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18.03.2021

Chambers Europe reconfirms Morais Leitão as Top Ranked Firm

The prestigious directory Chambers Europe published today its results and once again highlights Morais Leitão as a “Top Ranked Firm”, reaffirming its status as the most complete full-service law firm in the Portuguese jurisdiction, as it continues to be the only law firm in the national market to be ranked in all areas.

In the results published today, Morais Leitão kept its Band 1 classification in 14 of the 22 analysed ranked areas: Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Competition/European Law, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Energy & Natural Resources, Insurance, Planning, Projects, Public Law, Tax, Porto - General Business Law and Transportation – Shipping.

Individually, the Portuguese law firm secured a total of 63 nominations, with 49 recognised lawyers, highlighting the entry of Magda Fernandes (Restructuring & Insolvency) and the rise in the classification of Eduardo Paulino (Capital Markets), Catarina Brito Ferreira (Energy & Natural Resources), Luís Roquette Geraldes (Private Equity) and Cláudia Castanheira dos Santos (Projects).

Chambers and Partners identifies and recommends the leading European law firms through a ranking evaluation that follows an independent and rigorous analysis. The process is based on a tripartite procedure between submissions, client feedback and peer feedback.