Morais Leitão

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados is a Portuguese law firm headquartered in Lisbon. The firm provides broad legal services across corporate, finance, real estate, regulatory, and dispute resolution matters. It serves a diverse client base from its main office in the Portuguese capital.

The firm operates offices in Porto, Funchal, and Singapore. These locations support its domestic operations and international reach in multiple jurisdictions. Through associated firms, it maintains a presence in Luanda, Maputo, Praia, Dili, and Macau, extending its coverage across Africa and Asia.

Its practice areas include administrative and public law, arbitration, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, corporate real estate and tourism, criminal and regulatory offences, data protection, and employment and immigration law. Each area covers focused sub-practices.

The banking and finance team advises on project finance, structured finance, securitisation, covered bonds, derivatives, investment funds, fintech, and banking regulation and supervision. The capital markets practice handles debt issues, equity capital issues, hybrid instruments, IPOs, takeovers, and other public offerings.

The corporate and M&A practice covers commercial law, contract drafting, corporate governance, corporate law, and mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. The corporate real estate and tourism team works on construction, property investment and development, real estate financing, investment vehicles, and tourism projects.

The firm has developed clusters for digital services, online commerce, artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, technology transactions, and cybersecurity. These groups advise on regulatory compliance, online platform rules, digital evidence, tracing cryptoasset transactions, cybercrime, and digital defense.

Morais Leitão handles litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution across its practices. Its criminal and regulatory compliance team manages internal investigations, whistleblowing programs, regulatory offences, and international cooperation in penal matters. The firm also advises on employment litigation, pensions, social security, and immigration matters.

Services

• Administrative and Public Law
• Arbitration
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Corporate Real Estate and Tourism
• Criminal and Regulatory Compliance
• Data Protection
• Employment and Immigration
• Digital Services and Online Commerce