Our gaming practice team lead by Pedro Cortés and Luís Portela de Carvalho advised international gaming and entertainment group Barrière on the public tender for the exclusive gaming concession in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. The operation is set to be initiated on 1 May 2026. The cross-border team of professionals from Portugal and Macau included,
We are currently hiring Jurists to join our dynamic team – and yes, this is your sign to finally put all that legal theory to good use outside exam rooms. If you are genuinely passionate about the law (or at least curious enough to see how it works in real life), and eager to work
The Lektou 2026 Summer Internship Program is now open — and before you ask, yes, this is the kind of internship where you actually do legal work. We are welcoming undergraduate and master’s students in law to join our Macau office. This is an opportunity to step outside the comfort of lectures and into the
Our Luís Portela de Carvalho will be one of the speakers at IGE 2026 IMGL Masterclass, taking place on 14-15 April 2026 at Salone delle Fontane, Eur, Rome The IGE2026 (Italian Gaming Expo & Conference) is a premier gaming industry event, featuring the IMGL Masterclass focused on key global gaming topics. Luís will join the
Our Pedro Cortés will be speaker at G2E Asia Conference 2026, taking place from 12–14 May 2026 at The Venetian Macao. Pedro will join the session titled Strategic Outlook for Asian Land-Based Casino Markets: Innovation, Investment, and the Future of Premium Mass Market on 14 May. The event convenes leading regulators and industry professionals to
Our Calvin Chui wrote an opinion article to the April 2026 edition of Macau Business on Macau’s strategic efforts to position itself as a credible fund domicile in the Greater Bay Area. The article reviews the coordinated impact of the new Investment Funds Law (Law No. 11/2025), effective from 1 January 2026, the 5% profits
We are delighted to welcome two new colleagues to our Portuguese firm (Porto office): • Margarida Sampaio, who joins as Partner and will lead our Labour practice • Cláudia Neves, who joins as Associate, working in Labour and Corporate Margarida brings with her a strong track record, sharp judgment, and the kind of experience that strengthens a
We are very pleased to announce two well-deserved promotions within our Portuguese law firm (Porto office): Luis Portela de Carvalho has been promoted to Co-Managing Partner of Lektou Portugal Rodrigo Sá Pereira has been promoted to Senior Associate Different roles, different stages – but a common denominator: consistency, commitment, and the ability to deliver when
Pedro Cortés and Tânia Pinho have published a new contribution in Lexology, focusing on the performance of Portugal’s land-based gaming sector in Q4 2025, in comparison with the same period of 2024. Drawing on the latest data from the Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), the article explores diverging trends across segments: ongoing
Our Pedro Cortés and Tânia Pinho have contributed an article to Lexology analysing the Portuguese online gambling market in Q4 2025, benchmarked against the same period in 2024 and complemented by a full-year perspective. Based on the latest data released by Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), the analysis highlights a market entering