Luís Sáragga Leal and João Medeiros named Lawyers of the Year for corporate and criminal law
PLMJ has increased the number of lawyers recommended by US directory Best Lawyers as leaders in their areas of practice to 44. Duarte Schmidt Lino, the partner who heads the private equity team, and senior associates, Filipa Cansado de Carvalho – arbitration, and Raquel Azevedo – capital markets, have all appeared in the directory for the first time.
Two PLMJ partners also appear on the list of Lawyers of the Year: Luís Sáragga Leal, PLMJ founding partner and head of the project practice and João Medeiros, the partner who heads PLMJ's criminal litigation practice.
The Best Lawyers list of recommended lawyers in Portugal includes PLMJ partners PLMJ: Luís Sáragga Leal (corporate, M&A) José Miguel Júdice (litigation), Víctor Réfega Fernandes (corporate, M&A and projects), Vasco Marques Correia (median social communication), Pedro Sáragga Leal (Real Estate), Nuno Líbano Monteiro (litigation, restructuring and insolvency), Manuel Santos Vítor (corporate, M&A, energy and natural resources), Luís Miguel Pais Antunes (telecommunications, media and technology), Jorge de Brito Pereira (capital markets, banking and finance), Pedro Faria (litigation), Nuno Morais Sarmento (litigation, restructuring and insolvency), Manuel Lopes Rocha (intellectual property), João Medeiros (litigation and criminal litigation), Manuel Cavaleiro Brandão (litigation), Sofia Gomes da Costa (real estate), Ricardo Oliveira (EU law and competition), Vasco de Ataíde Marques (corporate), Pedro Metello de Nápoles (litigation), Ana Teresa Pulido (intellectual property), Tiago Cortes (employment), Paulo Farinha Alves (litigation), João Magalhães Ramalho (tax), Manuela Tavares Morais (litigation), Tomás Pessanha (corporate), Luís Sobral (employment), Tiago Mendonça de Castro (real estate), Nuno da Cunha Barnabé (tax), Pedro Melo (public law), Tiago Duarte (public law), Luís Miguel Urbano (construction law and energy), Magda Viçoso (capital markets), Hugo Rosa Ferreira (finance), Serena Cabrita Neto (tax) e Daniel Reis (telecommunications, media and technology), Duarte Schmidt Lino (private equity) Miguel C. Reis; (tax), Filipa Cotta (litigation), and senior associates: Cláudia Varela (employment), Ana Oliveira Rocha (Energy Law), Inês Pinto da Costa (finance and projects), Sara Estima Martins (EU law competition), Raquel Azevedo (corporate, M&A) e Filipa Cansado Carvalho (arbitration).
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