Pedro Cortés

Managing Partner of Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés – Advogados e Notários | Lektou, where he initiated his career as lawyer in 2003.

Guest lecturer of Introduction to Macau Law and Gaming Law at the Law Degree Undergraduate programme of the Portuguese Catholic University - Lisbon School of Law.

Legal Externship with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (2021).

• Advises gaming operators on regulatory matters.
• Advises a multinational hospitality corporation on data protection matters relating to the implementation of new forms of customer experience.
• Advised an insurance broker on Macau regulatory and corporate matters.
• 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.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Equity
• Financial services regulatory
• Investment funds
• M&A

• Banking
• Financial services
• Gaming
• Real estate
• Media

• Qualified to practise as lawyer in Macau, Portugal, Brazil (São Paulo), China (as cross-border Macau Lawyer), and in East Timor

• Member of the IAGA (International Association of Gaming Advisors)
• HKIoD (Hong Kong Institute of Directors)
• IBA (International Bar Association)
• CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
• HKIA (Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators)

• LL.M. Degree in Gaming Law and Regulation (2020-21) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
• Post-Graduation in International Management (2001) from the Porto University – Faculty of Economy
• Law Degree (2000) from the Portuguese Catholic University – Lisbon School of Law