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Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados Offices

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
RUA CASTILHO, 165
1070-050 LISBOA
Portugal
Visit website 351 21 381 74 00 351 21 381 74 99

Mr Rui Patrício

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+351 213 817 455 rpatricio@mlgts.pt

Work Department

Litigation and criminal, regulatory liabilities, investigation and compliance.

Position

Rui Patrício joined Morais Leitão in 1994 and became a partner in 2005. He is the Chairman of the firm’s General Meeting and was a member of the board of directors from 2008 to 2021. He coordinates the criminal and compliance department.

Career

Rui is one of the firm’s most experienced lawyers in the area of litigation, having developed in recent years the area of criminal and misdemeanours litigation, as well as having extensive activity in the area of compliance, integrity, investigation, civil litigation and sporadically in national arbitration.
In the academic circuit, from 1994 to 2006, he taught subjects in the areas of civil and criminal law at the Lisbon University School of Law and, from 2007 to 2013, as an Invited Professor at the Nova Law School – where he had returned in 2020.
He participates in multiple seminars and conferences, predominantly on criminal and misdemeanour legal themes in masters and postgraduate studies courses.
He is also an author and co-author of law books and articles, writing in several national newspapers. Rui Patrício co-edited the Portuguese Bar’s magazine in 2018 and 2019.

Languages

Portuguese and English.

Memberships

Rui Patrício was a member of the Judiciary Superior Council between May 2009 and November 2011 and a member of the Corruption Prevention Council from April 2017 up to January 2020. Currently he is member of the OPCR’s executive board (Observatório Português de Compliance e Regulatório) and, as of September 2019, member of the board of Fundação de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea–Coleção Berardo, by appointment of the Ministry of Culture. He also co-coordinates BeNAC – Barómetro da Aplicação da Estratégia Nacional Anticorrupção (Observatório Permanente da Justiça – Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra), since May 2021.

Education

Law Degree (Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 1994). Master’s Degree in Criminal Law (Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 1999).

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Fraud and white-collar crime

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Rui Patrício – Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Well-regarded for its ability to provide an ‘exceptional quality of service’, the criminal, regulatory offences and compliance team at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados regularly acts in high-profile cases of bribery, corruption, money laundering, tax crimes and insider trading. Recognised as ‘one of the most reputable Portuguese firms’, its expertise extends seamlessly to navigating complex cross-border matters. The practice is jointly steered by Rui Patrício and Tiago Félix da Costa; Patrício is noted for his focus on corporate and white-collar crime and regulatory offences litigation, while the ‘meticulous and detailed’ Costa is recommended for his experience advising on matters in the TMT, banking and distribution sectors. João Matos Viana is a key port of call for criminal and regulatory offences litigation involving banking, securities and insurance law. Associate Tiago Geraldo focuses on criminal litigation, regulatory offences litigation and compliance. Partner João de Lima Cluny has left the practice.

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