Lawyer Profile

Frederico Rato, Lawyer (Founding Partner) Private Notary, RATO, LING, LEI & CORTÉS - ADVOGADOS

Tel:	+853 28562322
Email:	[email protected]
Website:	http://www.lektou.com
Address:	Avenida da Amizade, 555, Macau Landmark, Office Tower, 23 Floor, Rooms 2301-02, Macau

Macau, Banking & Finance, Construction & Real Estate, Corporate/M&A, Energy & Project Finance, Intellectual Property, Labour & Employment

Areas of Practice

Commercial and Corporate, Energy, Real Estate, Banking and Financial, Intellectual Property,
Labour, Games of Fortune and Chance

Professional Background

Lawyer in Macau since 1984
Private Notary since 1991
In-house Legal Advisor at the Macau Electric Company (Companhia de Electricidade de Macau – CEM) between 1984 and 1986
Lawyer in Portugal between 1979 until 1984

Professional Membership

Other Professional and Institutional Activities

Member of the Macau Consultive Council for the Law Reform (Conselho Consultivo da Reforma Jurídica)
Member of the Macau Registry and Notary Council (Conselho de Registos e Notariado)
Curator of the Rui Cunha Foundation
Former member of the General Meeting Board and the Statutory Audit Committee of the Macau Lawyers Association and of the Macau Lawyers Superior Council
Former member of the Consultative Committee for the Macau Commercial Code
Former member of the Judiciary Council of Macau
Lecturer of Professional Ethics and of Registry and Notary Law at the Macau Lawyers Association and at the Legal and Judicial Training Center of Macau
Co-author of the Macau chapter from the work Global Financial Services Regulators, Oxford University Press, London, 2004-08
Contributor in several legal and non-legal publications, including China Outbound Investments, International Financial Law Review and International Law Office Newsletters

Academic Background

Law Degree from the University of Lisbon (1974)

Languages

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish