PLMJ

Legal Services | Portugal
tel: +351 213 197 300 | fax: +351 213 197 400
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43 | Edificio Eurolex | Lisbon | 1050-119 | Portugal

Main Contacts

Bruno Ferreira

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Managing Partner

Offices

Lisbon, Portugal | Faro, Portugal | Porto, Portugal

Overview

Transformative Legal Experts.

PLMJ is a law firm based in Portugal that combines a full service with bespoke legal craftsmanship. For more than 50 years, the firm has taken an innovative and creative approach to produced tailor-made solutions to effectively defend the interests of its clients.

The firm supports its 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.

With the aim of being close to its clients, the firm created PLMJ Colab, its 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 challenges of its clients, wherever they are.

The national partnerships allow the firm to extend PLMJ's presence from Lisbon, Porto and Faro to the Azores, Coimbra, Guimaraes and Madeira. International collaboration is ensured through firms specialising in the legal systems and local cultures of Angola, China/Macao, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste.

Year this Office was Established: 1967
Lawyers Worldwide: 290
Languages: PLMJ Lawyers are able to provide services in various foreign languages, in particular English, French, Spanish, German and Italian.

Notable

Areas of Practice

Professionals

Of Counsel

Rita  Almeida

Rita Almeida

Senior Counsel
Rute  Alves

Rute Alves

Senior Counsel
Inês Gomes da Cruz

Inês Gomes da Cruz

Senior Counsel
Tiago  Duarte

Tiago Duarte

Senior Counsel
Nuno Serrão Faria

Nuno Serrão Faria

Senior Counsel
Sofia  Galvão

Sofia Galvão

Senior Counsel
Maria  Goreti Rebêlo

Maria Goreti Rebêlo

Senior Counsel
Telma Pires de Lima

Telma Pires de Lima

Senior Counsel
Rute  Marques

Rute Marques

Senior Counsel
Filipa  Martinho

Filipa Martinho

Senior Counsel
Manuela Tavares Morais

Manuela Tavares Morais

Senior Counsel
Anja  Noack

Anja Noack

Senior Counsel
Mariana  Paiva

Mariana Paiva

Senior Counsel
Camila  Pinto de Lima

Camila Pinto de Lima

Senior Counsel
Elsa  Pizarro Pardal

Elsa Pizarro Pardal

Senior Counsel
Marco  Ramalheiro

Marco Ramalheiro

Senior Counsel
Joana Marques dos Reis

Joana Marques dos Reis

Senior Counsel
Leonardo  Scolari

Leonardo Scolari

Senior Counsel
Ricardo  Silva Pereira

Ricardo Silva Pereira

Senior Counsel
Sérgio  Teixeira

Sérgio Teixeira

Senior Counsel
Ana  Teresa Tiago

Ana Teresa Tiago

Senior Counsel
Luís Heleno Terrinha

Luís Heleno Terrinha

Senior Counsel
Nuno Guedes Vaz

Nuno Guedes Vaz

Senior Counsel
Samantha  Zurn

Samantha Zurn

Senior Counsel

Senior Associates

Ana  Canto Noronha

Ana Canto Noronha

Managing Associate
Sofia  Coutinho

Sofia Coutinho

Senior Professional Support Lawyer
Rita  de Sousa Costa

Rita de Sousa Costa

Senior Associate
Rita  Folhadela

Rita Folhadela

Managing Associate
Tobias  Hamann

Tobias Hamann

Senior Associate
Sofia Nogueira Leite

Sofia Nogueira Leite

Managing Associate
Luís  Miguel Vasconcelos

Luís Miguel Vasconcelos

Managing Associate
Raquel Cardoso Nunes

Raquel Cardoso Nunes

Managing Associate

Associates

Cristina  Amaral

Cristina Amaral

Assistant
Manuela  Costa

Manuela Costa

Managing Associate
Ânia  Cruz

Ânia Cruz

Managing Associate
Carolina Campos Dias

Carolina Campos Dias

Managing Associate
Cristiano  Dias

Cristiano Dias

Managing Associate
Micaela  Giestas Salvador

Micaela Giestas Salvador

Managing Associate
José João Henriques

José João Henriques

Managing Associate
Nuno Morgado Pereira

Nuno Morgado Pereira

Managing Associate
Rita  Romão

Rita Romão

Managing Associate
Pedro  Rosa

Pedro Rosa

Managing Associate
Marta  Salgado Areias

Marta Salgado Areias

Managing Associate
Hélder  Santos Correira

Hélder Santos Correira

Managing Associate
Manuel  Sequeira

Manuel Sequeira

Managing Associate

Articles

Numbering range for machine‑to‑machine services

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...

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...

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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...

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