Frederico Rato

Founding Partner at Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés-Advogados e Notários | LEKTOU since 1987.

Private Notary of Macau SAR since 1991.

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

• Banking and finance
• Capital markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Investment funds
• Regulatory

• Banking and financial services
• Energy
• Infrastructure
• Real estate
• Media and entertainment

• Macau Lawyers Association
• Portuguese Bar Association
• Cross-border Macau Lawyer recognized by the Justice Department of Guangdong

• Member of the Macau Registry and Notary Council (Conselho de Registos e Notariado)
• Course of Arbitrator by the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb)
• Arbitrator of Guangzhou Arbitration Commission
• Arbitrator of Zhuhai Court of International Arbitration
• Former president of the Macau Lawyers Superior Council
• Former member of the Macau Consultive Council for the Law Reform
• Former member of the Consultative Committee for the Macau Commercial Code
• Former member of the Judiciary Council of Macau
• 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
• Contributor in several legal and non-legal publications, including China Outbound Investiments, International Financial Law Review and International Law Office Newsletters
• Secretary of the General Meeting of Portugal – China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Macau)
• President of the Advisory Board of the Licentiate Degree in Translation and Interpretation Chinese-Portuguese / Portuguese-Chinese of Macao Polytechnic Institute
• President of the Accreditation of Journalists of the Macau Portuguese and English Press Association
• 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

• Law Degree from the University of Lisbon (1974)