The concept of competitiveness changed

António Magalhães Cardoso, VdA’s senior partner, was heard by Financial Times for an article on the change of the concept of competitiveness and the importance that innovation has won in the legal market.

The partner who was one of Financial Times’ top 10 innovators in 2013 states “[inventiveness and mere novelty] They are not the same thing. Inventiveness is when the solution is not obvious. This is important when we deal with innovation. What is considered inventive is when you discover a new problem, even if it is not finding the solution. When you are innovative, you have to know what the problem really is.”