FIND is one of the official sponsors of the presentation of the results of a survey on the Universe of Law Firms conducted by ASAP, Associação das Sociedades de Advogados Portuguesas - Portuguese Law Firm Association, in collaboration with the Universidade Católica Survey Centre (CESOP). It will be taking place at Hotel Lisboa Plaza at 5 p.m. on 16 September 2010.
The survey reflects the world of law firms in Portugal and highlights that small organisations are clearly in the majority in the market.
The participants in the presentation include Pedro Cardigos, President of ASAP, Pedro Siza Vieira and Francisco Souza Brito, association directors, and Jorge Cerol, Director of CESOP.
The survey covered a universe of 110 firms and concluded that around 45% had only two partners, 39% between three and five partners and only 7% had 11 or more partners.
Another important result of the survey was that most of the firms in question had their head offices in Lisbon (63%), while Porto was in third position (13%) with regard to the number of head offices.