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International Conference – Siena (Italy)
17 September 2019

LSM/SGC Law Firm reinforces team of international consultants
30 August 2019

LSM/SGC Law Firm reinforces team of international consultants
30 August 2019

Chapter authored by Professor Luís Morais
30 August 2019

Chapter authored by Professor Luís Morais
03 June 2019

Chapter co-authored by Professor Luís Morais and Lúcio Féteira
29 August 2019

Professor Luís Morais organizes annual Cirsf Conference
04 July 2019

Jorge de Menezes, Consultant of LSM for Macau and Hong Kong published an Article
03 June 2019

Professor Luís Morais participates as Speaker in the Discussion Panel
31 May 2019

Professor Luís Morais chairs Panel on Banking Resolution at the Annual Conference in Frankfurt
21 February 2019

2019, January - Professor Luís Silva Morais hosts as co-organizer meeting in Lisbon of the Core-Group of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute (EBI)
01 January 2019

2018, December - Jorge Menezes, of counsel of LSM/SGC for Macao and Hong Kong/China
01 December 2018

2018, November Professor Luís Silva Morais has been designated President of the Supervisory Council of the Portuguese Authority of Insurance and Pension Funds (ASF)
01 November 2018

Professor Luís Silva Morais intervenes as Speaker at the Conference organized by the Bank of Italy and the European Banking Institute (EBI)
23 May 2018

Professor Luís Silva Morais intervenes as Speaker at the International Conference
22 May 2018

Professor Luís Silva Morais opens the Annual Conference of the European Banking Institute
22 May 2018

Professor Luís Silva Morais intervenes as Speaker at the Conference organized by the University of Macau and the European Institute of Macau
22 May 2018

LSM Law Firm is a Premium Partner of the XXVIII FIDE CONGRESS
21 May 2018

Professor Luís Morais, Founding Partner of LSM/SGC has now been designated Vice President of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (SRB), of which he was already a full Member as from the last quarter of 2015
30 April 2018

This position is held on an independent capacity which does not interfere with his other professional and scientific activities.
A new step towards the expansion of our project
12 March 2018

In the wake of the incorporation of our law firm five years ago, we have taken a new step towards the expansion of our project
Professors Luis Silva Morais and Lúcio Tomé Féteira take part in the Annual Roundtable of Experts of the Competition Committee of UNCTAD - July 2017, Geneva
10 July 2017

Professors Luis Silva Morais and Lúcio Tomé Féteira take part in the Annual Roundtable of Experts of the Competition Committee of UNCTAD
Professor Luís Silva Morais took part, in his capacity as Member of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (AP/SRB), in a joint meeting of this body and the Administrative Board of Review of the Single Supervisory Mechanism of the ECB - September 2017, Frankfurt
20 September 2017

Professor Luís Silva Morais took part, in his capacity as Member of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (AP/SRB), in a joint meeting of this body and the Administrative Board of Review of the Single Supervisory Mechanism of the ECB
Lúcio Feteira, Associate of Luís Silva Morais, Sérgio Gonçalves do Cabo & Associados and Professor at Nova Law School, took part as a speaker in the II Conference in Law and Financial Markets that took place in 9 October 2017.
09 October 2017

The topic of this year's edition was Brexit's Impact on Financial Markets and Lúcio made a presentation on the impact of Brexit on the development of EU regulation and supervision concerning financial markets.
Gonçalo Coelho, a new member of LSM Law Firm, is a PhD graduate from the European University Institute (IUE), Florence, recently co-authored with Profs. Giorgio Monti and Miguel Maduro, of the IUE, a study for the European Parliament - September 2017
05 September 2017

Gonçalo Coelho, a new member of LSM Law Firm, is a PhD graduate from the European University Institute (IUE), Florence 2016. In addition to being Counsel of our Law Firm, Gonçalo is a Consultant with the World Bank’s Competition Policy Team, having also worked with the Competition branch of UNCTAD. He recently co-authored with Profs. Giorgio Monti and Miguel Maduro, of the IUE, a study for the European Parliament
Founding Partner of LSM/SGC and Coordinator of CIRSF intervenes as Speaker in the EBI Conference - June 2017
09 June 2017

Within the new Scientific Partnership with the European Banking Institute (EBI), of Frankfurt, that was disclosed by the occasion of the CIRSF Conference of the past 1st of June, the Founding Partner of LSM/SGC and Coordinator of CIRSF intervenes as Speaker in the EBI Conference held in Malta on the 9th June (2017) organized in connection with the closing of the Maltese Presidency of the Council of EU
Founding Partner of LSM/SGC and Coordinator of the Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector (CIRSF) gives Opening Address of the CIRSF Annual Conference - June 2017
01 June 2017

Founding Partner of LSM/SGC and Coordinator of the Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector (CIRSF) gives Opening Address of the CIRSF Annual Conference of which he is the principal organizer, on the 1 st June 2017, in Lisbon.
Founding Partner of LSM/SGC designated to participate as Observer in the CEPS Task Force on Asset Allocation (CEPS – Centre of European Policy Studies of Brussels) in the context of the financial sector.
23 May 2017

Founding Partner of LSM/SGC designated to participate as Observer in the CEPS Task Force on Asset Allocation (CEPS – Centre of European Policy Studies of Brussels) in the context of the financial sector.
Professor Luis Silva Morais intervenes as Speaker at the V Luso-Brazilian Seminar of Law – Constitution and Governance - April 2017
20 April 2017

Professor Luis Silva Morais intervenes as Speaker at the V Luso-Brazilian Seminar of Law – Constitution and Governance, which takes place at the Lisbon Law Faculty (FDL), having as keynote Speaker, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of the Republic of Brazil between 1995 and 2003 and being closed by the President of the Republic of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Professor Luis Silva Morais discusses the Solvency 2 Model for Insurance Supervision with the President of the Portuguese Authority of Insurance and Pension Funds at the Opening of the AIDA Congress – Lisbon – December 2016
30 December 2016

Professor Luis Silva Morais discusses the Solvency 2 Model for Insurance Supervision with the President of the Portuguese Authority of Insurance and Pension Funds at the Opening of the AIDA Congress – Lisbon – December 2016 
Professor Luis Silva Morais intervenes as Speaker in the Annual Conference of the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) – Brussels website – November 2016
30 November 2016

Professor Luis Silva Morais intervenes as Speaker in the Annual Conference of the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) – Brussels  – November 2016 ...
Professor Luis Silva Morais discusses the Model of Financial Supervison for Portugal with Professor Teixeira dos Santos at Conference on Capital Markets – Lisbon – November 2016
29 November 2016

Professor Luis Silva Morais discusses the Model of Financial Supervison for Portugal with Professor Teixeira dos Santos at Conference on Capital Markets – Lisbon – November 2016...
Professor Luis Silva Morais and Professor Lúcio Féteira publish Chapter on Risk Finance in the new edition of EU State Aids - Leigh Hancher, Tom Ottervanger e Piet Jan Slot - November 2016
28 November 2016

Professor Luis Silva Morais and Professor Lúcio Féteira publish Chapter on Risk Finance in the new edition of EU State Aids - Leigh Hancher, Tom Ottervanger e Piet Jan Slot - November 2016 ...
Professor Luis Silva Morais designated Full Member of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board – November 2016
27 November 2016

Professor Luis Silva Morais designated Full Member of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board – November 2016...
Professor Luis Silva Morais participates in the Annual Jean Monnet Conference in Brussels - October 2016 Professor
18 October 2016

Professor Luis Silva Morais participates in the Annual Jean Monnet Conference in Brussels - October 2016 Professor...
Professor Luis Silva Morais participates in informal meeting of Appeal Panels of European Financial Supervision Authorities and discusses European Banking Union in a Conference at the University of Bologna - September 2016
16 September 2016

Professor Luis Silva Morais participates in informal meeting of Appeal Panels of European Financial Supervision Authorities and discusses European Banking Union in a Conference at the University of Bologna - September 2016...
Alliance/Cooperation Agreement with the Law Firm Lallemand & Legros – Brussels
08 July 2016

​Alliance/Cooperation Agreement with the Law Firm Lallemand & Legros – Brussels. LSM Law Firm has entered into a Cooperation Agreement and Alliance with the Brussels-based Law Firm Lallemand & Legros...
Professor Luís Silva Morais Speaker at the ASCOLA Conference (Leiden – The Netherlands)
30 June 2016

Professor Luís Silva Morais Speaker at the ASCOLA Conference (Leiden – The Netherlands). Professor Luís Silva Morais presents and discusses an original Paper he authored entitled “Competition in digital markets and innovation...
CIRSF Conference on Financial Supervision (Lisbon – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation). Professor Luís Silva Morais organizes and coordinates the annual International Conference of CIRSF
23 June 2016

CIRSF Conference on Financial Supervision (Lisbon – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation). Professor Luís Silva Morais organizes and coordinates the annual International Conference of CIRSF – Research Centre of Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector, within a scientific partnership with the Bank of Portugal and the Portuguese Authority of Insurance and Pension Funds...
Ricardo Pedro participates as speaker in the second edition of the Course on Public Procurement and Competition Law organized by Nova Law School.
27 June 2016

Ricardo Pedro participates as speaker in the second edition of the Course on Public Procurement and Competition Law organized by Nova Law School – FDUNL and the Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência)...
​Professor Luis Silva Morais lectures an intensive Course at the Università Europea di Roma entitled “Competition and Regulation in the Banking Union”
06 May 2016

​Professor Luis Silva Morais lectures an intensive Course at the Università Europea di Roma entitled “Competition and Regulation in the Banking Union”
​Conference/Tavola Rotonda “Convergence and Shared Economy” – Rome/Italy – with presentations by the Presidents of the Italian Competition Authority and of the Italian Authority of Electronic Communications and of Professor Luís Silva Morais
06 May 2016

​Conference/Tavola Rotonda “Convergence and Shared Economy” – Rome/Italy – with presentations by the Presidents of the Italian Competition Authority and of the Italian Authority of Electronic Communications and of Professor Luís Silva Morais.
Presentation at the Bank of Portugal, with intervention by the Governor of the BoP, and publication of the Study “Models of Financial Supervision in Portugal and in the Context of the EU”, authored by Professor Luís Silva Morais and commissioned by the BoP.
05 May 2016

Presentation at the Bank of Portugal, with intervention by the Governor of the BoP, and publication of the Study “Models of Financial Supervision in Portugal and in the Context of the EU”, authored by Professor Luís Silva Morais and commissioned by the BoP.
Professor Luís Silva Morais organizes CLASF (Competition Law Scholars Forum)
14 April 2016

Professor Luís Silva Morais organizes CLASF (Competition Law Scholars Forum) Workshop on Regulatory and Competition Law Trends on digital Markets at Lisbon Law Faculty (14 April 2016). CLASF organizes 2 annual Workshops in different EU Member States and this first semester CLASF is holding its Seminar at FDL, organized by Professor Luis Morais in the context of his Jean Monnet Chair in Economic Regulation and with the sponsorship of ANACOM (Portuguese Electronic Communications Regulator)...
Professor Luís Silva Morais lectures in Washington in the context of his Jean Monnet Chair and of CIRSF (Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector)
06 April 2016

Professor Luís Silva Morais lectures in Washington in the context of his Jean Monnet Chair and of CIRSF (Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector) with Presentations on Securitisation – an EU Perspective, following the Papers of the Bank of England and the European Central Bank and the European Commission Proposal of Regulation in this field...
​Dilemas europeus de Portugal
01 April 2016

Dilemas europeus de Portugal – article by Professor Luís Silva Morais...
Professor Luis Morais participates in new meeting of the Appeal Panel of SRB involving a presentation to the Plenary session of SRB in Brussels (16 March 2016)
22 March 2016

​Professor Luis Morais participates in new meeting of the Appeal Panel of SRB involving a presentation to the Plenary session of SRB in Brussels (16 March 2016) As the process of implementation of SRB (Single Resolutiin Board) unfolds, after its effective launching in full force of January 2016, the various legal pieces of the system keep being developed. 
Luis Silva Morais/Sergio Gonçalves do Cabo has entered into an agreement with MCA, Management Consulting Services concerning the project launched by MCA
02 March 2016

Luis Silva Morais/Sergio Gonçalves do Cabo has entered into an agreement with MCA, Management Consulting Services concerning the project launched by MCA to provide specialized assistance to entities interested in candidatures to the 2020 Program (Portugal 2020 and related EU funds), thereby acting as legal consultants in the context of such assistance to candidatures to Portugal 2020.
Professor Luis Morais and Dr Sérgio do Cabo will participate as Speakers in a Seminar organized by the School of Judicial Magistrates (CEJ –Centro de Estudos Judiciários), on the 5 th of February 2016
05 February 2016

Professor Luis Morais and Dr Sérgio do Cabo will participate as Speakers in a Seminar organized by the School of Judicial Magistrates (CEJ –Centro de Estudos Judiciários), on the 5 th of February 2016, under the general topic of liability of Regulatory Authorities. This represents a most relevant topic given high profile potential conflicts involving various sectoral regulators in Portugal and the EU. Professor Luis Morais will discuss potential liability for acts of banking supervision and Dr Sérgio do Cabo potential liability for acts concerning regulation and supervision of electronic communications.
January 2016 has marked the beginning of full operation of the Single Resolution Board (SRB)
29 January 2016

January 2016 has marked the beginning of full operation of the Single Resolution Board (SRB), the new EU regulatory agency in charge of banking resolution, which represents a new landmark stage in the building of the European Banking Union. As part of that process, Professor Luis Silva Morais, in his capacity as member of the Appeal Panel of the SRB, took part in proceedings of this body in Brussels aimed at putting in place operationally all the building blocks of such supranational (EU) framework of banking resolution.
Professor Lúcio Tomé Feteira published his book 'The Interplay between European and National Competition Law after Regulation 1/2003.
22 December 2015

Professor Lúcio Tomé Feteira published his book 'The Interplay between European and National Competition Law after Regulation 1/2003. United (Should) We Stand?' (Kluwer Law International, 2015).

The analysis follows a functional method of comparative legal analysis, reviewing the most relevant norms in the selected jurisdictions (Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom), particularly in what concerns their goals and function in the context of their respective legal systems.

Special attention is paid to two specific sectors – the motor-vehicle and the retailing industries – which have most often triggered relevant legislation and case law in the jurisdictions covered. Legal scholarship in the field is also drawn upon.
Ricardo Pedro participates as speaker in the consumption law and alternative dispute resolution course organized by Nova Law School – FDUNL (Prof Jorge Morais Carvalho and Prof Mariana França Gouveia).
02 December 2015

Ricardo Pedro participates as speaker in the consumption law and alternative dispute resolution course organized by Nova Law School – FDUNL (Prof Jorge Morais Carvalho and Prof Mariana França Gouveia). 
Ricardo Pedro participated as speaker in the Almedinamais workshop on the topic: The New Legal Framework for Financial Incentives to Enterprises.
19 November 2015

Ricardo Pedro participated as speaker in the Almedinamais workshop on the topic: The New Legal Framework for Financial Incentives to Enterprises. 
Professor Luis Silva Morais, has been designated to the Appeal Panel of the European Banking Single Resolution Board (SRB)
12 October 2015

Professor Luis Silva Morais, has been designated to the Appeal Panel of the European Banking Single Resolution Board (SRB), the new EU Agency entrusted with the task of establishing a recovery and resolution regime for banks in the Eurozone
Professor Luis Silva Morais takes part in reception and walking dinner in honour of Ian Forrester QC, LLD
23 September 2015

Professor Luis Silva Morais takes part in reception and walking dinner in honour of Ian Forrester QC, LLD., organized by White and Case, at Château de Val Duchesse  Boulevard du Souverain, in Brussels, on the 23 rd September, 2015 , providing a venue to the Launching of the Liber Amicorum Ian Forrester, in which Professor Morais contributes with a Chapter entitled Joint Ownership of Undertakings Without Joint Control – Minority Shareholder at a Crossroad in Competition Law.
Professor Luis Silva Morais as Chairman of CIRSF – Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector
25 June 2015

Professor Luis Silva Morais as Chairman of CIRSF – Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector, in scientific partnership with the Bank of Portugal and the Portuguese Authority of Insurance and Pension Funds opened and chaired the CIRSF 2015 Annual Conference on major trends on regulation and supervision of the financial sector, held on the 25 th June 2015, at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in which intervened as speakers among others Andre Enria, Chairperson of the European Banking Authority
Professor Luis Silva Morais, attended as guest of Concurrences and member of its Editorial Board the Annual Concurrences Antitrust Conference
15 June 2015

Professor Luis Silva Morais, attended as guest of Concurrences and member of its Editorial Board the Annual Concurrences Antitrust Conference held in Paris on the 15 the of June 2015.
Professor Luis Silva Morais intervened as Speaker on the 1st June 2015 at a Seminar organized by CIRSF
01 June 2015

Professor Luis Silva Morais intervened as Speaker on the 1st June 2015 at a Seminar organized by CIRSF – Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector, in scientific partnership with the Bank of Portugal and the Portuguese Authority of Insurance and Pension Funds, together with the Portuguese Association of Actuaries on the current role of Actuaries in the supervision of the financial sector- The Seminar was held at the Auditorium of the Portuguese Authority of Insurance and Pension Funds and was opened by the President of the Authority – Professor José Almaça.
Professor Luis Silva Morais presented a Paper, by invitation, at the ASCOLA
21 May 2015

Professor Luis Silva Morais presented a Paper, by invitation, at the ASCOLA (Academic Society of Competition Law, of which he is a member) International Conference held in Tokyo/Japan on the 21 st, 22 nd and 23 rd May 2015. The Paper is entitled Abuse Regulation and the Financial Sector in the Wake of the Financial Crisis – Application of Competition Rules to Financial Institutions and its Interplay with Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector, and will be published in Proceedings of Annual Ascola Conference – Tokyo 2015, Elgar, Forthcoming 2015.
Professor Luis Silva Morais organized a Seminar on Current Prospects of Evolution of Economic Regulation in Brazil and the EU
04 May 2015

In the context of his Jean Monnet Chair in economic regulation in the EU, Professor Luis Silva Morais organized a Seminar on Current Prospects of Evolution of Economic Regulation in Brazil and the EU, on the 4 th of May, 2015, at Lisbon Law University, in which intervened as Speakers Professor Herren Aguilar of USP – Universidade de São Paulo, of Fundação Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo/Brazil and Professor Maria Manuel Leitão Marques of the School of Economics of Coimbra University.
Professor Luis Silva Morais took part as an independent external expert on regulation and supervision of the financial sector in an Independent Commission
01 May 2015

Professor Luis Silva Morais took part as an independent external expert on regulation and supervision of the financial sector in an Independent Commission established by the Banco de Portugal (Bank of Portugal) to assess and critically review the track-record of banking prudential supervision in the Banco Espirito Santo (BES) case, which delivered preliminar conclusions on May 2015
Professor Luis Morais has lectured in Goa, Índia
09 February 2015

Professor Luis Morais has lectured in Goa, Índia (V. M. SalgãoCar College of Law), in the course of the week of 9-13 February 2015, in the context of the ongoing scientific cooperation between Lisbon Law Faculty (FDL) and Goa, former Portuguese India. The Seminar taught to post-graduate and PhD students concerned “The Economic Foundations of Civil Law Systems and the Europeanization of Contract Law”.
Professor Luis Morais has lectured in Goa, Índia
09 February 2015

Professor Luis Morais has lectured in Goa, Índia (V. M. SalgãoCar College of Law), in the course of the week of 9-13 February 2015, in the context of the ongoing scientific cooperation between Lisbon Law Faculty (FDL) and Goa, former Portuguese India.
Professor Luís Silva Morais participates in the 4th Annual Conference of EIOPA, in Frankfurt
03 June 2015

Professor Luís Silva Morais participated, by invitation, in the 4th Annual Conference of EIOPA - European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, which took place as part of the Euro Finance Week in Frankfurt. See enclosed the congress program and further information.
Intervention as Speaker of Professor Luís Silva Morais in the Congress on Insurance Law of AIDA and Almedina
28 November 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais intervened as speaker in the Congress on Insurance Law held by AIDA-Portugal and Almedina, the Portuguese section of the Association International du Droit des Assurances.
Intervention as Speaker of Professor Luís Silva Morais in the Congress on Insurance Law of AIDA and Almedina
03 June 2015

Professor Luís Silva Morais intervened as speaker in the Congress on Insurance Law held by AIDA-Portugal and Almedina, the Portuguese section of the Association International du Droit des Assurances. He opened the proceedings of the Congress with a Presentation on "Current Trends in Supervision Law on Insurance”. See enclosed 
Professor Luís Silva Morais organizes with Hart Publishing an editorial session in Brussels dedicated to his book “Joint Ventures and EU Competition Law”
13 November 2014

Professor Luís Morais organized with Hart Publishing an editorial session dedicated to his book “Joint Ventures and EU Competition Law” (Hart Publishing, 2013) at the Portuguese Embassy in Brussels/Permanent Representation of Portugal to the EU (REPER), with a keynote speech by Ian Forrester and with Dr João Syder Santiago Terenas, Chargé d’affaires of the Portuguese Embassy in Brussels opening the proceedings.
Professor Luís Silva Morais participates in the Seminar on the evolution of pensions in EU held by CIRSF, ISP and APFIPP
06 November 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais participated in the Seminar held By CIRSF – Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector, ISP – Instituto de Seguros de Portugal (the Portuguese Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority) and APFIPP (the Portuguese Association of Investment Funds, Pension Funds and Asset Management) under the theme 'Evolution of Pensions in the EU: the Spanish case and the Portuguese situation.
Professor Luís Silva Morais gives presentation on joint venture agreements at PUCRS – Porto Alegre/Brazil
16 October 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais participated as a panellist in the Conference held by the Law School of PUCRS – Faculdade de Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Porto Alegre on the subject “Joint Venture Contracts – an International and Luso-Brazilian Perspective”.
Professor Luís Silva Morais participates in the Luso-Brazilian Seminar on “Private Law Contracts” – USP, São Paulo, Brazil
14 October 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais participated as a speaker in the conference “Private Law Contracts” held by the Law School of UPS – University of São Paulo, Brazil. Professor Luís Morais gave his presentation on “Contractual aspects on inter-companies cooperation and joint venture agreements”.
Professor Luís Silva Morais gives a workshop on his book ‘Joint Ventures and EU Competition Law’ with IBRAC and Getúlio Vargas Foundation – São Paulo/Brazil
14 October 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais organized a workshop presenting his book ‘Joint Ventures and EU Competition Law’ (Hart Publishing, 2013) at Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in cooperation with IBRAC – Instituto Brasileiro de Concorrência.
Professor Luís Silva Morais participates in the Conference “Dialogues on Antitrust” in São Paulo Law School - Brazil
13 October 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais participated as a panellist in the conference “Dialogues on Antitrust – Brazil and Portugal” held by the Law School of USP – University of São Paulo, Brazil, and with the active participation of CADE – Brazilian Authority of Competition, sharing a panel with Vinicius de Carvalho, President of CADE and discussing the topic “Intervention in company mergers: effectiveness and proportionality of structural and behavioural measures”.
Professor Luís Silva Morais and Dr Sérgio Gonçalves do Cabo lecture two Seminars on the new Course Regulation and Competition in the Port Sector organized by UAL and various port operators
01 October 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais and Dr Sérgio Gonçalves do Cabo lecture two Seminars in the new Course on regulation and competition in the port sector organized by UAL (Prof Amado da Silva and Prof Eduardo Cardadeiro) and port operators (Conselho Nacional de Carregadores), discussing issues of possible reform of the port sector in Portugal.
Professor Luís Silva Morais participates in the annual Jean Monnet Professors Congress in Brussels
01 October 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais participated in the annual Jean Monnet Professors Congress that took place on the 1st and 2nd October in Brussels, organized by the European Commission and bringing together Law and Economics Professors dedicated to EU integration studies and belonging to the Jean Monnet scientific network (which he integrates holding a Jean Monnet Chair on EU economic regulation).
Luis Silva Morais as board member of Concurrences Magazine, NY
26 September 2014

As a Board member of Concurrences magazine, Prof Luis Silva Morais attended the Conference/Dinner in honor of Joshua Wright & Eric Stock, last September 26, in NYC.
LSM Advogados at 40th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, NY
26 September 2014

Prof. Luís Morais takes part at the Fordham Antitrust Conference – 26 and 27th September in the context of our Sponsorship of the Conference. 
Each year, a full two-day program focuses on a wide range of issues related to antitrust policy and enforcement. Leaders in the field, representing competition authorities, the judiciary, private practice and the academia, regularly contribute to the success of the conference as speakers and discussants. The conference attracts close to 400 participants, including competition authorities from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin/South America and North America, as well as practitioners and academics.
Professor Luís Silva Morais participates in the Euro50Group Meeting held in Portugal at the premises of Banco de Portugal
14 September 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais actively intervened in the joint organization of a meeting and workshop of the Euro50Group chaired by Edmond Alphandéry, involving the Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal) and cooperation with CIRSF – Research Center on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector, which took place in a round-table format at the headquarters of the Bank of Portugal – these meetings only include participants by invitation and are subject to the Chatham House Rules.
Annual CIRSF Summer Conference – 2014 – on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector
19 July 2014

Following previous initiatives, CIRSF – Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector held its Annual Summer Conference last 19 July 2014, in scientific cooperation with the Bank of Portugal and ISP – Instituto de Seguros de Portugal (the Portuguese Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority).
Jean Monnet/CIRSF International Seminar on Public Debt Markets
09 July 2014

On the 9th of July, the Jean Monnet Chair of Lisbon University on economic regulation in the EU held by Professor Luís Silva Morais, and CIRSF – Research Centre on Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector, associated to said Jean Monnet Chair, held an International Seminar and Workshop on financial markets and the evolution of sovereign debt markets from 2010 onwards at Lisbon Law Faculty (FDL), in cooperation with SEDES (Associação para o Desenvolvimento Económico e Social).
Professor Luís Morais participates at the USJT XI International Congress on "Law and Transformation"
26 May 2014

Professor Luís Morais participated as a speaker at the XI International Congress held by São Judas Tadeu University, in São Paulo, Brasil, under the theme "Law and Transformation" between 26 and 29th May. Professor Luís Morais made his presentation on "New Industrial Policy and Economic Development - Legal Challenges and Legal Instruments".
Professor Luís Morais participates at the CEPS Lab Dinner and debate
03 April 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais participates by invitation at the CEPS (Centre of European Policy Studies) Lab Dinner and debate with the intervention of George Soros.
Professor Luís Morais participates at the CEPS Lab in Brussels
03 April 2014

Professor Luís Morais participates by invitation at the CEPS (Centre of European Policy Studies) Lab in Brussels on the 3rd of April 2014, intervening in the discussion in the Panels on financial regulation in the EU.
Professor Luís Morais teaches a seminar at the Catholic University of America
27 March 2014

Professor Luís Morais teaches a seminar at the Catholic University of America in cooperation with Georgetown University, in Washington DC, on the general theme of reform of regulation of the financial sector in the EU.
Professor Luís Morais participates at the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting
26 March 2014

Professor Luís Morais participates at the ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington DC between 26 and 29th March 2014 and participates at the Antitrust Spring Meeting Diner representing Luis Silva Morais/Sergio Gonçalves do Cabo, Law Firm.
Workshop on regulatory tools and the EU institutional architecture for the financial sector by EBA
17 January 2014

Professor Luís Silva Morais participates at the workshop on regulatory and the EU institutional architecture for the financial sector, held the European Banking Authority (EBA) in London, on the 17th January 2014.
Opinion article by Professor Luís Morais for Público Newspaper on Portugal’s future
04 January 2014

Professor Luís Morais wrote an opinion article for Público Newspaper on Portugal’s future, entitled “5 ideas for 2014”.
Professor Luís Morais participates at EIOPA Conference 2013
20 November 2013

Professor Luís Morais participates at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)’s 3rd Annual Conference, held in Frankfurt on the 20th November 2013, which included keynote speeches by, among others, the Commissioner Michel Barnier.
Conference on the new Portuguese framework for regulatory authorities
12 November 2013

Professor Luís Silva Morais and Sérgio Gonçalves do Cabo participated as speakers at the conference "A New Framework Law of the Regulatory Authorities - First Reflections and Prospects for the Future” held by the Institute for Economic, Fiscal and Tax Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (IDEFF).
Sérgio Gonçalves do Cabo joins the firm
01 November 2013

Sérgio Gonçalves do Cabo has joined the firm, leading to an adjustment of its denomination to Luís Silva Morais|Sérgio Gonçalves do Cabo & Associados, rl.
A new book by Luís Silva Morais
01 November 2013

This book examines the treatment of joint ventures (JVs) in EU Competition Law, and at the same time provides a comparison with US law. It starts with an analysis of the rather elusive concept of JV, encompassing both concentrative JVs (subject to merger control) and non concentrative JVs.
Nova Sociedade de Advogados Luís Silva Morais & Associados
20 September 2013

A data marca o nascimento da nossa nova Sociedade de Advogados, registada junto da Ordem dos Advogados com o n.º 52/13. Esperamos que os nossos clientes e amigos escusem alguma informação em falta no nosso site.

LSM interview to "Jornal i" Negócios magazine
01 September 2013

Professor Luís Silva Morais writes editorial for the Competition Law Review
01 July 2013

Professor Luís Silva Morais wrote the editorial for Volume 9, Issue 2, of the Competition Law Review of July 2013, on Competition Law and Policy in Times of Crisis and Economic Change.
Editorial Review of the Book 'Joint Ventures and EU Competition Law, by Luis Silva Morais.
01 January 2013

Editorial Review of the Book 'Joint Ventures and EU Competition Law, by Luis Silva Morais. (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2013) by Mel Marquis, now published at Common Market Law Review, Volume 52 (2015) Issue 1, pp. 313–315
Handbook On European Competition Law
01 January 2013

Ioannis Lianos, University College London, UK and Damien Geradin, Covington & Burling, George Mason University, US and Tilburg University, The Netherlands edited their Handbook on European Competition Law, a two-volume Handbook covering all the major areas of European Union competition law, including substantive, procedural, and enforcement aspects. Professor Luís Morais participates in this edition with a chapter on horizontal cooperation agreements.

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