The Chambers Global 2013 Directory - which evaluates the business legal profession in 180 countries in the areas of corporate/M&A, dispute resolution, capital markets, banking and finance and projects – has award PLMJ band 1 classification in the first two areas and band 2 in the rest, which means that PLMJ has maintained its position. PLMJ’s individual lawyers have also excelled achieving 26 rankings (up from 23 in 2012) shared between 19 lawyers. In Angola, GLA - Gabinete Legal Angola, a member of PLMJ International Legal Network, also maintained its position in band 3, as did the partner in Mozambique, GLM - Gabinete Legal Moçambique.
Besides the partnerships in Angola and Mozambique, PLMJ features in the directory with its partnership in China with Dacheng Law Offices and its China Desk and Brazilian Desk in Portugal and German and French Desks. All these references mention PLMJ’s experience in acting for international clients in different jurisdictions as well as the lawyers responsible for each of these partnerships and areas of specialisation.