LF&A Practice Areas

Private Clients

  • Advice on taxation, family, wealth and succession issues

  • Assistance to family-owned businesses and to their beneficial owners

  • Securing temporary and permanent visas and residence permits in Portugal

  • Prepare and file applications for Portuguese citizenship

  • Representing international family offices, private offices, wealth managers and private banks

  • Acting for and representing the interests of non-resident clients in Portugal

Corporate, Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Company mergers, acquisitions (M&A) and demergers

  • Corporate restructurings and transformations

  • Negotiation and establishment of partnerships and joint ventures and acquisition of equity stakes

  • Business incorporation and setting up of subsidiaries and branches

  • Legal support to businesses, due diligences and assistance with the international expansion of companies

  • Shareholder agreements

  • Corporate recovery and insolvency procedures

  • Support foreign organisations establishing their operations in Portugal

Domestic & International Taxation

  • Tax advice on corporate mergers, acquisitions and demergers

  • Non Habitual Resident (NHR) tax regime

  • Domestic and international tax planning and optimisation

  • Tax advisory services to corporations and private individuals

  • Administrative, arbitration and judicial litigation in tax matters

  • Assistance with transfer pricing issues

Employment & Social Security Law

  • Employment law advisory services and day-to-day support to businesses

  • Assistance with individual and collective hiring processes

  • Preparation, review and termination of employment agreements

  • Support in the hiring and transfer of expatriate employees

  • Collective dismissal and disciplinary procedures

  • Litigation in employment law matters

Immigration & Citizenship

  • Assistance in obtaining Portuguese citizenship

  • Applications for residence permits for investment activities ("Golden Visa")

  • Applications for temporary stay visas and for residence permits

  • Legal advice on acts subject to civil registration and confirmation of foreign court rulings

Real Estate & Foreign Investment

  • Assistance in the rental and purchase and sale of real estate in Portugal

  • Monitoring of construction and renovation projects

  • Tax consultancy, tax planning and tax optimisation of all investment activities

  • Setting up and structuring investment funds, vehicles and structures

  • Support for the management of real estate properties

  • Civil, commercial, corporate, tax and employment litigation

  • Insolvency and judicial restructuring of companies

  • Preventive negotiation and resolution of out-of-court disputes and settlements

Litigation & Arbitration

LF&A International Desks

French Desk

LF&A and its lawyers are closely connected to French-speaking jurisdictions, in particular the French market and the Swiss market. The French Desk brings together lawyers with multidisciplinary and bilingual skills, most of whom have close ties to the French educational community and have a solid professional experience working with the Swiss market.

The French Desk is responsible for assisting French-speaking businesses and families with interests in Portugal, as well as Portuguese businesses and families with interests in French-speaking markets, providing specialist advice on taxation (including the tax status of Non Habitual Residents), real estate, employment, private and family wealth (protection and planning), family (including succession) and corporate matters (including the incorporation of businesses and the setting up of subsidiaries and branches).

The Brazilian Desk at LF&A assists Portuguese companies and families looking to establish and develop their businesses in Brazil, as well as Brazilian companies and families with interests in Portugal. The LF&A team includes an expert team with comprehensive knowledge of Brazil's legal, tax and business environment.

The Brazilian Desk is responsible for assisting companies and families in Portugal and Brazil, providing specialist advice on investments, residence transfers, obtaining visas (including the Golden Visa), residence permits and citizenship applications, company incorporation and acquisitions, financial and real estate investments, tax regimes (including the Non Habitual Resident tax regime), as well as private and family wealth and succession issues.

Members of LF&A's Brazilian Desk travel frequently to Brazil, working with first class local partners in various cities and states throughout Brazil.

LF&A is a member of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Brazil - São Paulo.

Brazilian Desk