About João Torroaes Valente

João Torroaes Valente joined Morais Leitão in 2018 as a partner and leads the corporate real estate and tourism department. He advises national and foreign investors on corporate real estate transactions, including the development, sale and purchase of shopping centres, retail parks, offices, and logistic, residential and tourism projects. He is a lecturer in postgraduate courses at the Católica Lisbon School of Law, the University of Lisbon School of Law and the Porto Business School. João is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association and regularly participates as a speaker in seminars and conferences on real estate, tourism and investment funds, having authored several articles on his areas of expertise. He is a corporate real estate, tourism and investment vehicles specialist, and co-headed the real estate team at Uria Menéndez Proença de Carvalho before joining Morais Leitão. In the area of corporate law, João focuses on the structuring of joint ventures to implement and finance international and multi-jurisdictional real estate investment projects.