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Handling ‘complex and sophisticated work’, the legal team of historic Portuguese cork products company Corticeira Amorim is well-known in the market for its diligence; the team’s work has been called ‘absolutely critical for the company’ by a nominating source. In its position at the forefront of the cork industry, where Portugal accounts for 70% of the world’s cork production, Corticeira Amorim is present in all corners of the world including 83 subsidiaries and 13 industrial units. Led by Pedro Magalhães, the team is described as ‘relatively small but very self-sufficient and multifaceted’, and is known as being a contributor ‘like [in] no other company’. Magalhães is singled out for particular praise for his leadership and for what a nominator calls his a ‘first-class legal mind’ and ‘in-depth technical knowledge and a huge capacity for work’. The main bulk of the work dealt with in-house is undertaken with ‘impressive strategic and perceptive visions of the business world’.