Patrícia Proença holds a degree in Economics from Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
(ISEG) and a post-graduate degree in Management & Consulting from the same university.
Currently, Patrícia is taking a masters degree in Corporate Finance in ISCTE (Instituto
Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa), Lisbon.
Before joining C&W, Patrícia Proença worked as a consultant at ILM THR, where she
developed various hotel and residential projects.
The Lisbon Hospitality team, headed by Jorge Catarino (Partner), provides services in the
hotel sector such as market and economic feasibility studies, investment and property
brokerage, operator selection, contract negotiation, concept and project design for
resorts/tourist developments, and consultancy and strategic advisory.
In 2007, this department was responsible for the valuation of several hotel units in
Portugal, totalling more than €85 million of real estate assets, such as Westin Campo Real
Hotel, Regency Hotel and Tivoli Porto Hotel, among others. It also provided development
advisory services to several hotels and resorts, including the recently developed Memmo
Baleeira Hotel in Sagres, or the acquisition opportunity analysis of Le Méridien Penina and D.
Filipa in the Algarve.