Legal drafting is the area of knowledge that envisages the creation of rules, standards and methods to draft laws with quality. This panel presents a research project of the Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law which aims the definition of common standards for legal drafting in the Portuguese speaking countries and regions (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Special Administrative Region of Macao, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste). Its main focus is related to formal legislation drafting, which envisages the definition and implementation of common rules and good practices regarding legislation drafting. The objectives are i) to deepen the collective identity of these legal systems by using their common language and common rules for legal drafting; ii) to improve legal certainty, as their citizens can better understand each other‘s laws, promoting cross-border investment; and iii) to ensure the quality of the democratic legislating procedures.