Bridging Portugal and Spain
The new partnership between Ejaso and New Legal-PMC leverages Iberian synergies and Lusophone markets, according to Marco António Costa and Alberto López, speaking to Iberian Lawyer
by glória paiva
Ejaso arrived in Portugal in March through a newly announced partnership with the Portuguese firm New Legal-PMC, now New Legal-PMC by Ejaso. Starting with offices in Lisbon and Vila Nova de Gaia, the project aims to expand the team by hiring around 50 professionals over the next three years, establish awards and scholarships at universities, strengthen its presence in cities such as Faro, Guimarães and Setúbal, and increase turnover from the current €1.7 million to €12.5 million, according to Marco António Costa, partner and one of the founders of New Legal-PMC, and Alberto López, partner at Ejaso, in an interview with Iberian Lawyer.
To implement the plan, new professional partners have already been appointed internally — Daniel D. Martins, Paulo Cunha Teixeira, Pedro Pinto Monteiro and Sara Couto Marques — who join the three original partners of New Legal-PMC (Jorge Pracana, Francisco José Martins, and Marco António Costa) and other 48 partners of Ejaso. The alliance begins with a Portuguese team of 30 people, integrated with the more than 250 lawyers at Ejaso, now spread across 12 offices in the Iberian Peninsula and with a presence in seven countries.
The partnership was formed in an unusual way: shared clients identified affinities between the two firms and facilitated the connection. “The essential foundation of this partnership lies in the connection between the two economies and cultures, a relationship in clear consolidation”, says Marco António Costa. Alberto López adds that Ejaso had been seeking a partner in Portugal for some time and found in New Legal PMC a team “on the same wavelength”, capable of offering a full Iberian service with daily coordination between offices.
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