The Alexandra Bessone Cardoso & Associados, RL, Law Firm, knowned as well for it’s registed trademark – ABC LEGAL- was established in Lisbon in July 2004, by the founders Alexandra Bessone Cardoso and Arturo Delgado de Almeida, in order to allow Iberian exchange of synergies. ABC LEGAL represents a pooling of interests and expectations of both partners with more than 60 years of joint professional experience and its intention to offer a differentiated positioning to its customers. The aim of ABC LEGAL is to provide a wide range of legal services in Portugal through an international standard, as well as maximising expertise in other countries whenever that might be applicable. Its creation acknowledges the participants belief in the growing importance of Portugal within the European Union and their wish to assist in investments into Portugal in one hand; and on the other, in the growth of international links between Portugal and the rest of the world.