Laura Leal

Laura Leal joined the technical team of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) in September 2022. Currently, she is involved in the Firm Culture and Governance project and in the rollout initiatives for the ethics standards approved by the IESBA in December 2024 for Sustainability Assurance and Reporting.

Before joining the IESBA, Ms. Leal was a legal advisor and the executive coordinator of the Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Department at the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM), where she was involved in the negotiation and drafting of policy documents and regulation in the context of capital markets and financial instruments. She was also part of the Portuguese delegation to the OECD Corporate Governance Committee and actively participated in the review of the G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (completed in 2023). Before that, Ms. Leal was a legal advisor at CMVM’s Audit Oversight Department.

Ms. Leal started her career as a lawyer, focusing on corporate governance and capital markets. She has also lectured on the subject of corporate law. Ms. Leal holds a law degree from Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (Portugal) and a masters in corporate law from Universidade Catolica Portuguesa and Centro de Estudios Garrigues (Portugal / Spain).