FCLaw Lawyers & Private Notaries

Managing Partners: Rodrigo Mendia de Castro
Number of partners: 5
Number of lawyers: 15 qualified lawyers; 3 lawyers trainees; 5 legal consultants
Languages: Chinese, Portuguese, English, French, German, Spanish and Italian

FIRM OVERVIEW:
FCLaw, founded in 2003 by Fong Kin Ip and Rodrigo Mendia de Castro, is a leading law firm in Macau. FCLaw is one of the law firms with the highest number of staff and arguably with the highest demand of notarial acts in the region and the most experienced litigators. FCLaw litigation team is the most active in Macau, with two partners leading in number of court attendances. It is responsible for the biggest labour dispute in Macau and is involved in 98% of all Macau’s labour proceedings. FCLaw has been involved in some of Macau’s highest profile and most mediatic cases, both court and international arbitration proceedings, three involving multi-billion USD claims and several involving hundreds of millions of USD claims. FCLaw has participated in several of the largest corporate transactions and finance and real estate projects over the past 18 years and has been acting for the main financial institutions, including the largest credit and debit cards services providers in the world. FCLaw has been consistently acting as legal adviser in Macau in almost all major listing and initial public offering on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. In a total of over 45 professionals, the team is truly local and multicultural and includes some of the most experienced lawyers in Macau and university lecturers with renowned published work, combining a practical approach with deep academic insight.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:

Litigation:
FCLaw litigation team is one of the most renowned and active in Macau, with two partners leading in number of court attendances, as per the Macau court website. With 8 lawyers dedicated to litigation, it’s the firm in Macau with most pending cases in court, including 98% of all labour cases.
Contact: Rodrigo Mendia de Castro
Email: [email protected]

Private Notary:
FCLaw, with 5 Private Notaries and 20+ staff, has by far the largest in-house notary department in Macau with an average of 30 deeds a day and over 15,000 notary acts a year, involving all major banks in Macau.
Contact: Rodrigo Mendia de Castro
Email: [email protected]

Commercial, Corporate & M&A:
FCLaw has participated in several of the largest corporate transactions and finance and real estate projects over the past 18 years and has been involved in some of the largest M&A transaction of the past decade.
Contact: Rodrigo Mendia de Castro
Email: [email protected]

Labour & Immigration:
With one of the most renowned expert on labour law heading the team, FCLaw has been involved in most of the high-profile labour related cases in Macau.
Contact: Miguel Quental
Email: [email protected]

Construction:
FCLaw acted as legal advisers in the first listing and initial public offering of a Macau construction company on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and, since then, has been acting in most of all subsequent listings and initial public offerings of Macau construction companies. The team represents the Macau Government, namely the Public Works Department, on all disputes against Macau Engineers and Architects.
Contact: Rodrigo Mendia de Castro
Email: [email protected]

Banking & Finance:
FCLaw has been acting for the main financial institutions, including the largest credit and debit cards services providers in the world, advising on licensing, regulatory and compliance issues.
Contact: Rodrigo Mendia de Castro
Email: [email protected]

Capital Markets:
FCLaw capital market team is one of the most experienced on advising issuers and underwriters in Bond issuances and listing at the Macau Exchange. The team has been consistently assisting clients in listings and IPOs of Macau interests with the Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and London stock exchanges.
Contact: Jacky Lai
Email: [email protected]

Tax:
With a team headed by the most experienced lawyer in Macau specialized in tax law, FCLaw has been providing tax advising at the highest level.
Contact: Paulo Cordeiro de Sousa
Email: [email protected]

Arbitration & Expert Witness:
With a team of multi jurisdiction lawyers with expertise in Macau, Portugal, Cambodia, Lao, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea laws, FCLaw has been regularly acting as counsels and expert witnesses in domestic and international commercial arbitrations.
Contact: Jorge Menezes
Email: [email protected]

PRACTICE AREAS
Litigation
Private Notary
Commercial & Corporate
Labour & Immigration
Real Estate
Construction
Banking & Finance
Capital Markets
Tax
Arbitration & Expert Witness
Gaming
Telecommunications
Intellectual Property
Administrative
Aviation
Family & inheritance

OFFICES
Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro, nº 61,
Edifício Circle Square, 13º B-E Macau
Website: fclaw.com.mo
Tel: 853 28330885
Fax: 853 28330815
Email: [email protected]