit typologies. In the Secured segment, circa 1bn OB managed, from Resi to Corporate portfolios collateralized with over 2000 assets. Pedro joined LXP in 2015 where contributed to all the analysis and acquisitions performed.