The IFLR1000 2023 Rankings have been released! We are delighted to announce that once again our firm has been ranked in Tier 1 in the Financial and Corporate section. Our lawyers continue to maintain a great performance, with our Frederico Rato and Pedro Cortés distinguished once again as Highly Regarded Lawyers. Our Lei Wun Kong
We were honoured to host lawyers from Zhejiang Province of China in our Macau office. Our partners had a friendly discussion, with Paula Ling delivering a presentation on the firm’s overview, team members, practice areas and development strategies. San Chi Chang gave a presentation on Macau’s corporate and taxation systems. Frederico Rato and Calvin Chui exchanged views with the lawyers on
This year we are pleased to have summer interns Ian Cheok Lam, Qiu Tianmei, Mak Wai In and Chong I Lam in our Macau office. We hope they will enjoy their experience here and develop their skills. We wish them all the best for this new challenge! Our summer internship programme is designed to bring
Our Managing Partner Pedro Cortés is attending the 40th annual International Gaming Summit of the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) which takes place from June 20 to 22 in Belfast, Northern Island. This is a premier event that brings together leaders from all global gaming sectors, and will provide operators, suppliers, attorneys, investors, bankers,
Congratulations to Chu Chan In, Alex for the successful admission as trainee-lawyer in the Macau Lawyers Association. We wish him a great professional career and we are very pleased to have Alex with us!
We are pleased to welcome Carolina Esmeriz Garcia to our team! Carolina obtained her undergraduate degree from Universidade Católica | Faculdade de Direito Escola do Porto and is currently finishing her LL.M. at Nova School of Law – Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She joins our Lektou Portugal office as Jurist, soon will be admitted as
The Macau Lawyers’ Association organized from 19 to 21 May a series of activities to celebrate “Macau Lawyers’ Day 2023”. The opening ceremony of the celebration started with the traditional Lawyers’ Day dinner where the lawyers had the opportunity to cheer the profession! As part of the various activities, our senior partner 李煥江Lei Wun Kong was one
We are pleased to announce the Advanced Course in Gaming Law and Sports Betting that will take place in two online bootcamps in June (14-17) and September (26-29) this year at Universidade Católica Portuguesa Lisbon Campus. Jointly organized by Católica Next of Católica | Faculdade de Direito (Escola de Lisboa) and Católica Global School of Law the sessions will be lectured
We are pleased to welcome Beatriz Segorbe to our team as Senior Counsel for the banking, insurance and capital markets practices. Before joining our office, she has worked in other leading law firms in Macau. She was also lecturer at the Macau University and University of Coimbra, legal advisor of the Macau Justice Department and in-house counsel
Our Lei Wun Kong and Chang San Chi have been appointed arbitrators of the Xi’an Arbitration Commission. This institution is the first novel arbitration institution in northwest China, and is among the first seven pilot arbitration institutions in China. The institution mainly accepts contract disputes and other property disputes between citizens, legal entities and other