1. Introduction Transmission services used in the provision of M2M services are growing in importance. As a result, in May 2019 ANACOM (the Portuguese communications regulatory authority) launched a public consultation1 to collect input on the possible creation of a specific range in the national numbering plan (plano nacional de numeração - PNN) to accommodate these services. According to ANACOM, the aim of opening this range would be to respond to the significant increase in demand for numbers for machine-to-machine (M2M) services...
PLMJ
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Transformative Legal Experts.
We are a law firm based in Portugal that combines a full service with bespoke legal craftsmanship. For more than 50 years, we have taken an innovative and creative approach that has produced specific, strategic solutions to effectively defend the interests of our clients.
We are a full-service firm and we support our clients in all areas of the law, often with multidisciplinary teams, and always acting as a business partner in the most strategic decision-making processes. PLMJ has specialist lawyers that know the sectors and markets they work in well, and they always keep in close contact with the regulators for each sector. Proximity to our clients is, and always will be, a priority for PLMJ.
Our network of national partnerships works seamlessly with our offices in Lisbon, Porto and Faro. International collaboration is ensured through firms specialising in the legal systems and local cultures of Angola and Mozambique. PLMJ's international Desks - Angola, Cape Verde, France, Germany, Italy and Mozambique - provide dedicated legal support to clients operating across these markets, combining local insight, cultural understanding and cross-border expertise. Each desk focuses on a specific market and has a multidisciplinary team experienced in supporting and advising international investors. Besides knowing the idiosyncrasies of language and culture, these teams have a deep knowledge of the market, legislation and workings of the economy of the place where they work.
Year this Office was Founded: 1967
Lawyers Worldwide: 290
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André Abrantes
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Rita Aleixo Gregório
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Paulo Farinha Alves
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Jose Pedro Anacoreta
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Filipe Avides Moreira
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Raquel Azevedo
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Carmen Baptista Rosa
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Joana Brandão
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Ruben Brigolas
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Andreia Candeias Mousinho
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Petra Carreira
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Carla Góis Coelho
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Bárbara Godinho Correia
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Tiago Cortes
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Diogo Duarte de Campos
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João Dias Lopes
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Alexander Ehlert
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Bruno Ferreira
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André Figueiredo
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Rita Samoreno Gomes
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Francisco Lino Dias
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Pedro Lomba
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Carla F. Machado
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Vasco Ataíde Marques
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Joao Marques Mendes
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Goncalo Dos Reis Martins
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Luís Moitinho de Almeida
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Nuno Libano Monteiro
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Hugo Monteiro de Queirós
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João Tiago Morais Antunes
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Nuno Ferreira Morgado
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Pedro Caetano Nunes
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Ricardo Oliveira
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Diogo Perestrelo
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Eduardo Nogueira Pinto
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Isaque Ramos
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Ricardo Reigada Pereira
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Dinis Tracana
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Renata Valenti
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Rita Almeida
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Kathleen Hoffmann Barley
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Inês Gomes da Cruz
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Abel de Barbosa Mendonça
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Alexandra Dias Henriques
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Tiago Duarte
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Nuno Serrão Faria
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Raquel Freitas
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Sofia Galvão
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Maria Goreti Rebêlo
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Benedita Lacerda
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Telma Pires de Lima
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Adriana Macedo
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Rute Marques
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Filipa Martinho
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Manuela Tavares Morais
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Anja Noack
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Mariana Paiva
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Madalena Perestrelo de Oliveira
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Camila Pinto de Lima
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Elsa Pizarro Pardal
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Marco Ramalheiro
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Joana Marques dos Reis
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Vítor Madeiras Rodrigues
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Leonardo Scolari
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Ricardo Silva Pereira
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Sérgio Teixeira
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Ana Teresa Tiago
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Luís Heleno Terrinha
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Nuno Guedes Vaz
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Samantha Zurn
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Patrícia Brito
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Ana Canto Noronha
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Sofia Coutinho
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Rita de Carvalho
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Rita de Sousa Costa
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Rita Folhadela
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Tobias Hamann
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Sofia Nogueira Leite
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Luís Miguel Vasconcelos
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Raquel Cardoso Nunes
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Cristina Amaral
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Manuela Costa
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Ânia Cruz
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Carolina Campos Dias
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Cristiano Dias
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Micaela Giestas Salvador
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José João Henriques
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Diogo Neves
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Nuno Morgado Pereira
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Ana Raquel Frada
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João Rodrigues Duarte
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Rita Romão
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Pedro Rosa
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Marta Salgado Areias
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Hélder Santos Correira
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Manuel Sequeira
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Ana Nunes Teixeira
Managing AssociateArticles
Rent update coefficient and extraordinary lease support
RENT UPDATE COEFFICIENT FOR 2023 Law no. 19/2022 was published in Diário da República (Official Journal) on 21 October 2022 and, among other measures, it establishes the rent update coefficient for the calendar year of 2023. During the next year, the annual update coefficient for rents of the several types of leases, both urban and rural, established in article 24 of Law no. 6/2006 of 27 February, which approved the New Urban Lease Regime (NRAU), will not apply. Conversely, the coefficient of 1.02 (2%) will apply, unless otherwise stipulated by the parties. This coefficient of 1...
Press releases
PLMJ Advises Macquarie on the Acquisition of Student Accommodation Platforms
PLMJ advised Macquarie Asset Management on the acquisition of two European student accommodation platforms, MILESTONE and BaseStack Living. Together, these platforms manage more than 12,000 beds in six different European markets, namely Portugal, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, and Italy. The transaction was executed simultaneously in Vienna, Lisbon, Berlin, Amsterdam, Warsaw, and Milan.PLMJ advised on the part of the transaction relating to the operation of the platforms in Portugal, and Greenberg Traurig's London office coordinated the entire transaction in the various jurisdictions covered by the acquired platforms...
PLMJ Advises Castellana Properties on its First Investment in Portugal with a €176 million Deal
Castellana Properites, Socimi of the South African fund Vukile Properties, is to make its first acquisition in Portugal with the purchase of three shopping centres from Harbert European Real Estate.PLMJ advised Castellana Properties throughout the negotiation process and tax structuring of the transaction, which will be completed in October. The binding sale and purchase agreement between the two parties was signed last week.The transaction is valued at €176.5 million and includes the acquisition of Loures Shopping, Rio Sul Shopping and the 8ª Avenida shopping centre...
