Paula Gomes Freire is quoted by the Iberian Lawyer in the Lisbon annual report for 2019

For VdA's executive group partner, “law firms are under pressure to provide a top quality service, more efficiently”.

The article analyses the portuguese market on business advocacy, after consulting some lawyers of the best portuguese law firms.   

Iberian Lawyer claims that "the biggest law firms in Portugal are experiencing substantial growth, but managing partners are well aware that a downturn in the economy may not be too far away".