PLMJ has increased the number of lawyers named by the American directory Best Lawyers as leaders in the legal profession in Portugal to a total of 40 (two more than last year). PLMJ sees three of its 44 partners honoured on the list of the best lawyers of 2014: founding partner Luís Sáragga Leal was named Lawyer of the Year in M&A, partner Nuno Líbano Monteiro received the same honour in restructuring and insolvency as did partner João Medeiros in the area of criminal litigation.