The Jornal de Negócios has dedicated a entire article to the management of large law firms and the extent to which these days they these may, or may not, be structured as companies.
The managing partners of a number of law firms were sounded out, including João Vieira de Almeida of VdA who had this to say “as regards the organisational model, management methods and processes, lawyers’ offices are becoming, these days, much more like companies. As far as lawyers and the work they carry out are concerned, the business has its own unique characteristics”.
