Abreu Advogados

MEMBER FIRM FOR PORTUGAL

Contact: Carmo Sousa Machado
carmo.s.machado@abreuadvogados.com

Time Zone: GMT
Tel: +351 217 231 800
Fax: +351 217 231 899
info@abreuadvogados.com
www.abreuadvogados.com

Abreu Advogados (AA) was incorporated in 1993. The firm has grown over the years, and boosted from 6 lawyers - in 1993, to 165 lawyers, including 26 partners, in a total of 240 professionals, with offices in Lisbon, Porto, Madeira and in Angola and in Mozambique (in Association). The firm currently ranks amongst the three largest law firms in Portugal

Abreu Advogados renders legal services to its clients, both national and international, enjoying a wide reputation for providing prompt and high quality legal services for corporations, administrative authorities and private clients.

AA is best known for complex transactional finance, corporate restructurings (mainly of international groups), leveraged buy-outs and for providing legal counsel on matters related with industrial and intellectual property law and IT law. The firm’s international experience was initially grounded on the founding partners experience in major US and UK international law firms.

The firm’s client base includes some of the largest international companies operating in Portugal, in areas as diverse as financial and banking services, managed funds, automotive industry and automotive suppliers, telecommunications and e-commerce, public works, construction firms, engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemical, hoteliers, distribution and retailing.

In 2001 Abreu Advogados was the first Portuguese law firm to obtain the ISO 9001:1995 Norm certification, and in 2003, successfully managed to complete the transition to the ISO 9001 (2000 standard version). In 2006, Abreu Advogados successfully renewed the ISO 9001: 2000 certification and extended it to its Porto office and, in 2009, completed the transition to the ISO 9001 (2008 standard version), simultaneously extending it to the Madeira office.

 

Practice Areas:

 

Banking and Finance Law 

• Banking and Insurance 

• Capital Markets 

• Derivatives 

 

Competition, Regulatory and EU Law 

• Competition 

• EU 

• Regulatory 

 

Corporate and Commercial Law 

• Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions 

• Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring 

• Maritime Law and Transportation 

• Private Equity 

 

Employment Law 

• Daily assistance regarding legal and conventional provisions

• Drafting of labour contracts

• Contract termination agreements

• Social Security issues

• Collective Agreements/Negotiations

• Assistance in corporate mergers and acquisitions and in corporate restructuring

• Stock options plans and fringe benefits

 

Intellectual Property and IT Law 

• Agency, Franchising and Distribution 

• Copyright and Entertainment 

• Data Protection and Consumer Protection 

• Industrial Property 

• Media, Advertising and Marketing 

• Software and E-Commerce 

 

Litigation 

• Arbitration and Mediation 

• Civil Litigation 

• Commercial Litigation 

• Criminal Litigation 

• Debt Recovery 

 

Public Law and Environmental Law 

• Development and Planning 

• Energy and Natural Resources 

• Environment 

• Public Procurement 

 

Real Estate Law 

• Execution of Real Estate Transactions 

• Hotel and Leisure 

• Logistics 

• Real Estate Financing 

• Taxation 

• Urban Rehabilitation 

 

Sports Law 

• Discipline, Competition and Memberships 

• Sports Corporate Law 

• Sports Labour Law 

• Sports Litigation 

• Sports Tax Law 

 

Tax Law 

• Domestic Taxation  

• International Taxation  

• Madeira Free Trade Zone 

• Private Clients 

• Tax Litigation 

• Transfer Pricing