Most members of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) are opposed to the idea of reactivating an agreement between the association and its counterpart in Portugal allowing lawyers registered there to work in Macau without taking a local examination, AAM President Jorge Neto Valente said yesterday.

According to Neto Valente, his association had previously an agreement with its counterpart in Portugal, the Portuguese Bar Association (OA), according to which lawyers registered in Portugal could practise law in Macau without the need to sit an examination on the local system. The deal was suspended in 2013.

Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) President Jorge Neto Valente addresses yesterday’s press conference at the association’s office about this weekend’s 2017 Lawyers Day in Largo do Senado. Photo: Debby Seng

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