Frederico Rato

Lawyer in Portugal between 1979 until 1984

Lawyer in Macau since 1984, and Private Notary since 1991

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

• Leading Macau Counsel in the listing of Prosper Construction Holdings Limited in the Main Board of the The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

• Banking

• Financial services regulatory

• Investment funds

• M&A

• Private equity

• Banking

• Construction and materials

• Energy

• Financial services

• Real estate

Macau Lawyers Association

Portuguese Bar Association

Member of the Macau Consultive Council for the Law Reform (Conselho Consultivo da Reforma Jurídica);

Member of the Macau Registry and Notary Council (Conselho de Registos e Notariado);

Curator of the Rui Cunha Foundation;

Former member of the General Meeting Board and the Statutory Audit Committee of the Macau Lawyers Association and of the Macau Lawyers Superior Council;

Former member of the Consultative Committee for the Macau Commercial Code;

Former member of the Judiciary Council of Macau;

Lecturer of Professional Ethics and of Registry and Notary Law at the Macau Lawyers Association and at the Legal and Judicial Training Center of Macau;

Co-author of the Macau chapter from the work Global Financial Services Regulators, Oxford University Press, London, 2004-08;

Contributor in several legal and non-legal publications, including China Outbound Investments, International Financial Law Review and International Law Office Newsletters.

Law Degree from the University of Lisbon (1974)