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Mafalda Barreto on the adverse economic climate and uncertainty affecting investors in Portugal | Negócios
Mafalda Barreto, managing partner of the Portugal office, talks in this article in Negócios about how the uncertainty of the environment has already caused several operations to fall by the wayside. She points out that “it is inexplicable that in a country that wants to consolidate itself as an investment destination, cases are dragging on in the courts” and that “the brake on income, applied blindly, will undoubtedly generate situations of enormous injustice”.
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