The people behind the trust.
Trust is not built in a moment. It is built over time.
At Leal Figueiredo & Associados, we believe that trust is built gradually through close, rigorous, and genuinely personalised legal support.
We work directly with individuals and families at pivotal moments in their personal, family, and wealth-related lives, fostering long-term relationships grounded in clarity, availability, and discretion.
Tânia Gonçalves Leal (Partner)
Tânia Gonçalves Leal focuses her practice on advising individuals and families, with particular emphasis on family law and succession matters, including succession planning, inheritance, estate division, divorce, family mediation, and nationality proceedings.
Throughout her professional career, she has developed a client-centred approach marked by proximity, sensitivity, and careful attention to the personal and emotional impact of legal decisions, supporting clients at particularly significant moments of their family lives.
Her practice is grounded in the design of balanced and sustainable solutions, prioritising conflict prevention, dialogue, and mediation, as well as the protection of family interests from a perspective of stability and long-term continuity.
She regularly works with both Portuguese and international clients, valuing relationships built on trust, availability, and close, long-term support.
Guilherme P. de Figueiredo (Partner)
Guilherme P. de Figueiredo focuses his practice on providing legal and tax advice to individuals and families, both Portuguese and international, in matters relating to wealth and succession planning, asset structuring and protection, and investment in Portugal.
With professional experience acquired in international contexts, including leading financial centres such as London and Geneva, he regularly advises clients on cross-border situations, assisting with family reorganisations, wealth transmission, and investment decisions through an integrated approach combining legal, tax, and patrimonial perspectives.
He works closely with family offices, asset managers, and international advisers, particularly in matters involving Portugal, Switzerland, and Brazil, ensuring effective coordination across jurisdictions and legal cultures.
His approach is defined by clarity, rigour, and a strong long-term orientation, favouring enduring relationships, direct involvement, and a deep understanding of each client’s personal and family objectives.