Practice Areas
Citizens:
Private International Law
Specialization in emigration processes, Golden Visas in Portugal, Portuguese and Brazilian nationality, regularization and work in Portugal and Brazil, document research, translation and certification of foreign documents, recognition of foreign judgments, regularization of assets, inheritances, and property transfer in Portugal and Brazil, judicial appeals against administrative decisions.
Real Estate Law
Specialization in real estate due diligence, drafting and review of purchase and sale contracts, conflicts involving false powers of attorney, breach of fiduciary duty, risk mitigation in leasing, representation in assemblies and supervision of properties in plural ownership, licensing, licensing with municipalities, judicial appeals against administrative decisions, judicial representation in property disputes such as leasing, eviction, dispossession, property claims, repossession, and adverse possession.
Tax Law
Specialization in tax optimization, financial planning, tax obligations, income tax return, transnational taxation, advice on tax residence and double-taxation regimes, definitive departure from Brazil, non-habitual resident status, judicial appeals against tax executions.
Labor Law
Specialization in contractual advice and negotiation of working conditions, consultancy and negotiation in case of dismissals, labor calculations of benefits and compensations, communications in case of disconnection and leaves with or without pay, labor litigation and judicial sponsorship.
Family Law
Specialization in drafting prenuptial agreements, assistance and representation in marriages between foreign spouses, proxy marriage, transcription of marriages that occurred abroad, approval and recognition of common-law unions, drafting of common-law union contracts, consensual and litigious divorce, divorce conference, parental power regulation, judicial representation in cases of parental alienation and international child abduction, judicial representation in probate and division proceedings.
Civil Law
Specialization in drafting and understanding contracts, validation of conditions, rules, and clauses of commercial legal transactions in general, construction contracts, intellectual property, copyright, and conflicts arising from electronic business and custom software production, insolvency and default, civil liability and corporate liability, representation in judicial proceedings.
General Civil Law
Specialization in drafting and reviewing contracts, debt collection, judicial representation in debt collection processes, judicial representation in processes against insurers, judicial representation in processes against airlines.
Companies:
Labor Law & Unions
Specialization in drafting and analysis of employment contracts, how to properly dismiss employees, advice, calculations, and negotiation, consultancy in subcontracting, consultancy in company's ancillary obligations to employees, resolution of labor disputes, judicial representation, and negotiations.
Civil Law
Specialization in drafting and understanding contracts, validation of conditions, rules, and clauses of commercial legal transactions in general, construction contracts, intellectual property, copyright, and conflicts arising from electronic business and custom software production, insolvency and default, civil liability and corporate liability, representation in judicial proceedings.
Commercial Law
Specialization in the creation and registration of companies, assemblies, assignments, mergers, closure, and sale of commercial companies, licensing of activities, joint venture regime, adherence to current regulations, mitigation of legal risks, franchise contracts.
Intellectual Property
Specialization in the registration and protection of trademarks and patents, licensing and royalties contracts, patents and utility models, marketing and transfer of IP, disputes and IP assessment, judicial representation in industrial property and copyright conflicts.
Tax Consulting
Specialization in tax optimization, financial planning, tax obligations, collective income tax return, transnational taxation, dividends, advice on tax residence and double-taxation regimes, judicial appeals against tax executions.
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