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Lawyers have had to create new responses to the crisis: fee structures are now more negotiable, and several firms are joining international networks or forming alliances with firms overseas. ABBC – Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes, Carvalho & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados now has an association with DLA Piper LLP, and Rui Pena, Arnaut & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL became part of the CMS network in January 2012 under the new name of CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut. CCA Advogados recently created an association with a firm in Brazil.
Martim Menezes’ team at CCA Advogados advises on IP rights, including trade mark registration and disputes. The team advises Rede Record Europa de Televisão on all trade mark registrations. Associate Filipe Mayer is assisting Condé Nast in bringing a copyright infringement case against another magazine relating to its Glamour magazine.
CCA Advogados’ team is led by José Maria Castelo Branco. The firm assisted TIMWE in restructuring its board of directors, and advised Transporta on collective dismissals.
‘Very professional and proactive’, CCA Advogados provides ‘excellent service’ to clients in the advertising, software, television and telecoms sectors. The team represented Go4Mobility in a judicial challenge of a fine pertaining to the provision of value-added services in Portugal. Other clients include Google, Tim We, and Euro RSCG. Martim Menezes is the key contact.
CCA Advogados’ ‘excellent’ team is ‘great value and always on time’. Practice head Pedro Franca Pinto advised Imocom on the €4.6m sale of a Lisbon building. Domingos Cruz’s clients include Primosfera. Senior associate Madalena Azeredo Perdigão advised C&A and Phone House on renting units in shopping centres.
CCA Advogados has a strong focus on media, technology and advertising disputes, and is active in insurance, real estate and automobile-related litigation. Clients include Google Portugal and media conglomerate Cofina. Senior associate Henrique Salinas now leads the team, following Paulo Calçada’s departure to PACC.V – Sociedade de Advogados, R.L.. Carlos Cruz and Rita Cruz are recommended.
CCA Advogados’ broad practice was reinforced when Bernardo Reynolds de Carvalho joined from Spanish firm Ramón Hermosilla & Gutiérrez de la Roza in January 2011 to lead the team’s international work. The group advised Tim We on its IPO on Nasdaq, and Go4Mobility on the incorporation of a Spanish subsidiary. Domingos Cruz and Rita Cruz are highly recommended.
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