Luis Miguel Novais

2011

The Business of Law and the Profession of Law (Porto, Portugal)

2008

The Legal Profession: Just Another Business? (Bucharest, Romania)

Professional Secrecy : Waivable or absolute ? (Nice, France)

2007

Legal services as commercial markets: scope, limits? (Paris, France)

Encontro da Advocacia Global / Meeting of the Global Legal Profession (Lisboa, Portugal)

The legal profession and the liberalisation of services (Lisboa, Portugal)

Recognition and Enforcement of Judgements or Awards in M&A Litigation (Sestriere, Italia)

2006

O advogado e a publicidade (Bahia, Brasil)

The Future of the Lawyer (Bahia, Brasil)

2005

VI Congresso dos advogados portugueses: relatório da 2ª secção - Advocacia e Cidadania (Algarve, Portugal)

Diferentes entre iguais (Porto, Portugal)

Grandes dramas judiciários (Porto, Portugal)

2004

UIA - Candidatures 2004 (Paris, France)

L'armonizzazione europea delle professioni intellettuali: liberalizzazione, tutela degli utenti e qualità dei servizi legali (Roma, Italia)

Secteurs d’activité et d’intervention de l'avocat: Evolution dans la perspective de l’internationalisation de la profession (Geneve, Suisse)

Tributo a José FERREIRA BORGES (São Paulo, Brasil)

2003

47º Congresso da UIA: um congresso português para o mundo (Lisboa, Portugal)

Discurso de Sua Excelência o Presidente da República por ocasião do 47º congresso da UIA (Lisboa, Portugal)

O terceiro congresso mundial de advogados em Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal)

Lawyer's fees and the WTO (Lisboa, Portugal)

2002

Da Austrália a Portugal (Lisboa, Portugal)

The Humanist Lawyer in the 21st Century (Sydney, Australia)

2001

Práctica internacional: Nuevas reglas en un mundo en transformación (Torino, Italia)

La professione dell’avvocato: la sfida del terzo millennio (Torino, Italia)

2000

Professional confidentiality in the European Union - the directive on money laundering (Porto, Portugal)

La mondialisation de la profession d'avocat: le défi du multimédia (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

1999

Practice of Law and Professional Secrecy in the Multimedia Era (New Delhi, India)

Les conséquences de l'Internet sur l'exercice de la profession d'avocat (Agadir, Maroc)

1998

Primeiro encontro de advogados de negócios de Portugal e Espanha (Madrid, España)

Asociación de Abogados de Negocios de España y Portugal (Portugal + España)

Constitución de Iuristiberia (Madrid, España)

1997

Can the lawyer of the future live without the internet ? (Philadelphia, USA)

1996-1986

Web archive - Novais & Loureiro (1996 - 2004)


Portugal-based, Luis Miguel Novais' team has been serving a local clientele ranging from Wine, Metals, Textiles and Construction to ICT, Football, Fashion and Finance. They've been also serving a multinational clientele ranging from Chemicals to Environmental, Transportation and Maritime, Hotel and Casino Resorts, Banking, Insurance and Securities, ICT, Real Estate and Foreign Direct Investment, advising in Portuguese and European Law.

Founder of Novais Advogados, in 1987, Luis Miguel Novais runs a practice of complex sovereign, commercial and financial dispute resolution in Portuguese, European and International law and jurisdictions. For 10 years (1994-2004) he headed the team who fought and won for the private party the Port Wine case against the Portuguese Republic. Recent representative cases include Lehman Brothers and Madoff related disputes acting for private parties, and alternative dispute resolution cases acting for sovereigns.

Luis Miguel Novais is fluent in Portuguese, English, French, Spanish and Italian.

Main Office: Palacio da Bolsa, Rua Ferreira Borges, 4050-253 Porto, Portugal
Phone: +351 222 037 769
Fax: +351 222 053 156

info@novais.pt
 

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