lisbon: morais leitao aiming for nationwide expansionPortuguese firm Morais Leitao Galvao Teles Soares da Silva & Associados has absorbed Porto firm Osorio de Castro Verde Pinho Vieira Peres Lobo Xavier & Associados, as the Lisbon leader secures its second substantial domestic merger in as many years.

The tie-up, which went live in January, was prompted by Morais Leitao’s drive to extend its national capabilities beyond Lisbon.