Sara Estima Martins, a partner from PLMJ EU and Competition, has received a Client Choice Award from International Law Office (ILO) for the excellence and quality of the legal services she provided to PLMJ clients in the area of competition law in 2016.

With more than 2500 nominations submitted, Sara has now joined the elite group of the world's best competition lawyers.

These international awards highlight the relationship between lawyer and client and the lawyer's capacity to understand and keep up-to-date with their client's businesses and markets. Above all, the awards recognise the lawyer's capacity to add value to the client's businesses and activities.

PLMJ partners Pedro Melo, Tiago Duarte and Manuel Lopes Rocha have also received Client Choice Awards in previous years for public law, arbitration and intellectual property law.

The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.