Macau

Centered around the essence of Balance in Motion, our new brand image reflects the transformative journey of the firm and represents MdME’s renewed strategy and vision for the future.  Since its foundation more than fifteen years ago, MdME has been delivering a distinctive level of client focused service, based on a combination of technical excellence, legal innovation, and unparalleled responsiveness. This unique value proposition has transformed MdME from a boutique Macau office into a full-service, business-focused law firm with more than 80 dedicated team members working across offices in Macau, Hong Kong, and Lisbon. Our new brand image captures this transformation and reflects the firm’s dynamic and future-ready trajectory. In a rapidly changing world, MdME is committed to helping leading businesses and forward-thinking entrepreneurs stay ahead of the market. Our top-tier multicultural team, and strategically located offices, make us uniquely positioned to connect people and businesses across Greater China and the Portuguese speaking countries. The MdME brand: Introducing Balance in Motion as the essence of our new brand, MdME embraces the connection of interdependent forces within the firm that defines its way of being. Balance in Motion is an equilibrium that is not static, but dynamic. It demands adaptation, drive, and reliability. In a world that is unpredictable and in constant transformation, we believe that mastering these dynamics is essential to understanding our clients’ challenges and helping them achieve their ambitions. Through balance in motion, we promote a culture of empowerment and empathy. We thrive on the strength found in different perspectives and in a collaborative environment. We also aspire to create a lasting impact within the communities we operate in. MdME’s Managing Partner, Rui Proença, said: "The essence of our new brand reflects our forward-thinking spirit and our commitment to creating lasting value for our clients in a world in constant transformation." Key facts and figures Full-service, business focused law firm, with offices in Macau, Hong Kong, and Lisbon. +15 years in the market +80 team members, +40 legal professionals and 12 Partners Recently integrated Macau’s DSL lawyers creating a market leading firm in the region.  

DSL Lawyers will join MdME with effect from October 1st, 2023. +40 legal professionals and 12 Partners across 3 offices (Macau, Hong Kong, and Lisbon); +30 years of combined experience. Integration will bring together some of the best legal talents in Macau, creating a market leading firm with a unique capacity to service clients. Macau, 1st September 2023 – MdME and DSL Lawyers today announced that DSL will be joining MdME, effective from October 1st, 2023. This move will bring together two of Macau’s most prestigious law offices, reinforcing MdME’s position as a leading international law firm in the region. The firm, which will retain the name MdME, will have +40 legal professionals and 12 Partners across 3 offices (Macau, Hong Kong, and Lisbon). MdME and DSL have always shared values and a working culture based on technical excellence, integrity, and the highest standards of service. With combined resources and its distinctive international mindset, MdME will further its unique positioning to help clients navigate an increasingly complex legal and regulatory environment, in step with their growing needs for a deeper degree of specialized knowledge and the highest quality of service. Rui Proença, Managing Partner at MdME, said: “Joining two of Macau’s most prestigious law firms is a truly exciting step for us. Both firms share values and a working culture based on technical excellence, integrity, and the highest standards of service. DSL has a stellar group of legal professionals, with decades of experience in Macau. Together we will reinforce our position as a market leading firm with a unique capacity to service clients in Macau and abroad.” Carlos Simões, Managing Partner at DSL, said: “Today’s clients, both domestic and international, are requesting a deeper degree of specialized knowledge, provided in a clear and commercially sensible manner. MdME is an outstanding firm whose work we have long respected, which has always placed great emphasis on attracting and retaining top talent. Together we will further our ability to meet clients’ expectations, offering a highly skilled practice and will contribute to raising the standards of the legal profession in Macau.”