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PLMJ advises clients on all aspects of insurance. This includes regulatory and supervisory matters, insurance and reinsurance product issues, distribution agreements, cross-border activities, taxation, mergers and acquisitions, pension funds, portfolio transfers and litigation.

The team provides legal support to the various players in the insurance industry, including insurers, reinsurers and pension fund management companies.

We have a team of experts who can advise on the design of insurance and reinsurance products and the transfer of life and non-life insurance portfolios. We also assist with cross-border restructurings and mergers of insurers, as well as assisting industry players with their internationalisation processes. Bringing together PLMJ's specialist lawyers in a single multidisciplinary team results in a service of the quality, depth and breadth that our clients demand.

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Insurance - Portugal

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

PLMJ has a reputable team with strengths in insurance and reinsurance matters, including day-to-day support through to M&A transactions, portfolio transfers, contracts, claims and regulatory matters. The practice is well equipped to advise international insurance companies and act on cross-border transactions, with notable activity in other European jurisdictions and lusophone Africa. The law firm acts for both insurers and policyholders and is adept at handling contentious mandates, spanning from disputes concerning damage insurance to criminal proceedings.

Work Highlights

Provided by PLMJ

  • PLMJ assisted BTG Pactual with the implementation of its insurance distribution and reinsurance business in Portugal.

Strengths

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The PLMJ lawyers are responsive, efficient and very receptive to collaborating with our in-house team. It is always a pleasure to work with them.

Insurance respondent
Europe

PLMJ demonstrates a solid understanding of the commercial landscape and the specific challenges facing our area of activity.

Insurance respondent
Europe

PLMJ has a very strong team that specialises in the handling of these topics and is very cooperative.

Insurance respondent
Europe

I appreciate PLMJ's great understanding of the local market and thorough expertise in post-M&A disputes.

Insurance respondent
Europe

PLMJ's lawyers not only understand the legal complexities involved, but also assess the wider commercial implications. This dual vision allows them to provide strategic and commercial guidance.

Insurance respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Joaquim Shearman de Macedo
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Joaquim Shearman de Macedo
Head of Insurance
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Band 1

Joaquim Shearman de Macedo maintains a leading position in the Portuguese insurance market. Operating out of Lisbon, he is regularly involved in contentious mandates, advising local companies and multinationals on disputes concerning damage insurance, as well as acting on administrative offences proceedings. He is also well placed to assist clients with non-contentious mandates, regulatory matters.

He is the person who can find solutions and end impasses - we appreciate that a lot.

Joaquim Shearman de Macedo is a very experienced lawyer, this gives him an edge and you can see he perfectly commands the law.

Joaquim Shearman de Macedo is a notable figure in this field. He is eloquent and a pleasure to work with.

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Joaquim Shearman de Macedo
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Joaquim Shearman de Macedo
Head of Insurance
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Members

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André Figueiredo

Head of Department

Joaquim Shearman de Macedo

Joaquim Shearman de Macedo

Head of Department