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At the helm of the Ascendi’s Portuguese legal team for the last 12 years, Paulo Marinho takes credit for the creation of the company’s in-house legal department. ‘I’ve created it from scratch’ he says. ‘I have a very good team and we always try to improve everything, procedures, and logistics. Our legal department has been created according to my vision. I was always driven by the aim to create answers for the business, meaning that the legal cannot be in a tower away from the reality of the market and the business’. Ascendi Group is a holding company focusing on three core business areas: asset management, operation and maintenance and toll collection. In 2010 Marinho was tasked with creating a legal framework for the collection of tolls in conjunction with the Portuguese state, IT professionals and legal staff. ‘Our contribution was very important for the creation of that framework. Our biggest vision is to keep our clients happy and according to the internal evaluation system we do, as the legal department has always received the best reviews’ Marinho says proudly.