Insights On Macau’s TMT Legal Landscape.

Pedro Cortés – Lektou,
cortes@lektou.com

Banking and Financial, Capital Markets, Gaming, Real Estate, Commercial and Corporate, Intellectual Property, Labour, Arbitration

Professional Background

Lawyer at the office since 2003 and Partner since 2006
Lawyer’s Traineeship until 2003
Legal Consultant for a pharmaceutical multinational Company in Macau, under the program Contacto, promoted by the AICEP Agency of the Portuguese Government (2002)

Professional Membership

Macau Lawyers Association
Portuguese Bar Association
Hong Kong Institute of Directors
International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) International Bar Association (IBA)
Qualified to work as a Lawyer in East Timor
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIA)

Other Professional and Institutional Activities

Regular Speaker on legal and non-legal matters
Chairman of the Assembly Meeting of the Macau Business Readers Charity Association Contributor for several legal and non-legal publications, including China Outbound Investments, International Financial Law Review and International Law Office Newsletters
Former Lecturer at the Master’s program on Social Sciences – Global Economic Politics, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Academic Background

Law Degree from the Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon (2000)
Postgraduate course on International Management, from the Economy Faculty of the University of Porto (2001)

Languages

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish