Jorge Simões Cortez

Jorge Simões Cortez joined the firm in 2006 and became a partner in 2011. He is a member of the corporate and M&A team, with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions in various sectors.

Prior to joining the firm, Jorge worked as a legal adviser with the BPI Bank (1990-1999) and as a Consultant at the law firm Osório de Castro, Verde Pinho, Vieira Peres, Lobo Xavier e Associados – Sociedade de Advgados (1999-2005).

He was an Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração Pública (1990-1991) and at Católica Porto School of Law (1991-1992).

Over the years Jorge Simões Cortez has held conferences and seminars in multiple institutions (e.g. OROC - Accountants Association and Porto Business School), while publishing both individually and in collective works on issues of corporate law, with a special focus on the transfer of quotas and shares. He is currently a researcher at the Centre for Legal Research of the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto. His recent publications include «A empresa - reflexões sobre a natureza e a transmissão da empresa (em especial, a transmissão universal parcial)», Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Laws from the Faculty of Law at the University of Porto, Março 2020; «As formalidades da transmissão de quotas e acções no direito português», in AAVV, Questões de Direito Societário em Portugal e no Brasil (Coord. Fábio Ulhoa Coelho, Maria de Fátima Ribeiro), Almedina, 2002 e «Explaining the rules governing the sale of defective goods in the context of misrepresentation and "culpa in contrahendo": a hypothesis revisited in memory of Professor Doctor Pedro Romano Martinez», in Revista Electrónica de Direito, n.º 3, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, Outubro 2024.