Luis Pacheco

Luis Pacheco is an Assistant Professor at the Católica Porto Business School of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He specializes in Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Financial Valuation, while also serving as a business consultant in Financial Planning and M&A transactions.

• Education: BA in Economics (Faculty of Economics of Porto), Master’s in Finance (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), Ph.D. in Management with Corporate Finance specialization (ISCTE Business School).

His research focuses on financial valuation, corporate restructuring, and loan pricing mechanisms. Recent work includes analyzing leveraged buyout (LBO) loan spreads and structured leasing economics, with cross-disciplinary collaboration on sustainable bioeconomy projects like BioShoes4All, which explores biocomposite materials (mycelium, olive pomace, grains) for footwear innovation.

As a consultant, Pacheco advises on financial planning, M&A, and valuation, having led dozens of corporate restructuring and valuation projects. His academic output is available via Scopus and ORCID (0009-0000-7892-7437), and he has supervised 31 research works at Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

His research outputs reflect a blend of traditional finance (risk management, pricing, real estate) and emerging sustainability-driven fields (biocomposites, circular economy applications).