Luisa Soares da Silva is a partner at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL. She is particularly experienced in Capital Markets and Financing areas, having been involved in privatisations in the banking and highway concessions sectors and several capital markets transactions, as well as in innovative structures occurred in Portugal, namely convertible and exchangeable securities, hybrid instruments and several kinds of debt issues. Her practice also includes counselling clients on companies law, commercial law and corporate matters, as well as advising in the insurance and pension funds area, as she provides ongoing assistance to insurance and pension funds managing companies. Lusa Soares da Silva received her Law Degree from the Portuguese Catholic University Law School (1990), having also pursued Postgraduate Studies in European Studies in the Portuguese Catholic University Law School (1992). She has also attended a Course on Legal Aspects of International Finance from the University of London (1994) and received Legal Training in Acquisition Finance (2007).
Margarida Lima Rego is an associate at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL. She has been very active in the area of M&A, having also had a significant role in the setting up of commercial operations, such as joint ventures, and in the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts, with an emphasis upon direct insurance and insurance mediation, agency and distribution. She teaches Insurance Law at the Nova University Law School and is the co-author Co-author of the chapter on Contract Law in the collective work Portuguese Law: an Overview, published by Almedina. She is also a member of the Portuguese Chapter of the International Association for Insurance Law (SPAIDA). Margarida Lima Rego received her Law Degree from the University of Lisbon Law School (1999), her M.Jur. in European and Comparative Law (2000) and her M.Phil. in Contract Law (2002), both from Oxford University, and is currently awaiting public discussion of her doctoral dissertation (PhD) in the area of insurance contract law at Nova University
Margarida Torres Gama is a junior associate at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL. She focuses her practice in commercial and corporate law, capital markets, insurance law, as well as in civil litigation and arbitration. Margarida Torres Gama received her Law Degree from the Portuguese Catholic University Law School(2007).