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Litigation & ADR annual report simultaneously making Portugal more attractive as an international arbitration seat”, he adds. “Also we have the incorporation of new arbitration centers for commercial matters, which is very good for promoting arbitration, and decreasing arbitrations costs.” Fernando Aguilar de Carvalho, partner at Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho, says litigation and ADR activity is still “typical of what you would expect during economic crisis, with plenty of activity in insolvencies, restructuring and debt recovery related cases, as well as in white collar crime