Mr Francisco Cortez > Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados Offices
RUA CASTILHO, 165
1070-050 LISBOA
Portugal
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Mr Francisco Cortez
Work Department
Civil and commercial litigation, corporate litigation, arbitration, sports law.
Position
Francisco Cortez joined the firm in 2006 and became a partner in 2007. He co-coordinates the litigation and arbitration department, as well as the sport and entertainment team.
He has been responsible for several highly complex cases, both in judicial courts and arbitration. As a lawyer and as an arbitrator he has participated in more than three dozen arbitrations in Portugal, since 2000.
Regular speaker at conferences.
Ranked as a leading lawyer by the most prestigious international legal Directories such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation.
Career
Qualified (1991). Partner (2007). Associate, Pena, Machete & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados (1991-1998). Partner, Osório de Castro, Verde Pinho, Vieira Peres, Lobo Xavier e Associados (1998-2005).
Languages
Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 1991). Portuguese Association of Arbitration (since 2006). Círculo de Advogados de Contencioso (member). Concórdia – Center for Conciliation and Mediation of Disputes (member).
Education
Law Degree (Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University, 1989). LL.M. in Commercial Law (Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University, 1992).
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Francisco Cortez –Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
The dispute resolution team at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados offers a high level of expertise across the full range of disputes, with a particular focus on civil, commercial and corporate litigation. Arbitration proceedings at the domestic and international levels also feature on the group’s diverse caseload, which has registered a recent uptick in class actions and private enforcement cases. Francisco Cortez focuses on commercial litigation, while also maintaining an active arbitration practice, and leads the team alongside Filipe Vaz Pinto, who handles international arbitration cases. Sofia Vaz Sampaio oversees one of the two Lisbon-based litigation and arbitration teams within the department, focusing on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, and Ricardo do Nascimento Ferreira leads the other, specialising in IP and pharmaceutical law.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Planning law
- Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Transport