Mr Jorge Simões Cortez > Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Mr Jorge Simões Cortez

+351 22616 69 50 jsc@mlgts.pt

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial (Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint ventures).

Position

Before Jorge Simões Cortez joined the firm he 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).

Career

Partner (2011) and member of the corporate and commercial team, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados. Former Assistant Professor at the Portuguese Superior Institute of Accounting and Public Administration (1990-1991) and at the Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University (1991-1992).
Throughout the years he has taught classes and seminars at different institutions (I.E.S.F., European University, Oporto Management School, Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University and Independent Accountants Association).

Languages

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2011).

Education

Law degree (1990) and Master’s Degree in Commercial and Business Law (2004) from the Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University. Ph.D in Commercial and Business Law (Faculty of Law, University of Porto, 2020).