Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão

What Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão does

Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão (CNMF), formally Nuno Cerejeira Namora, Pedro Marinho Falcão & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, R.L., is a multidisciplinary Portuguese law firm founded in 1992 in Porto by Nuno Cerejeira Namora and Pedro Marinho Falcão. The firm provides full-service legal advisory across 17 practice areas including Tax, Employment, Public Law, Corporate, Litigation, Real Estate/Tourism/Construction, Intellectual Property, Privacy/Digital and Technology, Banking & Finance, Capital Risk/Venture Capital, Sports, Biomedical Law, Family/Successions, Credit Recovery, Criminal/Administrative Offenses, and Arbitration. CNMF operates from three offices in Portugal (Porto headquarters, Lisbon, and Funchal/Madeira) and is a member of the IR Global international network spanning 160+ jurisdictions, providing cross-border legal service capability. The firm serves corporate, private, and public sector clients with multi-year professional engagements, and bills on a per-engagement basis with publicly undisclosed, customised pricing.

The firm is independently owned by its founding partners and successive generations, including Gonçalo Cerejeira Namora as a partner, and maintains no external private equity or corporate parent ownership. It has built significant credentialing through major legal directories — Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Leaders League, and Iberian Lawyer — with multiple "Law Firm of the Year" titles across Patents, Public Sector Employment, Litigation, Digital Tech, and Non-Contentious & Advisory. CNMF has approximately 77 employees, operates an active recruitment programme, and runs the Law Academy initiative, which organises the Labour 2030 international labor law congress and supports professional development. The firm's technology posture is conventional for a law firm: a marketing website, newsletter subscription, and content publication channels, with no proprietary AI products or technology platforms.

Revenue model is professional services fees billed on engagement-by-engagement terms, with no public pricing, no disclosed revenue figures, and no subscription or alternative pricing structures. Customer segments are horizontally diversified across corporate, private, and public sector clients, with no named customer logos in the dataset. The firm also participates in pro bono work through the Associação Pro Bono Portugal and the Aliança Pro Bono, which it helped establish in 2019.

Name

Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão

Legal name

Nuno Cerejeira Namora, Pedro Marinho Falcão & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, R.L.

Website

https://cnmf.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Multidisciplinary Portuguese law firm founded in 1992 in Porto, with offices in Lisbon and Funchal, serving corporate, private, and public sector clients across 17 practice areas including Tax, Employment, Corporate, IP, Public Law, and Privacy/Digital/Tech, with international reach via the IR Global network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Professional legal services billed to corporate and private clients across multiple practice areas including Tax, Employment, Public Law, Corporate, Litigation, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Privacy/Digital/Tech, and more.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão is a multidisciplinary Portuguese law firm providing comprehensive legal advisory, representation, and dispute resolution services across 17 practice areas including Tax, Employment, Public Law, Corporate, Litigation, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Privacy/Digital/Technology, and Family/Successions. The firm serves both corporate and private clients from offices in Porto, Lisbon, and Funchal, with international reach through the IR Global network.

Product overview

Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão is a multidisciplinary Portuguese law firm offering comprehensive legal services across 17 practice areas including Arbitration, Banking & Finance, Capital Risk/Venture Capital, Civil, Litigation, Corporate, Sports, Biomedical Law, Family/Successions, Tax, Real Estate/Tourism/Construction, Employment, Public Law, Criminal Law, Privacy/Digital/Technology, Intellectual Property, and Credit Recovery. The firm operates under a unified brand with offices in Porto (headquarters), Lisbon, and Funchal (Madeira), and is a member of the IR Global international legal network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arbitragem (Arbitration)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Associação Pro Bono PortugalcoreOthers · 1 January 2019The firm made a commitment to Portugal's Pro Bono Association whose main objective is to foster cooperation with more partners through legal support to those in need.
• Aliança Pro BonocoreOthers · 1 January 2019The first Pro Bono Alliance in Portugal, formed in 2019, to join forces with different Law Firms and Lawyers in individual practice to guarantee greater action and impact with people in need, in situations of social exclusion or marginalised.
• IR GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIR Global is a worldwide network of firms providing legal, financial and accounting services to companies or individuals in more than 160 jurisdictions. Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão is a member of this network, providing international reach and cross-border legal service capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SRS Advogados: Portuguese full-service law firm with similar multidisciplinary coverage (corporate, tax, employment, IP, public law) and a comparable national footprint. Closest like-for-like peer for benchmarking rankings, pricing, and client segments.
• Vieira de Almeida (VdA): Top-tier Portuguese law firm with broad practice coverage, international reach, and a similar client base of corporates and public sector entities. Direct competitor for mid-market and larger mandates, with stronger international platform.
• CCA Law Firm: Portuguese law firm with a similar multidisciplinary profile and comparable positioning in the mid-market segment, including notable practice areas in tax, corporate, and employment. Direct competitor for similar client engagements.
• BCH Advogados: Mid-sized Portuguese law firm with broad practice coverage including corporate, tax, employment, and litigation. Comparable scale and headcount, similar client base of mid-market corporates, providing a direct benchmark on practice economics in Portugal.
• Raposo Bernardo & Associados: Portuguese multidisciplinary law firm with comparable size, multiple office presence, and similar practice mix including tax, corporate, employment, and litigation. Directly comparable on Portuguese mid-market positioning.
• PLMJ Advogados: Largest Portuguese law firm with a full-service multidisciplinary model and international network, competing for the same corporate, tax, and public law mandates. Larger in scale but operates in the same competitive set for tier-1 Portuguese work.
• Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados: Leading Portuguese full-service law firm with comprehensive practice coverage including tax, corporate, employment, public law, and IP. Larger in scale but competes directly in the same client segments and recognition categories.

Broad incumbents

• Uría Menéndez Portugal: Leading Iberian law firm with a Lisbon presence offering services in corporate, tax, employment, public law, and IP. As a broader Iberian incumbent with significant resources, it competes for higher-end and cross-border mandates in Portugal.
• Cuatrecasas Portugal: Major Iberian law firm with a substantial Portugal office offering overlapping services (tax, employment, corporate, public law, IP). Broader geographic footprint and larger bench position it as a tier-1 incumbent competing for premium mandates CNMF also pursues.
• Garrigues Portugal: Major Iberian law firm with a strong Portugal office providing overlapping legal services across corporate, tax, employment, and litigation. Established international brand and deeper bench make it a broader-incumbent competitor for cross-border mandates.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cerejeiranamora
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cnmf

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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