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Mafalda Barreto summarises legal advice to companies in 2023 | Jornal de Negócios
29 of December, 2023
Jornal de Negócios asked industry leaders and experts, including Mafalda Barreto, managing partner of the Lisbon office, to share their expectations for 2024 regarding the Portuguese market for providing legal services to companies.
“Despite a less active start to the year than usual, investment made a strong recovery from the second quarter onwards.”
“Despite a less active start to the year than usual, investment made a strong recovery from the second quarter onwards.”
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