Managing Partner

Macau SAR.

+85328562322

Distinguished Practitioner

Portuguese
English
French
Spanish


Jurisdiction:

Macao SAR

Practice area:

Capital markets
Corporate and M&A


Managing Partner of Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés – Advogados e Notários | Lektou, where he initiated his career as lawyer in 2003.

Guest lecturer of Introduction to Macau Law and Gaming Law at the Law Degree Undergraduate programme of the Portuguese Catholic University - Lisbon School of Law.

Legal Externship with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (2021).

  • Advises gaming operators on regulatory matters.
  • Advises a multinational hospitality corporation on data protection matters relating to the implementation of new forms of customer experience.
  • Advised an insurance broker on Macau regulatory and corporate matters.
  • Legal adviser in relation to Macau Law of corporations in the listing process on the Main Board and GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Regulatory
  • Private equity

  • Banking and financial services
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Insurance
  • Media and entertainment
  • Technology and telecommunications

  • Qualified to practise as lawyer in Macau, Portugal, Brazil (São Paulo), China (as cross-border Macau Lawyer), and in East Timor

  • Member of the IAGA (International Association of Gaming Advisors)
  • International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL)
  • HKIoD (Hong Kong Institute of Directors)
  • IBA (International Bar Association)
  • CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
  • HKIA (Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators)

  • LL.M. Degree in Gaming Law and Regulation (2020-21) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
  • Post-Graduation in International Management (2001) from the Porto University – Faculty of Economy
  • Law Degree (2000) from the Portuguese Catholic University – Lisbon School of Law