What the team is known for : Excellent reputation in the market for full-service counsel, including complex M&A transactions and general corporate advice. Offers a multidisciplinary service and provides cross-practice expertise, leveraging support from teams specialised in tax or dispute resolution. Acts for a variety of high-profile corporations and entrepreneurs. Offers multiple foreign desks and international alliances to facilitate cross-border instructions.  Strengths:  Clients appreciate that the team is "very complete" and add: "There are experts for all the areas we require and they are very client-oriented: it's a very personalised service." Sources appreciate that the lawyers “use their initiative and are tremendously available.”

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados offers ‘timely input’ and is increasingly active in international arbitration. In litigation, the team acted for Transportes Sul do Tejo in a case filed against the Portuguese state concerning financial compensations paid to the transportation companies of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area for public transportation service rendered. António Pinto Leite leads the team, which includes Francisco Cortez, Miguel de Almada and Filipe Vaz Pinto. Magda Fernandes is ‘a superb lawyer with an excellent sense of commercial matters’. Catarina Monteiro Pires made partner in 2017.

With premium expertise in high-level criminal cases, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados often acts at international level. In one example, Tiago Félix da Costa, who is ‘outstanding in court, providing genuine added value in criminal and judicial proceedings’, led the team representing several individuals in litigation brought by the Public Prosecution Service concerning the alleged payment of undue benefits to public officials of the Republic of Congo in exchange for the award of public tenders. Rui Patrício and Filipa Marques Júnior represented Águas de Santo André in a case concerning pollution. Senior associate Tiago Geraldo is another name to note.

António Pinto Leite represents clients in civil and commercial disputes, handling both litigation and arbitration. Clients note his market reputation, reporting: "He is a heavyweight before the government and before the courts and inspires total confidence," adding that "he is highly skilled, very bright and a fearsome litigator." He has particular expertise in IP and pharmaceutical litigation.

Filipe Vaz Pinto handles both civil and commercial litigation as well as international arbitration, often involving Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions in Africa. His clients include banks, governmental entities, construction and infrastructure companies.

The "fantastic" Rui Patrício impresses market commentators with his skills regarding corporate crime: "He is a very, very strong criminal lawyer. When we talk about Morais's criminal law practice, we talk about him." His expertise includes matters of corruption, money laundering and tax fraud. He boasts additional skills in civil litigation and represented Euroatlantic in a number of civil lawsuits.

António Pinto Leite represents clients in civil and commercial disputes, handling both litigation and arbitration. Clients note his market reputation, reporting: "He is a heavyweight before the government and before the courts and inspires total confidence," adding that "he is highly skilled, very bright and a fearsome litigator." He has particular expertise in IP and pharmaceutical litigation.

José Manuel Galvão Teles is described as a "high-profile practitioner with an important status in the market" by an impressed source, who goes on to say: "He is one of the most brilliant lawyers I have ever met." He has particular expertise in commercial and civil litigation.