PORTUGAL Law and Practice Contributed by: Rita Samoreno Gomes and Petra Carreira, PLMJ
PLMJ is a law firm based in Portugal that com- bines a full service with bespoke legal crafts- manship. For more than 50 years, the firm has taken an innovative and creative approach to producing tailor-made solutions to effectively defend the interests of its clients. The firm sup- ports its clients in all areas of the law, often with multidisciplinary teams, and always acts as a business partner in the most strategic deci- sion-making processes. With the aim of being close to its clients, the firm created PLMJ Co-
lab, a collaborative network of law firms spread across Portugal and other countries with which it has cultural and strategic ties. PLMJ Colab makes the best use of resources and provides a concerted response to the international chal- lenges of its clients. International collaboration is ensured through firms specialising in the le- gal systems and local cultures of Angola, Chi- na/Macao, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste.
Authors
Rita Samoreno Gomes is a partner and co-head of the dispute resolution practice at PLMJ, specialising in corporate and financial litigation. She has 20 years’ experience, focusing
Petra Carreira is a managing associate in the dispute
resolution practice at PLMJ. With more than ten years’ experience, she works in Portugal and internationally, specialising in corporate and commercial litigation, private enforcement and insolvency and restructuring. For one year, she was a guest lecturer on economic and business law at the Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics.
primarily on advising clients – mainly international corporations, banks and financial institutions – in legal actions relating to private enforcement, consumer class actions, disputes relating to financial instruments issued or sold through financial intermediation, directors’ civil liability and corporate disputes. Rita has worked on cases of great significance and complexity, representing leading Portuguese and international corporations.
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