{"id":82148,"date":"2020-01-29T13:59:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/the-firm\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T08:08:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T08:08:06","slug":"the-firm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/en\/the-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1580308905666{margin-top: 70px !important;margin-bottom: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h3&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243;]Our history[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]The Firm was established in 1991 by 4 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