PORTUGAL LAW AND PRACTICE Contributed by: João Gonçalo Galvão, Carolina Cardoso Alves and Miguel Paquete, CS’Associados
CS’Associados is a top-tier Lisbon-based firm with a reputation built on the establishment of a close professional relationship with clients and on the quality of the legal services provided. Its real estate practice is endowed with distinctive features, namely: constant partner involvement and permanent access to top senior advice, expertise and homogeneous quality; a highly experienced team in the entire spectrum of real estate, combining ancillary competencies spanning from corporate law to urban planning and tax; skilled M&A and financial focus; and a thorough approach to all real estate-related
matters, encompassing assistance from start to finish with projects and deals, covering not only asset acquisition but also (re)development, (re) financing and subsequent sale and/or opera - tion. The firm’s real estate practice comprises 1 fully dedicated partner, 2 managing associ - ates, 2 counsels and 1 associate. The authors would like to thank António Rocha Mendes, João Ferreira do Amaral, Pedro Duro, Joana Avelino Gomes, André Salgado Matos, José Luís Queiró, André Fernandes Bento and Filipa Cristóvão Ferreira for their contributions.
Authors
João Gonçalo Galvão is a partner and heads the real estate practice at CS’Associados, and also has experience in the M&A and private equity practices. With
Carolina Cardoso Alves is a managing associate in the real estate practice at CS’Associados. She provides legal advice to local and cross- border clients on all real estate-
more than 15 years of experience, he is a transactional lawyer who provides advice on domestic and cross-border real estate M&A transactions and other real estate matters to corporate clients, investment funds and real estate developers and investors. João also advises on sale and leasebacks, complex lease and property use arrangements, and development/construction agreements. João has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2005.
related matters. She has a comprehensive knowledge of urban planning regulations and other relevant regulatory matters in transaction structuring and real estate development operations.
Miguel Paquete is a managing associate in the real estate practice at CS’Associados. He has been advising on real estate transactions in the residential and commercial domain,
supporting the development of agricultural projects and renewable energy projects, as well as advising and accompanying banking institutions on transactions for the purchase and sale of real estate portfolios.
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