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Key contacts
Managing Partner: João Nuno Riquito
Director General: Isabel Chan
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

8

Number of partners

1

Languages

Portuguese, English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), French and Italian

Key practice areas
Financial and corporate
Firm overview

RIQUITO ADVOGADOS is an international law firm, practicing in Macau SAR and in Portugal, consistently providing quality legal services in both Europe and Asia in a wide range of legal matters, for clients based all over the world.

RIQUITO ADVOGADOS has a significant track-record in corporate and contract law, M&A, re-structuring and re-financing, real estate, foreign investment, transportation and public procurement.

RIQUITO ADVOGADOS provides consistent advice and innovative legal solutions for the projects it is involved in.

RIQUITO ADVOGADOS is well known by its peers and by the market in general for assisting large and complex transactions and projects involving the leading conglomerates with interests in Macau SAR and in Portugal, being retained on a daily basis in major cross-border operations.

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Client feedback

Banking
“Incredibly talented problem solvers. I have admired their work for years and we consider them an extension of our company because they act as part of our company and not external counsel. They live our problems and success and have been by our side the whole way.”

M&A
“Riquito is very bright, pragmatic and responsive.”

Restructuring
“Detailed. Familiarity with Macanese law. Creative thinking. Defends client’s interest in drafting of terms and documents.”

Key transactional practices
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Sector expertise
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Financial services
  • Gaming
  • Government and public policy
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Utilities
Other office

Rua Dom Francisco Manuel de Melo, 21,
1070-085 Lisboa
Portugal

T: +351 213 132 000
F: +351 213 132 001
E: jnr@riquito.com
W: www.riquito.com

Address:
Suite 1104 AIA Tower
Av. Comercial de Macau
Tel:+853 2838 9918 Fax:+853 2838 9919 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.riquito.com
Rankings published in 2026
Financial and corporate
Tier 2
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Riquito Advogados is an independent Macanese law firm with offices in Macau and Portugal, consistently providing quality legal services in both Europe and Asia in a wide range of legal matters, for clients based all over the world.  

Additionally, the firm has a good relationship with Herbert Smith Freehills and has an association with Portuguese law firm AAA Advogados. 

Highlights 

The firm has a notable history of handling corporate and contract law, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and refinancing, real estate, foreign investment, transportation and public procurement matters. They often support clients involved in significant transportation, hospitality and real estate ventures, and are regularly chosen for transactions and projects involving the governments of Macau and Portugal. 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, MGM Grand Paradise, LNW Gaming Asia, and Vermilion Group. 

Testimonials 

Riquito Advogados has the most robust and competent corporate team in Macau SAR with deep knowledge of Portuguese and Macanese Law.” (M&A client) 

Their in-depth knowledge of the company business and innovative solutions to problems, and drafting of complicated contracts.” (M&A client) 

“Detailed and competent.” (Restructuring client) 

They give detail in each aspect so that we are well prepared for whatever comes next.” (Insolvency client) 

Bruno Almeida 

"Talented beyond his years, Bruno is a Top 3 corporate lawyer in Macau who is also an expert in contract law and gaming law." (M&A client) 

"Professionalism in what he does. Timing in responses. Quality of the end product." (Insolvency client) 

Joao Nuno Riquito 

“Good in explaining law implications.” (Restructuring client) 

"Highly intelligent, great mindset, deep knowledge of law." (M&A client) 

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In the midst of a global economic crisis of proportions unseen for generations, the financial woes of many businesses have become such that today, the pursuit of survival has taken the place of the pursuit of profit. Come the time for yearly accounting, companies based in the Macau SAR may be faced with a situation where their net value has decreased to such a level that the law mandates immediate action. Such is the case of Article 206 of the Commercial Code, the terms and provisions of which stipulate that, should the board of directors verify through the annual accounts that the company’s net value is lower than half of its share capital, it is compelled under the penalty of criminal law to submit for approval by the shareholders a resolution which embraces one of the three solutions set forth by the legislator.
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  • IFLR1000
    Sponsored by Riquito Advogados
    After the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) in 1999, much debate arose in Macau's courts, particularly regarding the statute of limitations for tax claims and the subsidiary liability of administrators for corporate tax debts. This debate focused on whether the provisions of the 1950 Tax Enforcement Code remained temporarily in force within Macau SAR’s legal framework or if were repealed under the Basic Law, as no Tax Code or General Tax Law has been approved in Macau since its establishment.
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    Sponsored by Riquito Advogados
    Macau: Public procurement rules under revision