‘It stands out for its competence, multidisciplinarity and the personal involvement of the partners.’

‘Sofia Vaz Sampaio is recommended.’

‘PLMJ advised and represented us in a particularly complex arbitration dispute. PLMJ team articulated complex themes in an excellent manner. I was impressed by the good articulation of teamwork.’

‘Excellent legal knowledge and great English skills.’

‘Nuno Líbano Monteiro: Huge legal background, with a network that enables easy articulation and accessibility with the entities involved in the processes, great national and international prestige. Very pragmatic and always in favor of providing an excellent service and with a favorable cost/benefit ratio for clients. Pedro Caetano Nunes: right-hand man of the department with great legal versatility. Enormous ease and clarity in the preparation of legal documents, in which he is a master. Carla Góis Coelho: In addition to her extensive and consistent legal knowledge, she is an expert in managing processes, helping and sharing knowledge and opinions that are valued by clients.’

‘The PLMJ team provides excellent advice for major cross-border litigation cases with outstanding knowledge of the Portuguese legal court system. The legal advice is provided in a very efficient mannor with a transparent and adequate billing practice.’

‘The team is perfectly guided by Carla Góis Coelho and Nuno Líbano Monteiro. Their legal advice is always appropriate in a timely manner.’

‘A young team, adaptable to the growing needs of its clients, with a quick response to requests and 100% availability.’

‘Rita Samoreno Gomes has an excellent knowledge of matters at the level of litigation.’

‘Rute Alves and, among the partners, Pedro Metello de Nápoles stood out. I was impressed by the ability to articulate all aspects of the process in factual and legal terms, to devise a solid strategy from a very fragile position. The mastery in both the written and oral aspects of all the details impressed me a lot.’

‘Technical competence and in-depth knowledge of the topics.’

‘Excellent service to clients, availability and knowledge.’

‘Adriano Squilacce’s knowledge and practice in litigation is amazing. His capacity and knowledge of the Litigation market (national and international) is immense. He is able to redirect and carry out (with excellent results) claims that seemed to be lost and settle complex cases. Adriano is very active and commercial, always betting on the successful end of the claims and settlements without losing a millimeter of the security of his client and the interest of the same. He has an outstanding experience, his availability is absolute and he often makes simple what at first glance is impossible. Without a doubt, he is my lawyer of reference in the Portuguese litigation market.’

‘It is a team with great technical knowledge.’

‘Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho is our corporate partner for managing relevant litigation/arbitration cases in the European and Latin American markets. In addition to the excellence of its legal advisory, we value the ability to work as a team, the approach to the client’s strategic interests, as well as transparency and ease of communication at any time or day.’

‘I would highlight Alexandre Mota Pinto as one of the most notable partners, extremely knowledgeable, dedicated and insightful. It should be noted that despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, Alexandre has always shown presence and ability to communicate and follow-up, worthy of reference.’

‘Uría Menendez – Proença de Carvalho is, for me, a leading law firm, which, despite being a large structure, manages to treat its clients in an individual and personal way. It is a law firm where I found excellence and rigour.’

‘In individual terms, I highlight Fernando Aguilar de Carvalho for his professionalism, rigour, attention to the client and strategic vision.’

‘Highly responsive, and a pleasure to work with. Very good way of working as a team, bringing together various different legal disciplines.’

‘Frederico Goncalves Pereira stands out.’

‘Vision and anticipation of problems, organisation, teamwork, availability.’

‘Experience and technical quality of the team, ability to deal with complex processes, overcome obstacles and meet the required deadlines.’

‘Alexandra Nascimento Correia and Mariana Duarte are great lawyers.’

‘Short response time, reliable, skilfull, independent thinkers. Good understanding of our business.’

‘Guilherme Santos Silva- great competence and speed in answering all the questions raised, great leadership capacity and team coordination. Mariana Duarte is also recommended for her competence and availability.’

‘I highlight the work of Alexandra Nascimento Correia. She is a very intelligent and insightful lawyer, with a very good knowledge and experience in matters of dispute resolution, whether judicial or arbitration. She has an excellent command of the Portuguese civil procedure and an enormous capacity to work, particularly under pressure.’

‘For the dispute resolution we had to face, we worked with Teresa Anselmo Vaz. We were impressed by her ability to be highly knowledgeable, thorough, accurate and above all always available. We highly appreciated her availability and ability to provide smart advice, especially in this kind of dispute situation where you can have a lot of questions and doubts. What impressed us the most was her high strategic and tactical skills during the hearings. We can say we won the case because she anticipated many aspects of the proceeding.’

‘Guilherme Santos Silva’s knowledge of different law fields, his deep commitment to the project success and unique ability to manage other teams makes his works really superb.’

‘We highlight Miguel Esperança Pina’s professionalism, the investigation of the situations in question and the depth of his legal analysis.’

‘Truly focused on the interests and objectives of the Clients, making every effort in the most difficult circumstances that may arise and without ever denying support or contact.’

‘They are the best team I’ve ever worked with! Their lead lawyer is one of the most experienced dispute resolution practitioners in the country, very committed and dedicated to the client.’

‘Quick to grasp legal and expert issues, including complex English law points.’

‘Very strong legal analysis. Nuno Pena and Diogo Pereira stand out.’ 

‘CMS is a law firm with very high professional performance, having managed to provide all the legal support I have needed. Support always available and extremely professional. Their lawyers are extremely friendly, available and always finding workable and achievable solutions.’

‘Very proactive team which is always available. Constantly exceed expectations.’

‘I have been very impressed with its ability to blend, in connection with an important litigation matter, an aggressive/creative approach with a lot of practicality, paving the way for an unusual application of enforcement law. João Saúde has extraordinary experience and nothing phases him; Alexandra Valpaços is detail-oriented and on top of the matter. They have proven responsive, deliberate, assertive, and, as noted, creative. Top notch!’

‘In the provision of services, the technical capacity and level of experience stand out.’

‘I highlight the work undertaken by António Teles, Alexandra Valpaços, and Mafalda Ferreira Santos.’

‘Unmatched experience, total availability, excellent lawyers, full awareness of problems and presentation of solution strategies.’

‘The team is highly qualified and available for the various topics that are presented to them, from the preparation to the follow-up in judgment.’

‘Sérvulo has supported us in several large-scale litigation actions. Always shows great knowledge of the business area, great technical skills and availability.’

‘The quality of service provided by the company is unparalleled. There are departments dedicated to specific subjects, which makes the firm more versatile in terms of responsiveness.’

‘All partners and associates deserve distinction for their dedication and attention to the client.’

‘Team with excellent coordination of resources and leadership. Presentation of analysis with high detail of risk and response options.’

‘Excellent professionals. Always ready to help and clarify any doubts.’

‘Vanessa Antunes has in-depth knowledge of the problems addressed.’

‘The speed of response, the quality of the service, the competence demonstrated and the results obtained are very positive elements to be highlighted.’

‘DLA is an international firm that manages to benefit from a solid local team that knows the national reality well. It is a firm that therefore quickly adapts to the requirements presented to it by clients.’

‘Vanessa Antunes is a very solid lawyer, client-oriented and attentive to detail. She is able to design and present litigation strategies to the client in order to enable relevant business decisions.’

‘I highlight DLA Piper ABBC’s availability and promptness. The deep knowledge and rigour with which they approach each of the processes is also highly valued. This makes the analysis and advice provided by the firm very assertive and fruitful.’

‘In this specific area of litigation, I highlight Vanessa Antunes. She has great technical knowledge, experience and availability.’

‘Strategic vision, availability, clarity, high technical knowledge, dedication.’

‘The follow-up provided by the litigation team allowed us, as clients, to obtain favourable court decisions in several cases of considerable importance to our business. The team is characterised by competence, friendliness, availability and seriousness.’

‘We have been working for several years with Miguel Azevedo, whom we would recommend.’

‘Garrigues is proactive. They keep the client well-informed on a regular basis. Lawyers in Garrigues are well-prepared, demonstrating deep knowledge of legal matters.’

‘André Gualter de Vasconcellos and his team are very competent and capable of dealing with complex and highly documented processes. Exceptional attention to detail, which is essential in litigation matters.’

‘André Gualter de Vasconcellos is competent and capable of dealing with complex issues in litigation.’

‘Very professional team, which represented us in a complex arbitration. They were very professional and had an enormous capacity to adapt to the problems.’

‘Carla Matias stands out for being truly extraordinary in terms of objectivity, technical and legal knowledge, organisational capacity and work under pressure.’

‘The SRS team has always demonstrated a high level of professionalism, competence, assertiveness, friendliness and availability throughout the entire process.’

‘I highlight Natália Garcia Alves and Pedro Pinto Melo’s excellent technical expertise and ease of understanding of legal requirements inherent to the process. They are people who create an environment of trust and empathy, which makes the work easier and much more effective.’

‘José Carlos Soares Machado and Maria José Tavares are outstanding and help us achieve successful results.’

‘José Carlos Soares Machado is an excellent lawyer with extensive experience in litigation and court relations.’

‘We have worked mostly with José Jacome. Nothing is ever seen as a problem and the ability to always find a solution amazes me.’

‘It is a very committed team, focused, pragmatic and with an easy relationship with the client. They are able to call on outside experts when necessary to improve the quality of the arguments. They manage to maintain a high work rate without losing their cool.’

‘They think outside the box and often with innovative solutions.’

‘Sandra Jesus stands out.’

‘Excellent monitoring, proactive team and good advice.’

‘I recommend André Navarro Noronha for his technical excellence and experience; Catarina Alegre for her work capacity, study of processes, and advice that is focused on the real needs of the client.’

‘A great deal of work was needed to survey the questions listed by the other party and to answer them, which was given in a very complete, exhaustive way, completely destroying the opposing party’s arguments, based on a very complete explanation of the issues.’

‘The interactions with Maria João Meireles were extremely fruitful, showing not only a great availability to listen to the client, but also a great concern to “assemble” a case that was unassailable by the other party. It is clearly felt that she is an attentive and very methodical lawyer, with a great sensitivity to the issues in question and deep technical and legal knowledge. As for Fernando Pizarro, he has a perfect command of the issues in question and performs the necessary monitoring of his team.’

‘Telles’ litigation team demonstrates a strong response capacity and is particularly recognised in the Porto market. André Navarro de Noronha has demonstrated that he takes the lead in the litigation processes entrusted to him.’

‘Telles is a unique law firm in the context of the Portuguese market, especially due to the balance it has between the virtues of a large firm (level and transversality of knowledge, professionalism, compliance, networking, etc.) and those of a small firm (service very personalized, availability, high client service, flexibility, availability, etc.).’

‘The team demonstrated that they had good knowledge of the matters in which they were consulted. It was, therefore, able to provide quality collaboration and it lived up to our expectations. We would particularly highlight Maria João Meireles and Fernando Pizarro.’

‘They are quite competent and creative in the solutions that they present; they have a good ability to research and gather information.’

‘We particularly appreciated their pro-activity, pragmatic and solution-driven approach. João Valadas Coriel’s recognised long experience in insolvency, bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings was quite valuable and appreciated by the parties involved. Their vast network across Europe and in Brazil was also a true asset in that particular file.’

‘Valadas Coriel & Asssociados, and in particular João Valadas Coriel, appeared to us to be particularly well informed on the Portuguese markets and its participants, and about the background of the situation at stake, which was helpful. The members of the team deployed remarkable responsiveness and availability.’

‘We work with Hugo Braz; he has a great ability to understand the topics and respond in a timely manner.’

‘I would highlight in 1st place the efficiency with which all matters are resolved. There is a great knowledge of the processes and legal systems, derived from a multidisciplinary team, which, together with the speed with which they act, make them very effective.’

‘The team is led by João Valadas Coriel, who continues to set the standard for excellence in dispute resolution in Portugal.’

‘João Valadas Coriel is an outstanding commercially minded lawyer who is also an authority and expert in Portuguese legal matters. Highly recommended.’

‘Multidisciplinary team, young lawyers, with determination, led by senior specialists.’

‘Inês Domingos – deep knowledge of procedural law, and great involvement in matters.’

‘Francisco Colaço has good technical knowledge and is very professional.’

‘The quality of the team and the services rendered are of a very high standard. The time response is adequate to international standards and the proactivity of the team is perfect. I’d mention Alexandre Albuquerque.’

‘Trust built over many years of working together. They already know what we want even before we ask the question.’

‘João Marques Almeida is always available and gets right to the heart of the matter.’

‘APTS is an outstanding law firm in Portugal, that renders a very good service.’

‘CCA is unique in its times and ways of responding. They meet the deadlines they set for reviewing the situation and always offer a solution (most of the time more than one) and are always willing to review and study new angles. They are always available and provide simple answers. They are very close to the client.’

‘I work directly with Rita Cruz, Marta Duarte and Catarina Limpo Serra. I have confidence in the work they do and the solutions they present. They are great professionals.’

‘Young team, with good technical capacity, great availability.’

‘Catarina Limpo Serra is a very strong lawyer, shows a lot of confidence and is very available.’

‘They provide very good legal support.’

‘In general, everyone has provided us with all the necessary support.’

‘They meet deadlines. They easily adapted to the technological challenges of communication at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Value for money.’

‘Good experience with all team members. I highlight Sandra Severino and Rui Rompante.’

‘We have huge confidence in their work. I highlight their legal know-how, the sense of commitment to deadlines and what is combined, the ability to deal with large and complex matters, and the resilience of lawyers.’

‘The main lawyer in judicial litigation and insolvency and restructuring is Ana Cláudia Rangel. She stands out for her wit in finding ways to present the facts, for her experience in the bar and the results she achieves.’

‘Quality is the hallmark of Raposo Bernardo. They are a true partner to our company, always imbued with a spirit of getting things done right, with a more practical and realistic approach. They have a team of highly competent, skilful and dedicated litigation lawyers, with in-depth experience in the largest and most complex legal disputes.’

‘I would like to highlight the work developed by Cláudia Rangel, who is an extraordinary lawyer. Cláudia manages to put herself in our position and understand, in a perfect way, our concerns and fears in the face of a certain procedural or legal situation. From there, the work flows naturally and without any failure.’

‘We have been working for some years with Raposo Bernardo & Associados and, in my opinion, it is the perfect example of what a firm of corporate lawyers should be: entrepreneurial, dynamic, innovative, with high quality and technical capacity, and a good team of lawyers with different specialties.’

‘Cláudia Rangel is absolutely incredible in conducting a judicial process and especially in court. She knows the procedures and procedural formalities like few others, she is very fierce in defending our interests and the matters at hand.’

‘I would like to put special emphasis on the level of confidence and determination with which they work with us in major court cases. The litigation department is very strong. The firm is equipped with collaboration tools that facilitate communication between internal teams and with our own team. I am sure that such innovations come from the international nature of Raposo Bernardo, and from the need to interact between jurisdictions.’

‘The entire Litigation department, as well as the Insolvency and Restructuring area, has tremendous quality led in a very charismatic way by Ana Cláudia Rangel.’

‘Great commitment to addressing the issues assigned to the firm.’

‘This is a boutique law firm with very well known and good lawyers for dispute resolution. It provides good and timely legal advice and good value for money. The team is composed of well known and reputable lawyers.’

‘I would mention André Oliveira e Costa as a very good, full knowledge corporate lawyer, in particular in regard to financial aspects, and Rodrigo Varela Martins as a very good dispute resolution lawyer in particular for legal cases.’