IRG Awards 2009 - Two partners from Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva among the nominees

Two partners from Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva  are among the five nominees for the  “IRG Awards 2009”, in the category of "Best Lawyer (or Team of Lawyers) in Capital Markets”.
The two partners are João Soares da Silva and António Lobo Xavier.

António Soares from Linklaters, Diogo Leónidas Rocha from Garrigues and Jorge Brito Pereira from PLMJ are the other three nominees. The winners in this category and in the other categories will be announced in a public ceremony which will be held on 2nd July 2009.

Annually awarded by Deloitte, the Investor Relations & Governance Awards recognize firms and personalities that mark the financial and business systems of the country for best practices in investor relations. Financial analysts, banks, CEO/CFO of companies on the stock exchange market, insurance companies, brokers and market operators, pension funds/investment funds, Investor Relations Officers and institutional investors are consulted in order to choose the winners in the different cathegories. In particular for this prize, the analysis falls on the curriculum, solidity/technical knowledge, rigour, independence, experience, reputation and reference operations.