Mr Jorge Simões 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 Jorge Simões Cortez

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).
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Planning law
- Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Projects and project finance
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Transport