Nuno de Oliveira Garcia on the anti-corruption agenda and the measures to strengthen the use of state legal offices | Advocatus

In June, the portuguese government presented the 31 measures of the anti-corruption agenda. Among these is the reinforcement of the use of state legal offices, avoiding the excessive use of external legal advice.

In June, the government presented the 31 measures of the anti-corruption agenda. Among these is the reinforcement of the use of state legal offices, avoiding the excessive use of external legal advice.

Nuno de Oliveira Garcia, tax partner at Gómez Acebo & Pombo Portugal, comments on the fact that the government wants to curb the use of law firms in this Advocatus article.

The partner comments that he ‘doesn’t agree with the association behind the announcement of the measure which, from the outset, is “excessively generic”.

He also adds that ‘If it’s the state that hires these external services, it’s up to the state to decide how to follow them and put them into practice, because that’s what consultancy is, it only advises, it doesn’t materialise…

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