Founding Partner at Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés-Advogados e Notários | LEKTOU since 1987.

Private Notary of Macau SAR since 1991.

In-house Legal Advisor at the Macau Electricity Company (Companhia de Electricidade de Macau – CEM) between 1984 and 1986.

• Legal adviser in relation to Macau Law of corporations in the listing process on the Main Board and GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Advised a key media company in Portugal on shareholding restructuring.
• Advised a Portuguese investment company on deal with a bank in Macau in a Real Estate Project in Porto, Portugal.

• Banking
• Financial services regulatory
• Investment funds
• M&A
• Private equity

• Banking
• Energy
• Financial services
• Gaming
• Media

• Macau Lawyers Association
• Portuguese Bar Association
• Cross-border Macau Lawyer recognized by the Justice Department of Guangdong 

• Member of the Macau Registry and Notary Council
• Course of Arbitrator by the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb)
• Arbitrator of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission
• Arbitrator of Zhuhai Court of International Arbitration
• Former President of the Macau Lawyers Superior Council
• Former Member of the Macau Consultive Council for the Law Reform
• Former member of the Consultative Committee for the Macau Commercial Code
• Former member of the Judiciary Council of Macau
• Curator of the Rui Cunha Foundation
• Contributor in several legal and non-legal publications, including China Outbound Investiments, International Financial Law Review and International Law Office Newsletters
• Secretary of the General Meeting of Portugal – China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Macau)
• President of the Advisory Board of the Licentiate Degree in Translation and Interpretation Chinese-Portuguese / Portuguese-Chinese of Macao Polytechnic Institute
• President of the Accreditation of Journalists of the Macau Portuguese and English Press Association

• Law Degree from the University of Lisbon (1974)