About the LawyerPedro Cortés is the Managing Partner of Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés – Advogados e Notários (Lektou) in Macau. He began his legal career at the firm in 2003 and has built a practice centered on gaming law, with additional experience in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and banking and finance.He is admitted to practice in Macau, Portugal, Brazil (São Paulo), China as a cross-border Macau lawyer, and East Timor. Pedro Cortés is also a lecturer in Macau Law and Gaming Law at the undergraduate law programme of the Portuguese Catholic University – Lisbon School of Law. He has also pursued advanced study in gaming law and regulation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.ExperiencePedro Cortés joined Lektou as a lawyer in 2003 and became Partner in 2006 before later serving as Managing Partner. He has more than two decades of experience advising on Macau gaming law and related regulatory matters.His work includes advising gaming operators, promoters, and investors on licensing, regulatory approvals, compliance, concession and subconcession issues, and gaming-related transactions. He also has experience with acquisitions and other corporate matters involving gaming assets, as well as broader commercial, capital markets, and banking and finance work.He regularly participates in matters involving new gaming concession contracts in Macau and has experience supporting clients on regulatory issues and acquisitions in the sector. In addition to practice, he contributes to legal writing and speaks at industry conferences on gaming regulation and related developments.SpecialtyPedro Cortés specializes in gaming law, with a strong focus on the Macau market. His practice covers:
His cross-border admissions and experience also support work involving foreign investment, corporate structuring, and multi-jurisdictional gaming arrangements.Education
Pedro Cortés is the Managing Partner of Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés – Advogados e Notários (Lektou) and has been with the firm since 2003. He is currently a LL.M. Candidate in Gaming Law and Regulation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Pedro Cortés specializes in gaming law, corporate law, M&A, capital markets, and banking and finance, with particular experience in assisting clients with regulatory issues and acquisitions in the gaming industry.
He has a Law Degree from Portuguese Catholic University – Lisbon School of Law and a Post-Graduation in International Management from Porto University. He is also pursuing an LL.M. in Gaming Law and Regulation.
He is qualified to practice as a lawyer in Macau, Portugal, Brazil (São Paulo), China (as a cross-border Macau lawyer), and East Timor.
He is a member of the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA), Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD), International Bar Association (IBA), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), and Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIA).
The firm offers a wide range of legal services including issuing legal opinions, advising on Macau Law, assisting international companies in starting their businesses in Macau, and helping with the reorganization of economic groups connected to Macau.
Lektou is a Macau SAR-based law firm with over 30 years of legal practice. It has opened offices in Hengqin Island, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, and Lisbon, as part of its internationalization strategy.
In 2016, Lektou partnered with Zhong Yin Law Firm in China and Fongs in Hong Kong to open ZLF Law Firm in Hengqin Island. In 2021, they opened an office in Shenzhen and plan to expand further.
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