Jorge Morais

Jorge Morais is an Of Counsel and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2015, working primarily on matters related to finance and banking.

He focuses primarily on matters related to banking law, specifically, on aspects related to regulation which followed closely for many years in banking groups, and in stock market law. As legal director of important international banking groups, and then as a lawyer he led highly complex proceedings, specifically, the reorganization of banking groups that issue securities admitted to trading, organizing and monitoring public offerings in regulated markets, as well as the organization and structuring of issuing financial instruments, particularly shares, bonds, commercial paper and structured products by private or public subscription.

Additionally, as the Legal Director at Crédit Lyonnais Portugal, Finibanco and Caixa Económica Montepio Geral, Secretary General at Crédit Lyonnais, Portugal and an advisor to its Board of Directors, as well as, Director of the Securities  Investment Fund Management Company  at Crédit Lyonnais, S.A. at Finimóveis – Sociedade Imobiliária e Serviços Auxiliares, S.A. and Sociedade Francim-Imobiliária, S.A. and a consultant at Banif e APFIN – Associação das Sociedades Gestoras de Fundos de Investimento, Jorge Morais has extensive experience advising Banking operations.