SRS Legal appoints partner Miguel Koch Rua to Porto office
SRS Legal announces the addition of partner Miguel Koch Rua and associate Eduarda Alves da Costa to its Corporate & Finance Department in the Porto office, consolidating its work in Commercial and Corporate Law, M&A and investment transactions. With more than 25 years of experience, Miguel Koch Rua has developed ...
Bruna Casagrande is the new partner at Antas da Cunha Ecija
Antas da Cunha Ecija has promoted Bruna Casagrande to partner. The lawyer has coordinated the Immigration and Citizenship desk since 2021. "Bruna is a highly competent professional who, over the years, has distinguished herself by her quality and creativity, critical thinking and strategic sense, and her ability to build strong relationships with clients and ...
Maria Barbosa is the new head of Labour Law at CS’Associados
Maria Barbosa assumes the role as head of the Labour Law practice at CS’Associados, three years after joining the law firm as a consultant. With 20 years' professional experience, she has provided specialised advisory services to national and international clients across a wide range of sectors, having taken part in transactions ...
Proença de Carvalho advises Zumub in investment round
Proença de Carvalho advised Zumub in an investment round totalling €3.5 million, carried out by international investors Festina Lente and Rosuha. The funds now raised are intended to finance Zumub’s growth, the company founded by Urbano da Veiga, with particular focus on strengthening its production capacity, including ...
Arbitration is effective when applied with good judgement
Tiago Coder Meira, partner at pbbr, outlines plans to build a modern, agile and highly competent team that will differentiate itself through technical quality and client trust. He argues arbitration complements — rather than replaces — court litigation by broadening the menu of dispute-resolution options, but stresses the method’s effectiveness depends on applying sound judgement. The key, he says, is to assess the suitability of arbitration for each dispute — weighing complexity, cost, enforceability, confidentiality and timing — and to deploy it where it genuinely adds value.
