PLMJ’s private clients and Patrimónios Familiares has been shortlisted for an international award in the prestigious STEP awards.

PLMJ’s private clients and Patrimónios Familiares has been shortlisted for an international award in the prestigious STEP awards. PLMJ is a finalist in the STEP Private Clients Awards 2017, in the category of Private Client Legal Team of the Year (large firm). PLMJ is the only Portuguese law firm to have been shortlisted for an award this year, and it will be represented at the awards ceremony on 6 September at Westminster Park Plaza Hotel, in London. The STEP awards are an internationally recognised Hallmark in the area of advising private clients. These awards recognise and celebrate private client solicitors, lawyers, accountants, barristers, bankers, trust managers and financial advisors. STEP is the world’s largest and best-recognised organisation working exclusively in the area of private clients and family offices. It brings together 20,000 professionals dedicated to this industry, in 95 countries. The PLMJ private cents and family wealth practice is headed by partner Nuno Cunha Barnabé with the support of senior associates Marta Costa, Maria Inês Assis and Patrícia Dias Mendes. It advises clients on management of private wealth, taxation of individuals (domestic and international), estate planning, family governance, foundations and philanthropy, acquiring nationality, and transferring residents.