José Lupi & Associates

Managing Partner

Dr. José Lupi is the founder and Managing Partner of José Lupi.

He has over a decade of experience in cross-border corporate M&A, banking and finance, private equity, investment funds, securities and debt capital market transactions covering a broad range of sectors from financial services to energy, resources, mining and infrastructure projects in Greater China, Africa, Europe and Latin America, with a special focus in Brazil, Macau, Angola, Mozambique and Portugal.

Dr. José Lupi is qualified to practice in Macau, Brazil and Portugal. He is an appointed arbitrator of the Hainan International Arbitration Court, and a mediator and arbitrator with the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association. He  is also a member of the Macau Wealth Management Association and the Belt and Road International Lawyers Association.

Prior to founding José Lupi and as an international partner of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) in Beijing, Dr. José Lupi regularly advised Chinese and international private and state-owned companies and funds in some of the largest transactions and investments between China and Brazil, Angola, Argentina, Congo, Spain, Mexico and Mozambique. In Brazil he was an attorney at law and  head of the China desk of Gabriel Quintanilha in Rio de Janeiro, where he advised Chinese private and state owned enterprises with the full range of their Brazilian corporate and tax matters.

In Africa, Dr. José Lupi was the Greater China counsel of one of the largest private investors in the mining, infrastructure, real estate, banking, finance, aviation, energy and agriculture sectors in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Portugal and the Republic of Congo. Previously he was legal consultant and head of business development of a large Macau law firm and legal counsel of a multinational corporate service provider in Lisbon, Portugal. His other roles include working as a foreign legal consultant for a Hong Kong residency by investment boutique law firm, and as an international management consultant for a strategic advisory group in Madrid, Spain. 

Dr. José Lupi holds a Doctor in International Law (Ph.D.) from the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing,  a Master in International Business Administration (M.I.B.) from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the Chongqing University under a scholarship from the Central Government of China, and a Juris Doctor  (J.D.) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in Portugal. He also holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) Erasmus Program from the Faculty of Law of the University of Genoa in Italy.

He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish,  English and Italian, and speaks basic French.

Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, English

Appointed Arbitrator of Hainan International Court of Arbitration

Appointed Mediator and Arbitrator of Japan Commercial Arbitration Association

Lawyer of Belt and Road International Lawyers Association

Lawyer of Macau Lawyers Association

Lawyer of Brazilian Bar Association

Lawyer of Portuguese Bar Association

Doctor in International Law (Ph.D.), China University of Political Science and Law (Beijing, China)

Master in International Business (M.I.B.), School of Economics and Business Administration of the Chongqing University (Chongqing, China)

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)

Juris Doctor (J.D.) Erasmus Program, Faculty of Law of the University of Genoa (Genoa, Italy)