Partners at the firm's annual meeting also resolved to focus on internationalisation, business development and attracting and retaining talent. Luís Pais Antunes, who has been at the firm for 18 years, said of his appointment: 'This challenge is one with enormous responsibility. The coming years will be particularly challenging, with the legal services market seeing a significant upturn and with ever more dynamic competition. I trust in the excellent skills and qualities of the PLMJ team and in the enormous amount of work they have been doing in Portugal and abroad to achieve consolidation at home and solidity internationally.'

New board

Manuel Santos Vítor, who had held the position of PLMJ managing partner since 2008, will continue his work as a PLMJ partner and head of the firm’s corporate, energy and natural resources team. The general meeting of the partners also elected a new board of directors made up of partners Ricardo Oliveira, Paulo Farinha Alves, Tomás Pessanha, Nuno da Cunha Barnabé, Rita Alarcão Júdice and Eduardo Nogueira Pinto, in a move that is clearly in line with the strategy adopted by PLMJ of focusing on a new generation of partners.