CFB Lawyers
CFB Lawyers is a law firm in Macao, with 500 professionals and 7 lawyers listed on its own site. It stands No. 1 of 3 in Macao, on the professional count stated on its own site.
- Jurisdiction
- Macao
- Standing
- No. 1 of 3 in Macao
- Founded
- Not stated
- Professionals
- 500
- Offices
- 1
- Recognitions
- 4
- Lawyers on file
- 7

Standing in Macao
In Macao, 3 of 8 verified firms are placed: 3 placed by the professional count stated on the firm's own website. Firms on file without either are listed in the directory below and are not ranked. No composite score is published for Macao. The full list for Macao
Organization
0 practice areas and sectors · 7 lawyers on the firm’s siteHow CFB Lawyers is organised, read from the titles and practice areas it publishes for each lawyer. A head is named only where the firm states one; otherwise the partner admitted earliest on record stands first and is labelled so.
Leadership
- Hugo Maia Bandeira
Founding Partner
- Victor Castro
Founding Partner
7 lawyers list no practice area on the firm’s site; they appear in the list below.
Lawyers
7 on the firm’s own siteNames, titles and practice areas as CFB Lawyers publishes them, senior titles first. Each name opens the firm’s own page for that person.
- Hugo Maia BandeiraFounding Partner1 firm post
- Victor CastroFounding Partner
- MacauPartner
- Miguel Bozonet AlmeidaOf Counsel
- Adelaide Ferreira简体中文Title not stated
- Chaplin Ian简体中文Title not statedNamed in 2 recognitions · 18 firm posts
- Lily Lin简体中文Title not statedNamed in 2 recognitions · 18 firm posts
Directory placements
1 practice areas · read from the publishers’ tablesWhere the directories place CFB Lawyers, practice area by practice area, as each table stands on the publisher’s own site. Each cell links to that table. The columns are the same on every page of this site.
| Practice area | Chambers | The Legal 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Leading firms | — | Tier 3 |
Recognition
4 announcementsWhat other publishers have said, as CFB Lawyers reports it on its own site, with the lawyers each announcement names. Each entry links to the page where it was read.
The Legal 500ranked2022
Bernardete Fan and Hugo Maia Bandeira ranked in 2022 Asia Pacific edition of The Legal 500The Legal 5002024
Legal 500 – 客戶滿意度榮譽獎項Names Lily Lin, Chaplin Ian
The Legal 5002024
Legal 500 – Client Satisfaction AccoladeNames Lily Lin, Chaplin Ian
The Legal 500Tier 32026
Leading firms
“The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026: Tier 3, Leading firms, Macao”
The Legal 500’s published table
From the Firm
What CFB Lawyers has published on its own site lately: news, deals, recognitions and publications. Each links to the firm.
- Ciarb East Asia Branch – 5th Annual Conference
event · Jun 2025
- Ciarb East Asia Branch – 5th Annual Conference
event · Jun 2025 · names Lily Lin, Chaplin Ian
- Conventus Law – Update to the Trust Law in Macau
publication · Jun 2025 · names Lily Lin, Chaplin Ian
- Essential Legal Prerequisites
publication · Mar 2025
- 簡報: 澳門“新勒遷制度”概述
news · Mar 2025 · names Lily Lin, Chaplin Ian
- 簡報: 澳門“新勒遷制度”概述
news · Mar 2025 · names Lily Lin, Chaplin Ian, Hugo Maia Bandeira
Record
- Jurisdiction
- Macao
- Founded
- Not stated
- Entity source
- The firm's own website
- Firm’s site read
- 10 Nov 2026
Read from: headcount
On its size, the firm says: “…500 lawyers, as stated on the firm's The Legal 500 profile…”






































