Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Corporate and Commercial, Litigation and Arbitration.

José Manuel Galvão Teles is widely experienced in M&A. A consultant to some of the most important national and foreign companies established or operating in Portugal, he is President of the general meeting of shareholders of the largest companies with head offices in Portugal (banking, electricity, distribution, etc.). Throughout his career as an attorney, he has provided legal advice on some of the largest civil cases brought to trial in the Portuguese Courts. He was also successful as a defence counsel, representing clients on some of the most important and notable criminal cases.

Qualified (1963). Partner, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados. Member of the Portuguese Council of State (2006). Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association for the Progress of Law (2006). Consultant to several socio-cultural associations and foundations (2006). Former member of the Presidency of the International Court for Judging Apartheid Crimes. Former President of the Portugal-Spain Friendship Association (1976-1982). Former Portuguese Ambassor to the United Nations (1975-1976). Former member of the Portuguese Council of State by appointment of the President of the Portuguese Republic, Jorge Sampaio (1996-2006). José Manuel Galvão Teles was honored with a Medal of Honor by the Portuguese Bar Association at the celebration of Lawyer’s Day, in 2010.

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 1963). International Bar Association.

Law Degree (Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 1960).