Morais Leitão leads this year's edition of the Best Lawyers international awards, with the highest number of lawyers featured as Lawyer of the Year in Portugal.
Thus, the directory highlights António Lobo Xavier (Corporate Law), Carlos Botelho Moniz (European Union Law), Carlos Osório de Castro (Mergers and Acquisitions Law), Pedro Costa Gonçalves (Administrative Law), Rui Patrício (Litigation) and Segismundo Pinto Basto (Transportation Law).
Morais Leitão is also the Portuguese law firm with the greatest number of individual distinctions having 79 lawyers distinguished as "Best Lawyer", 10 of whom are seconded for the first time.
Ultimately, the firm was also awarded International Law Firm of the Year in the categories of "Administrative Law" and "Labor and Employment Law".
