Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados, SP, RL.

Managing Partner: Nuno Galvão Teles
Number of partners worldwide: 66
Number of lawyers worldwide: 252
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese

Firm Overview:
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados (Morais Leitão) is a leading full-service law firm in Portugal, with a solid background of decades of experience. Broadly recognised, Morais Leitão is a reference in several branches and sectors of the law on national and international level.

The firm’s reputation amongst both peers and clients stems from the excellence of the legal services provided. The firm’s work is characterised by a unique technical expertise, combined with a distinctive approach and cutting-edge solutions that often challenge some of the most conventional practices.

With a team comprising over 250 lawyers at a client’s disposal, Morais Leitão is headquartered in Lisbon with additional offices in Porto and Funchal. Due to its network of associations and alliances with local firms and the creation of the Morais Leitão Legal Circle in 2010, the firm can also offer support through offices in Angola (ALC Advogados), Hong Kong and Macau (MdME Lawyers) and Mozambique (HRA Advogados).

Main Areas of Practice:
Morais Leitão is a full-service law firm. Its core areas are:

Administrative & Public Procurement:
Contacts: Nuno Peres Alves, Pedro Costa Gonçalves, João Tiago Silveira
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] mlgts.pt

Corporate & Commercial:
Contacts: Segismundo Pinto Basto, Bernardo Lobo Xavier, João Alfredo Afonso
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

European & Competition:
Contact: Joaquim Vieira Peres
Email: [email protected]

Infrastructures:
Contacts: Catarina Brito Ferreira, Margarida Olazabal Cabral
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Intellectual Property:
Contacts: António Pinto Leite, Ricardo Nascimento Ferreira,Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Insurance & Reinsurance:
Contact: Margarida Lima Rego
Email: [email protected]

Labour & Social Security:
Contacts: Luís Miguel Monteiro, Pedro Pardal Goulão Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Litigation & Arbitration:
Contact: António Pinto Leite
Email: [email protected]

Personal Data Privacy & Protection: 
Contact: Tiago Félix da Costa
Email: [email protected]

Private Equity:
Contacts: Tomás Vaz Pinto, Filipe Lowndes Marques
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Real Estate:
Contacts: Filipa Arantes Pedroso, João Torroaes Valente
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Restructuring & Insolvency:
Contact: Filipe Lowndes Marques
Email: [email protected]

Sports & Entertainment:
Contacts: Francisco Cortez, Paulo Rendeiro
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Tax:
Contacts: Francisco de Sousa da Câmara, António Lobo Xavier, António Pedro Braga
Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] mlgts.pt

TMT:
Contact: Gonçalo Machado Borges
Email: [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, Macau, Hong Kong, and Mozambique.