PLMJ integrates Sofia Galvão Advogados to form the largest town and country planning team in the country. Sofia will join PLMJ as senior counsel and Luís Moitinho de Almeida will join the firm as a partner.
Sofia Galvão's team consists of eight lawyers who join PLMJ's town and country planning team led by Andreia Candeias Mousinho. The team now has around 15 lawyers, making it unique in the market in terms of experience, quality and size.
Bruno Ferreira, PLMJ's managing partner, said: 'The addition of Sofia Galvão, Luis Moitinho de Almeida and their team is exceptional for PLMJ because of the enormous technical quality of these lawyers and the unparalleled experience that makes Sofia an unrivalled leader in this field and Luis a solid addition. It became clear to us that our planning legal advice needed to be highly specialised. We started down this road by recruiting Andreia Candeias Mousinho and creating a dedicated team that does a distinctive job. The team is now well recognised in the market and today, with this addition, we can say without false modesty that we have the best and largest town and country planning team in the country. Moreover, this team is perfectly positioned to serve our clients.
Sofia Galvão was the partner in charge of PLMJ's town and country planning departments and the real estate, planning and environment departments of two of Portugal's leading firms, as well as Secretary of State for Public Administration and Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in the 16th Portuguese Government.
Luís Moitinho de Almeida joins PLMJ as a partner. He was Assistant to the Secretary of State for Administrative Modernisation in the 19th Constitutional Government and works in all areas of territorial law, especially in the areas of urban planning, environment, energy and licensing.