"Joaquim Pedro Lampreia summed up the numbers and concluded that, for litigation proceedings amounting to 2 million Euros, the fee charged would be around 16,5% of the amount in question. "This is a huge number to be spent, whether winning or losing the proceeding. What more, in case of winning in court, there would be no charges.", writes Jornal de Negócios quoting Vieira de Almeida & Associados (VdA)'s associate from the Tax area of practice in its 28th April edition. The newspaper dedicated an article to the issue of costs regarding arbitration proceedings and heard VdA's lawyer as a specialist on the subject.