PLMJ Law Firm

PLMJ
HeadquartersAvenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43, Lisbon, Portugal
No. of offices9 [1]
No. of lawyers280 [2][3]
Major practice areasBusiness and Finance [4]
Date founded1967 (Lisbon, Portugal)
Websitewww.plmj.com

PLMJ is a Portuguese law firm with its headquarters in Lisbon. It is a full-service, multidisciplinary firm that advises Portuguese and multinational financial and state institutions on a range of domestic and international transactions.[5][1]

PLMJ is a member of World Services Group and World Law Group, two international multidisciplinary professional services networks of independent accounting and law firms.[5][6]

History

The firm PLMJ was founded in Lisbon in 1967, with the association between partners António Maria Pereira and Luís Sáragga Leal and, in the next decade, they were joined by new partners Francisco de Oliveira Martins and José Miguel Júdice.

In 1998, PLMJ moved to its current headquarters in Avenida da Liberdade, in the centre of Lisbon, at a time when it already had more than 100 lawyers. The new century marked the beginning of PLMJ's national expansion with the opening of offices in Faro in the Algarve in 2000 and two years later in the northern city of Oporto.[7]

Awards and Rankings

PLMJ was named Law Firm of the Year in Portugal by the Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence 2014, an award it also won in 2012 and 2009.[8] In 2014, it was named as one of 50 Law Firm Innovators in Continental Europe by the Financial Times.[9] The firm was also named Iberian Law Firm of the Year in 2012 and 2015 by the British magazine The Lawyer.[10][11][12]

Many PLMJ lawyers are recognised by the leading international directories including Chambers and Partners Europe and Global, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, and Best Lawyers.[13][14][15]

PLMJ Foundation

The PLMJ Foundation is a non-profit institution that is a patron of the visual arts in Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries. The Foundation had its beginnings in the late 1990s. The firm began a collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture, which was later broadened to include photography and video. Under the motto “A law firm as a space for culture”, this collection became the PLMJ Foundation at the beginning of 2000.

The PLMJ Foundation was declared to be an institution of higher cultural interest by the Portuguese Minister of Culture and plays an important role in promoting visual arts in Portugal and in African countries where Portuguese is the official language. The PLMJ Foundation also focuses on supporting young artists and is already one of the major players on the Portuguese cultural scene.[16]

The Foundation's objective is to raise the profile of visual arts in Portugal by making regular acquisitions to build a collection that illustrates modern artistic output in the country. Its collections host artworks by well-known artists alongside the work of those at the beginning of their careers.[17]

The PLMJ Foundation also acts as a publisher and an exhibition organiser with a focus on young artists from all visual arts areas. The foundation has hosted the Opções & Futuros (Options & Futures) project since 2005.[18][19][20] [21]

References

  1. ^ a b The PLMJ Network PLMJ Law Firm. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. ^ Team PLMJ Law Firm. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ^ PLMJ in Numbers PLMJ Law Firm. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  4. ^ Areas of Expertise PLMJ Law Firm. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b WLG World Law Group. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  6. ^ Firm Overview - PLMJ World Services Group. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. ^ The Lawyer European 100 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine The Lawyer. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  8. ^ Chambers Europe Awards for Excellence Chambers and Partners. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  9. ^ Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Financial Times. 2014. p. 11. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  10. ^ The Lawyer European Awards 2015 Archived 2015-04-15 at the Wayback Machine The Lawyer. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  11. ^ The Lawyer European Awards 2012 The Lawyer. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  12. ^ The Lawyer European Awards 2012: the winners Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  13. ^ PLMJ, Law Firm Archived 2015-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Chambers and Partners. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  14. ^ The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa - Portugal The Legal 500. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  15. ^ Best Lawyers in Portugal Best Lawyers. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  16. ^ Mercado de arte português esfriou, mas não está morto Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Jornal de Negócios. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  17. ^ Coleções Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine PLMJ Foundation. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  18. ^ «Opções & Futuros» até 14 de Março no Espaço Fundação PLMJ Archived 2015-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Diário Digital. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  19. ^ Opções & Futuros #5: Obras da Colecção da Fundação PLMJ - Aquisições Recentes Archived 2015-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Público - Guia do Lazer. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  20. ^ Outras Exposições Archived 2015-04-17 at the Wayback Machine PLMJ Foundation. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  21. ^ "Personal Injury Solicitors Manchester, UK | Brian Barr Solicitors". brianbarr.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
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