Morais Leitão has once again been recognised by The Legal 500 as a Top Tier Firm in 17 practice areas: Banking and finance; Capital markets; Commercial, corporate and M&A; Data privacy and data protection; Dispute resolution; Employment; Energy and natural resources; EU and competition; Fraud and white-collar crime; Insolvency and restructuring; Planning law; Porto: Leading commercial firms; Projects and project finance; Public law; Real estate and construction; Tax and Transport.
In addition to these honours, Morais Leitão was also recommended in four other practice areas: Intellectual property; TMT; Foreign firms - Angola and Foreign law firms - Mozambique.
Morais Leitão's recognition is also reflected at an individual level: 49 individual rankings were honoured in different categories, including:
- 6 Hall of Fame;
- 21 Leading Individuals;
- 11 Next Generation Partners;
- 8 Rising Stars/Leading Associates.
In total, the firm has 70 rankings this year, of which 21 are firm rankings and 49 are individual rankings - a growth that consolidates its position as a benchmark on the national and international legal scene.
The following lawyers stand out in the rankings:
- André de Sousa Vieira (Leading Partner) – Foreign law firms
- Bernardo Lobo Xavier (Leading Partner) – Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Bruno Santiago (Leading Partner) – Tax
- Bruno Xavier de Pina (Next Generation Partner) – Foreign firms
- Carlos Osório de Castro (Hall of Fame) – Commercial, corporate and M&A | (Leading Partner) – Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Catarina Brito Ferreira (Leading Partner) – Energy and natural resources
- Claudia Santos Cruz (Leading Partner) – Transport
- Cláudia Castanheira Dos Santos (Next Generation Partner) – Banking and finance | (Leading Associate) – Projects and project finance
- Diana Ettner (Leading Associate) – Public law
- Eduardo Paulino (Leading Partner) – Capital markets | Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Elmano Sousa Costa (Leading Associate) – Banking and finance
- Filipa Morais Alçada (Leading Associate) – Projects and project finance
- Filipe Lowndes Marques (Leading Partner) – Banking and finance | Projects and project finance
- Filipe Vaz Pinto (Leading Partner) – Dispute resolution
- Francisco Cortez (Leading Partner) – Dispute resolution
- Francisco de Sousa da Câmara (Hall of Fame) – Tax
- Inês Gouveia (Leading Associate) – EU and competition
- Joaquim Vieira Peres (Leading Partner) – EU and competition
- João Anacoreta Correia (Leading Partner) – Porto: Leading commercial firms
- João Fitas (Leading Associate) – Real estate and construction
- João Pereira Reis (Leading Partner) – Planning law
- João Torroaes Valente (Leading Partner) – Real estate and construction
- Luís Branco (Hall of Fame) – Banking and finance
- Luís Miguel Monteiro (Hall of Fame) – Employment
- Luís Roquette Geraldes (Next Generation Partner) – Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Luís do Nascimento Ferreira (Leading Partner) – EU and competition
- Margarida Olazabal Cabral (Hall of Fame) – Public law
- Maria Soares do Lago (Next Generation Partner) – Capital markets
- Maria da Assunção da Cunha Reis (Leading Associate) – Data privacy and data protection
- Marta Pereira Rosa (Leading Associate) – Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Nuno Gundar da Cruz (Next Generation Partner) – Insolvency and restructuring
- Paula Ponces Camanho (Leading Partner) – Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Paulo Rendeiro (Next Generation Partner) – Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Pedro Costa Gonçalves (Hall of Fame) – Public law
- Pedro Pardal Goulão (Leading Partner) – Employment
- Pedro de Gouveia e Melo (Next Generation Partner) – EU and competition
- Ricardo Andrade Amaro (Leading Partner) – Energy and natural resources
- Rui Ribeiro Lima (Next Generation Partner) – Planning law
- Rui Patrício (Leading Partner) – Fraud and white-collar crime
- Sofia Vaz Sampaio (Next Generation Partner) – Dispute resolution
- Tiago Félix da Costa (Leading Partner) – Data privacy and data protection | Fraud and white-collar crime
- Tiago Geraldo (Next Generation Partner) – Fraud and white-collar crime
- Tomás Vaz Pinto (Leading Partner) – Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Vasco Stilwell de Andrade (Next Generation Partner) – Intellectual property
See the full list of Legal 500 results.
