The prestigious international directory Chambers and Partners ranked FCLaw
Lawyers & Private Notaries and the partners Rodrigo Mendia de Castro and
Jorge Menezes on the recently published 2020 Chambers Asia-Pacific.
For more information, please visit Chambers and Partners’ website at:
https://chambers.com/law-firm/fc-law-lawyers-and-private-notaries-global-2:22789183
FCLaw partner, Jorge Menezes, was selected by Macau Business as one chose the "20 most influential personalities in Macau" since the Handover, those "who over the past 20 years have made their mark in Macau, whether because of their position or actions, or because they have made their voice stand out". The list includes the three Macau Chief Executives, legislators and other powerful politicians and businesspeople.
The widely read Macau Business chose Menezes for having assumed "the role of a countercurrent voice in defense of the essential principles set out in the Luso-Chinese Joint Declaration and the Basic Law".
Menezes said that “More than an individual distinction, I believe it conveys a civic message: that one does not need to hold institutional positions or power to play a potential influential role in a community’s life; that the city belongs to us all, not only to those who hold political or economic positions and exert institutional power. For this reason in particular, I’m grateful for having been included in the list.”
Menezes, who was also selected as one of the 20 most influential people in the life of the Macau SAR by the Portuguese newspaper Ponto Final, was, together with the President of the Bar Association, the only lawyer and the only Portuguese-born element among the 20.
Images source by Macau Business Magazine
FCLaw was present at the 24th Macao International Trade And Investment Fair (MIF) where, at the Protocol Signing Ceremony, signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Law Group Winteam500 with the purpose of integrating the resources of both Firms through theirs international networking systems.
Our Managing Partner, Rodrigo Mendia de Castro, represented FCLaw and Winteam500 Law Group was represented by its President, Mr Sun Zaichen.
FCLaw participated in the 1st Macau Lawyers’ Congress, with our lawyers Anabela Lei Hoi Chi and Julio Anjos acting as speakers in the Panel destined to the “Protection of Rights”.
The Congress had been held in September 20-21, 2019 under the main theme “The Advocacy in the 20th Anniversary of the Macau SAR: Reflection on the Future,” and was attended by lawyers, magistrates, academics, Government legal advisors and overseas legal experts.
Our lawyers Anabela Lei Hoi Chi and Julio Anjos played a major role by presenting a speech in which they pointed out a few issues that have been arising from the judicial practice and that have been prejudicial to the rights of the victims in criminal proceedings. The speech aimed to propose a solution to those questions in order to achieve a fairer legal system for better protection of people’s rights.
Our partner Jorge Menezes, lawyer Paulo Cordeiro and trainee lawyers Jasmine Ka Hei Ng, Kuok Ka Man and Rafael Lai also attended the Congress, with Jorge Menezes having made some pertinent comments throughout the panel discussion.
We are pleased to announce that Jacky Lai Kin Hong will join FCLaw Lawyers and Private Notaries as Partner and Nana Kuok Chong Na as Associate.
Jacky was in MdME Lawyers for almost 10 years and is one of Macau’s leading Chinese speaking lawyers in his areas of expertise, namely Banking & Finance, Real Estate and Capital Markets. Click here for his full profile.
Nana is a lawyer who has experience advising Macau companies, banks, real estate developers and investors. Click here for her full profile.
Our team has now a total of 14 lawyers and 5 trainees, which makes us one of the largest law firms in Macau.
A delegation from the People’s Political Consultative Committee led by Mr. Zheng Zhengtao, Member of the People’s Political Consultative Committee, and Mr Guo Jun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Guojun Provincial CPPCC, Director of the Science, Education and Health Committee and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology in South China, visited our office and met the Partners Rodrigo Mendia de Castro and Miguel Quental and the Chief Operating Officer Wong Oi Man.
The purpose of the visit of the delegation to Macau was to prepare the third quarter Standing Committee Conference, learning about Macau intellectual property regulations and listening to opinions on how could the intellectual property protection effectively work in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Great Bay in an integrated manner.
The Partners Rodrigo Mendia de Castro and Miguel Quental were proud to share and discuss with the members of the delegation their opinions and thoughts.
The other members of the delegation were, Wu Shourong, Deputy Secretary General of the CPPCC, Deputy Director of the Science, Education and Health Committee of the Political Consultative Committee, Ma Xianmin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Provincial Market Supervision Administration (Intellectual Property Administration), Director of the Provincial Intellectual Property Protection Center, Secretary of the Party Committee, Liu Liqiang, Deputy director of the Provincial Committee of Science and Education, Wei Dongyuan, Director of Guangdong Science and Technology Library (Guangdong Institute of Scientific & Technical Information and Development Strategy), Zhu Lin, Director of Guangdong Creative Center, Guangdong Science and Technology Library (Guangdong Science and Technology Information and Development Strategy Institute), Di Chuanqiang, Secretary of Zheng Zhengtao, Li Ziling, Director of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, People’s Government of Guangdong Province, Yang Yi, Coordinator of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, People’s Government of Guangdong Province, and Zhang Tao, Director of the Office of the Science and Education and Health Committee of the Political Consultative Committee.
A delegation from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences of the Institute of International Law from Mainland China composed by Professor (Ph.D) Mo Jihong, Professor of Law (Ph.D) Li Zhong, Associate Professor of Law Dr Qingming Li and Assistant Professor (Ph.D) David Fu visited our office and met the Partners Rodrigo Mendia de Castro, Miguel Quental and Jorge Menezes and the Associate Paulo Cordeiro de Sousa and the Chief Operating Officer Wong Oi Man, with whom, among other topics, maintained a meaningful conversation about the role of Macau in China's Belt and Road Initiative.
FC Law’s Labour Law Team, led by our partner Miguel Quental, surpassed the 100-threshold of successful judgments, delivered during 2019, awarding compensation sought by employees against local corporation for legal breaches.
The prestigious international directory Chambers and Partners mentions FCLaw Lawyers & Private Notaries on the recently published 2019 Chambers Asia-Pacific as Recognised Practitioner.
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2019 also endorses partners Rodrigo Mendia de Castro and Jorge Menezes as "recognised practitioners".
For more information, please visit Chambers and Partners' website.
The team headed by our Associate Ricardo Figueredo Lopes took part on the successful listing of Wai Hung Group Holdings Limited on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
