For the first time, SRS Legal now has one of its partners on this Official List.

É com enorme orgulho que informamos que a TTA – Sociedade de Advogados foi "Highly Commended" na categoria "Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year" nos African Legal Awards 2016, da prestigiada publicação britânica Legal Week.

PLMJ is very proud to announce that José-Miguel Júdice, founding partner and head of PLMJ ARBITRATION, has been recognised once again by the prestigious directories Chambers Global 2016 and Chambers Europe 2016 as a Star Individual in the category of Dispute Resolution.

In order to implement the administrative system for the control and prevention of unfair contract terms established by Law 32/2021 of 27 May, Decree-Law 123/2023 of 26 December...

Meanwhile, arbitration is mandatory in some specialist areas of the law, such as sport and pharmaceuticals.

Last week, the United Nations Secretary- General confirmed that Republic of Cape Verde has deposited its instrument of accession to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition ...

Please view this webinar from Victoria Associates exploring the role of third-party funding in litigation and arbitration.

O Governo anunciou recentemente a extensão da tramitação eletrónica à fase de inquérito dos processos penais, marcando um passo significativo na modernização

É com enorme prazer que partilhamos mais uma grande distinção da equipa de PLMJ Arbitragem que pelo 4º ano consecutivo integra as 100 melhores Sociedades de Advogados do mundo na Área de Prática de Arbitragem, assim como das 10 melhores na região do Mediterrâneo e Norte de África.

For the third consecutive year, PLMJ is on the list of the 100 best law firms in the world for arbitration practice published by Global Arbitration Review.

We are very honoured to announce that Professor Mariana França Gouveia has joined PLMJ Arbitration. Mariana França Gouveia earned her law degree from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa where she is associate professor.

When a party to an arbitration agreement faces severe financial difficulties years after signing, should they still be bound by that clause? Portuguese courts have grappled with this tension between contractual autonomy and constitutional guarantees of access to justice, recognizing that supervening impecuniosity may, in exceptional circumstances, render arbitration agreements unenforceable.

For the second year in a row, PLMJ is on the list of the 100 best law firms in the world for international arbitration, according to Global Arbitration Review (GAR), the leading international publication in this area. PLMJ was the first Portuguese firm to appear on GAR’s annual ranking, having made the list last year.

Decree-Law 214-G/2015 of 2 October (the "Decree") introduces a substantial revision of the Code of Procedure in Administrative Courts (CPAC).

On 13 February 2025, the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice (the "Supreme Court") issued its first ruling in a civil action for compensation for damages caused by anticompetitive practices, in the context of the case known as the "Trucks Cartel".

José Luís Moreira da Silva, the Partner in charge of SRS Legal's Administrative and Environmental Department, emphasises that this is a possibility available to the ministry.

On 27 February 2026, the Draft Law ensuring the implementation, within the domestic legal order, of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (the Digital Services Act or, shortly, DSA) was approved.

The Portuguese Arbitration Act (Lei de Arbitragem Voluntária), similar to many others, does not address the issue of multiparty disputes. Moreover, the act is clearly designed to accommodate disputes between only two parties – a claimant and a defendant.

The Court of Appeal over-turned the Lisbon LD decision and granted Boehringer Ingelheim's preliminary injunction (PI) application against Zentiva's generic product.