Morais Leitão once again stands out on the Iberian legal landscape by securing a total of 30 nominations in the shortlist for the Legal 500 Iberia Awards 2025, including 14 distinctions as a law firm and 16 individual nominations.
Morais Leitão is shortlisted in the following categories:
- Banking and Finance (Firm of the Year)
- Capital Markets (Firm of the Year)
- Corporate and M&A (Firm of the Year)
- Data Privacy and Data Protection (Firm of the Year)
- Dispute Resolution (Firm of the Year)
- Energy and Natural Resources (Firm of the Year)
- EU and Competition (Firm of the Year)
- Public Law (Firm of the Year)
- TMT (Firm of the Year)
- Transport (Firm of the Year)
- White-Collar Crime (Firm of the Year)
- Law Firm of the Year – Portugal
- Deal of the Year (Abanca’s acquisition of EuroBic)
- Deal of the Year (Cinven’s €2.9bn acquisition of 70% stake in Idealista)
The talent and leadership of Morais Leitão’s lawyers were also recognised, with 16 individual nominations across several practice areas:
Banking and Finance
- Filipe Lowndes Marques (Lawyer of the Year)
Capital Markets
- Maria Soares do Lago (Next Generation Partner of the Year)
Corporate and M&A
- Eduardo Paulino (Lawyer of the Year)
- Luís Roquette Geraldes (Next Generation Partner of the Year)
Data Privacy and Data Protection
- Tiago Félix da Costa (Lawyer of the Year)
Dispute Resolution
- Sofia Vaz Sampaio (Next Generation Partner of the Year)
Intellectual Property
- Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade (Next Generation Partner of the Year)
Public Law
- Margarida Olazabal Cabral (Lawyer of the Year)
Real Estate
- João Torroaes Valente (Lawyer of the Year)
Restructuring and Insolvency
- Nuno Gundar da Cruz (Next Generation Partner of the Year)
Transport
- Claudia Santos Cruz (Lawyer of the Year)
White-Collar Crime
- Rui Patrício (Lawyer of the Year)
- Tiago Geraldo (Next Generation Partner of the Year)
Leading Associate
- Inês Gouveia (Leading Associate of the Year)
Lawyer of the Year – Portugal
Lawyer of the Year – Iberia
These nominations reflect Morais Leitão’s ongoing commitment to technical excellence, innovation, talent diversity, and the multidisciplinary capacity of its teams, reinforcing the firm's positioning among the leading players in the Iberian market.
The Legal 500 Iberia Awards ceremony will take place on 27 November in Madrid.
See the full list of nominations here.
