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
Law 7/2023, passed by the Legislative Assembly on May 18th, 2023, which approved the Residency Scheme for Highly Qualified Workers (“Talents”), was finally regulated by Administrative Regulation 19/2023, which entered into force on July 1st, 2023. Introduced by the Macao Government back in 2021, the new System is now a reality. The new Legal System
Our Pedro Cortés co-authored with Anthony Cabot and António Lobo Vilela an academic paper “Comparing Gaming Regulatory Systems in Civil and Common Law Countries: How Different Approaches Can Achieve the Same Policy Goals” which was published in the UNLV Gaming Law Journal, Vol. 13: Iss: 2. Available here: https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1210&context=glj The paper compares two regulatory systems:
Our Luís Rôlo contributed once again the Macau Employment to OneTrust DataGuidance, an industry-leading privacy and data protection research platform. The chapter focuses on the key privacy laws related to employment under Macau law. You can view the chapter here: https://www.dataguidance.com/notes/macau-employment
Our Helena Nazaré Valente and Marta Mourão contributed to Thomson Reuters Practical Law with Arbitration Procedures and Practice in Macau: Overview, which provides a structured overview of the key practical issues concerning arbitration in the Macau Special Administrative Region, including any mandatory provisions and default rules applicable under local law, confidentiality, local courts’ willingness to
In the 8th edition of The Gambling Law Review, our Pedro Cortés is the co-author with António Lobo Vilela of the Macau and author of the Portugal chapters. The Gambling Law Review is a publication designed for practitioners across the world who want to find a way quickly to digest and understand the framework of
Our Calvin Tinlop Chui contributed with an article to Lexology in which an overview of Macau insurance contracts is provided. You may view the article here: https://bit.ly/3NFHgVP
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!