Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Managing Partner: Martim Krupenski

Number of partners worldwide: 79

Number of lawyers worldwide: +350

Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

International Associations and Offices:

■ Angola: ALC Advogados

Email: [email protected]

■ Cape Verde: VPQ Advogados

Email: [email protected]

■ Mozambique: MDR Advogados

Email: [email protected]

■ Timor-Leste: JLA Advogados

Email: [email protected]

Firm Overview:

Morais Leitão is a leading Portuguese law firm, widely recognised for its legal expertise, innovation, and strong international outlook. With over 80 years of shared history and a team of approximately 270 lawyers, the firm delivers high-quality legal services across all areas of business law, leveraging advanced technology to ensure a seamless and efficient client experience. Morais Leitão combines deep knowledge of the Portuguese market with global reach through the Morais Leitão Legal Circle – an integrated alliance with member firms in Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Singapore, and Timor-Leste. The firm is deeply committed to long-term client relationships, offering strategic legal advice tailored to complex cross-border challenges, underpinned by a strong culture of ethics and independence.

Main Areas of Practice:

Morais Leitão is a full-service law firm. Its core areas are:

Administrative & Public Procurement:

Contacts: João Tiago Silveira, Nuno Peres Alves, Pedro Costa Gonçalves

Emails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

Banking & Finance:

Contact: Filipe Lowndes Marques

Email: [email protected]

Capital Markets:

Contacts: Carlos Osório de Castro, Ricardo Andrade Amaro, Eduardo Paulino

Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Corporate & Commercial:

Contacts: Segismundo Pinto Basto, Tomás Vaz Pinto, Bernardo Lobo Xavier, Ricardo Andrade Amaro, Eduardo Paulino

Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

European & Competition:

Contact: Joaquim Vieira Peres, Luís Nascimento Ferreira

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Infrastructures:

Contacts: Catarina Brito Ferreira, Margarida Olazabal Cabral

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Intellectual Property:

Contacts: Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira, Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Insurance & Reinsurance:

Contact: Helena Tapp Barroso, Margarida Torres Gama

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Labour & Social Security:

Contacts: Pedro Pardal Goulão, Luís Miguel Monteiro

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Litigation & Arbitration:

Contact: António Pinto Leite, Francisco Cortez, Filipe Vaz Pinto

Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Personal Data Privacy & Protection:

Contact: Tiago Félix da Costa

Email: [email protected]

Private Equity:

Contacts: Diana Ribeiro Duarte, Luís Roquette Geraldes

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Real Estate:

Contacts: João Torroaes Valente

Emails: [email protected]

Restructuring & Insolvency:

Contact: Nuno Gundar da Cruz

Emails: [email protected]

Sports & Entertainment:

Contacts: Francisco Cortez, Paulo Rendeiro

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Tax:

Contacts: Bruno Santiago, Francisco Mendes da Silva

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

TMT:

Contact: Nuno Peres Alves, Philipp Melcher

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Transports (Shipping):

Contacts: Manuel Freitas Pita, Claudia Santos Cruz

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Urban Planning & Environment:

Contact: João Pereira Reis

Email: [email protected]

International Work:

Morais Leitão Legal Circle is an international alliance of law firms created by Morais Leitão, based upon the sharing of values and common principles of action with the purpose of establishing a platform that delivers high quality legal services to clients around the world. It encompasses a select set of jurisdictions, including Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Timor-Leste and Mozambique.