"In view of the information published in recent days regarding the so-called 'Luanda Leaks', without any admission of guilt, I understood that, after hearing some of my partners, in order not to damage the good name and reputation of Uria Menéndez Proença de Carvalho, I should renounce my status as a partner with immediate effect," the lawyer told Lusa in a written reply.
"I presented yesterday afternoon [Thursday] that same letter of resignation," he added.
"It was also my understanding that, in view of my decision to discontinue my engagement with the firm, I should make a suspension of my professional activity as a lawyer and take advantage of the months that follow to, in addition to considering everything that has happened in recent weeks, finalize my doctoral thesis," he continued.
Thus, he added, "as an immediate and necessary consequence of this decision, I will also cease my legal representation to the engineer Isabel dos Santos and the companies associated to her and, therefore, I will resign, in the next few days, all the positions I held in corporate bodies related to the said companies", he concluded.
Jorge Brito Pereira pointed out that this information was communicated on Thursday to Isabel dos Santos, who, according to the media, was in Lisbon on a quick visit and will have left for London that same day.
