Morais Leitão is a leading Portuguese law firm headquartered in Lisbon. The firm's history could be traced to 1992 when António Pinto Leite founded J. Galvão Teles, Bleck, Pinto Leite, which later part of the inception of the firm. The firm operates outside Portugal through Morais Leitão Legal Circle, an international network of law firms. The firm has leading capabilities in the Portuguese legal market achieving top tier ranking across every ranked practice area in Portugal.

Highlights

The firm advised ING Bank and novobanco on the €80.1 million real estate acquisition finance provided to an LCN SPV for the acquisition of a portfolio of almost 50 supermarkets and subsequent partial syndication of the credit to novobanco.

The firm notably advised EDP - Energias de Portugal and SU ELETRICIDADE on securitisation of the tariff deficit for 2024 and the non-recourse sale of the tariff deficit for a total amount of €1.1 billion.

Key clients 

Banco Santander Totta, EDP – Energias de Portugal, Novo Banco, Iberdrola and Samsung.