The Foreign Investment and Tourism Department specializes in providing full legal assistance to individual clients and companies wishing to invest in Portugal.  Our aim is to provide our clients with tailor-made solutions to their investments in order to properly accommodate their specific requirements and safeguard their interests.

Our department is committed to provide a personalized and global service to our clients and therefore our work may cover not only the legal aspects but also many of the other requirements of the investment.  As a result, we are able to offer permanent support throughout the entire investment.

We offer our clients advice on different types of investment in wide variety of areas, ranging from the individual property acquisition to company incorporations and acquisitions and management of business.  We also assist clients wishing to re-locate to Portugal for investment or retirement purposes.

Furthermore, we can also assist our clients who wish to invest outside of Portugal, both within the European Union and in other parts of the world.  Our offices in the United Kingdom and Cape Verde allow us to provide legal advice to clients wishing to invest in these jurisdictions.  In addition, we have a network of contacts in different countries around the world.

The Tourism area of our department provides specialized legal advice on the tourism sector, including residential tourism, developments and resorts, hotels and other types of accommodation tourists and many other matters related to the Portuguese rules regarding Tourism.

For larger clients and investors we work together with the Corporate / Commercial Department and provide legal assistance in specialized industries such as banking and finance, insurance, automotive, aviation and others.

Our department provides assistance in a wide range of areas, including:

• Residential and Commercial Property;
  
• Selection of Investment Vehicles;
  
• Company Incorporation and Management;
  
• Set up, Acquisition, Sale and Management of Businesses;
  
• Acquisitions by Foreign Companies and SPV’s (trusts, foundations, etc);
  
• Commercial and Rental Agreements and Contracts;
• Golden Visas | Golden Residence Permit | Investor Visas;
• General Immigration Matters.

Our specialized advice on Tourism includes:

• Tourism Rules and Regulations;
  
• Set up and Management of Developments and Resorts;
  
• Hotels and other Types of Tourist Accommodation;
  
• Acquisition and Ownership of Properties in Tourism Resorts and Developments;
  
• Investment Structures for Touristic Projects;
  
• Planning and Licensing of Touristic Projects and Investments.
  

For further information please contact Francisco Barata Salgueiro.

Alternatively, please click here to e-mail fit@ndr.pt