Paulo Pinheiro talks to Jornal de Negócios

"To simply strip away the contracts might have a 'negative impact' in the Portuguese State's image and imply further costs to the State", writes Jornal de Negócios newspaper regarding PPP contracts established between the State, Banks and private companies. However "it might be natural to consider renegotiating contracts in view of the substantial changes occurred in the present economic context" says Paulo Pinheiro, Vieira de Almeida & Associados (VdA)'s partner from the Public Law area of practice, quoted by the newspaper.