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João Nuno Riquito

Riquito Advogados

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Position: Managing Partner
Rating:
  • Market leader
Bar Admissions:
Macau
Portugal
Practice Areas:
Banking
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Portuguese
English
Italian
French
Biography

João Nuno Riquito has been assisting Clients in Macau and in Portugal, for over 25 years, mainly on Corporate & Contract, M&A, Real Estate Development, Tourism and Dispute Resolution. He is the founder and has been the managing partner of Riquito Advogados since 2005.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised a Hong Kong listed holdings in the dividend distribution with preferential attribution of assets and cash to different equity holders, as part of an overall re-structuring of a holding company.
  • Assisting in the re-negotiation and possible extension of the concession of the gaming franchise in Portugal.
  • Assisting in all matters relating to the potential regulatory impact of a change in control of a corporate vehicle with a vested interest in a joint venture with a Macau gaming concessionaire.
Practice areas
  • IP
  • Banking
  • M&A
  • Private equity
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Gaming
  • Real estate
Bar admissions
  • Macau Bar Association since 1992, 
  • Portuguese Bar Association since 1999 and 
  • International Bar Association since 2008
Association memberships
  • Macau Military Club
  • France Macau Chamber of Commerce
Academic qualifications
  • Visiting Auxiliary Professor, University of Macau (1991 to 1999)
  • Faculty of Law, Coimbra University (1991)
  • Faculty of Law, Università degli studi di Bologna (1989)
Address:
Macau
Tel:+853 2838 9918 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.riquito.com/Default.aspx?tabid=97