In an article in the 8th of July 2009 edition of the Jornal de Negócios which aimed to analyse the consequences for law firms of the embargo on large-scale public projects announced during this legislature, a number of PPP specialists were invited to give their views.

Amongst these was Manuel Protásio who points out that “these projects imply an intensive use of resources and often entail personal sacrifice on the part of the lawyers involved which makes it all the more frustrating when one is unable to see the result of all the hard work that has gone into them”.

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