The results of the British directory Legal 500 for 2011 have again placed PLMJ at the top of the Portuguese market. PLMJ and MLGTS are the only Portuguese firms recommended in all 16 practice areas analysed by this directory for the Portuguese market. PLMJ leads the recommendations in 8 areas: banking & finance, corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency, intellectual property, real estate and employment, and is placed second in 7 others: tax, capital markets, TMT, project finance, energy, Oporto market and transport. This directory also highlights the individual performance of 10 PLMJ partners considered to be the best in Portugal in their areas: Tiago Cortes in employment, Nuno Líbano Monteiro in restructuring and insolvency, Pedro Sáragga Leal in real estate, Luís País Antunes in TMT, Rogério Fernandes Ferreira in tax, Tomás Pessanha in the Oporto market, Jorge Brito Pereira in capital markets, Luís Sáragga Leal in corporate and M&A, José Miguel Júdice in dispute resolution and José da Cruz Vilaça in competition.