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
Our Frederico Rato has been appointed as the official consultant of the Macau Autism Association, a non-profit association whose mission is to care for, love and support autistic people and their families, and to protect the rights of autistic people. Congratulations！
Congratulations to Huafa Investment Holdings Group on the successful issuance of RMB 500,000,000.00 bonds and listing on the Chongwa (Macau) Financial Asset Exchange Co., Ltd. and the LuxSE! According to the official announcement, this is the first enterprise from Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone to issue bonds in Macau, and it is also the first
Our Calvin Chui, in his capacity of President of the Macau Financial Law Association, visited China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau, Financial court, and Stock Exchange in Shanghai. This visit aimed to learn from the successful experience of Shanghai’s financial market development in terms of system and practice, to study and optimize
We are delighted to announce that our Lai Ieng Ng has been promoted to Partner of our Lisbon office! Lai joined the office in 2018 and is qualified to practice in Portugal, focusing her practice on foreign investment, real estate, labor and immigration matters. Our Managing Partner, Pedro Cortés commented: “We are very happy and
We are pleased to announce that our Helena da Nazaré Valente has been promoted to partner of our Macau office. She has been with Lektou for 12 years and is ranked as “Associate to Watch” by Chambers and Partners and “Rising Star” by Legal 500. We congratulate Helena for this promotion and surely our clients
The Macau Basic Law was promulgated 30 years ago. Our Frederico Rato gave his opinion to Jornal Tribuna de Macau about the milestone. You may read the article here (in Portuguese): https://bit.ly/3Ur86CO
Our Calvin Chui attended the 4th Asia-based International Financial Law Conference organized by the International Bar Association in Tokyo, Japan, during which varies topics related to financial law were discussed, including regulatory and legislative developments in relation to FinTech, REITs, and ESG.