Expertise

Tax support plays a strategic and essential role in the sustainability and success of companies.

We offer highly specialized support, focused on tax optimization and efficiency, in strict compliance with compliance rules.

Our team adopts an integrated and personalized approach in order to mitigate risks and guarantee innovative tax solutions with high added value.

Our services include:

• Tax planning of operations;
• International Taxation;
• Tax litigation;
• Tax Compliance;
• Tax incentives and investment benefits.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are highly complex operations where every detail counts.

We guarantee complete and sophisticated legal assistance.

We act at every stage of the transaction, from pre-acquisition due diligence to negotiation and conclusion of contracts, in order to ensure that our clients' strategic and business objectives are met.

We prioritize efficiency and risk mitigation. Anticipating risks and contingencies at every stage of the process.

Our services include:

• Legal due diligence and risk and contingency analysis;
• Negotiation;
• Drafting and reviewing contracts;
• Acquisitions, mergers and corporate restructuring;
• Corporate reorganization processes;
• Joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

We support our client companies, regardless of their size or business area, in all matters related to Corporate Law and at all stages of their life cycle, continuously monitoring their day-to-day activities and ensuring compliance with corporate governance standards.

With extensive experience in supporting national and international start-ups and SMEs, we offer legal solutions that guarantee effective, responsible and prudent management of companies in order to anticipate and mitigate risks, allowing them to grow solidly.

Our services include

• Incorporation and dissolution of companies;
• Corporate Governance;
• Corporate reorganizations and restructuring operations;
• Regular business monitoring;
• Compliance;
• Advice to corporate bodies.

In the real estate sector, we offer comprehensive legal advice on the acquisition, development, disposal, financing and management of real estate assets.

We work with developers, investors and companies to ensure that each operation is safe, efficient and maximized in terms of return and efficiency.

Among others, our services include:

• Acquisition and sale of real estate;
• Real estate development projects;
• Renting and leasing contracts;
• Structuring real estate investments;
• Due diligence and real estate financing.

Labor law is a key area for any company. We provide support on all labor issues, from hiring and internal policies to conflict resolution, negotiating collective agreements and labor restructuring.

Our approach is always preventive and strategic, aligned with each client's business objectives.

Our services include:

• Employment contracts;
• Employee benefits;
• Labor restructuring;
• Negotiating collective agreements;
• Employment litigation;
• Compliance policies and internal procedures.

We help companies structure complex financing operations, guiding them in raising capital, financing projects and renegotiating debt.

We help ensure that each financing operation is aligned with the strategic and financial interests of each business.

Our services include:

• Project financing;
• Structured financing;
• Venture capital and private equity;
• Consultancy for attracting investment;
• Public and European financing.

In the areas of litigation and arbitration we have vast experience in resolving complex disputes, both in the courts and in arbitration.

We act assertively and strategically, offering effective solutions to defend our clients' interests, minimizing risks and maximizing profits.Our services include:

• Commercial and civil litigation;
• Arbitration;
• Mediation and alternative dispute resolution;
• Credit recovery;
• Contractual and business disputes.

When a company faces financial difficulties, LFS acts quickly and effectively to find solutions that allow it to restructure or strategically liquidate assets.

We work with creditors and debtors to achieve the best possible results in insolvency scenarios.

Our services include:

• Insolvency proceedings;
• Business recovery plans;
• Debt restructuring;
• Negotiation with creditors;
• Accompanying insolvency proceedings.

We provide highly specialized legal advice to investors and families wishing to reside or invest in Portugal.

We guarantee security and efficiency at every stage of the process of obtaining residence permits, including Golden Visas, and nationality applications. Always in compliance with current legislation.

Our services include:

• Advice on obtaining a Golden Visa;
• Immigration and residence permit consultancy;
• Advice on nationality processes;
• Relocation and investment planning;
• Accompanying applications to the competent authorities.

We focus on advising and providing services relating to Industrial Property Rights and Copyright and Related Rights.

We help with the acquisition and protection of trademarks, patents and industrial designs, which are so important to companies. We ensure the protection of copyright and image rights. We also use all our know-how to deal with problems of unfair competition.

We provide support from the creative and inventive process to the licensing, exploitation, transfer and termination of rights and, if necessary, we advise on the defense of rights before the competent authorities, whether administrative or judicial.

In transactional legal advice we also assess the Intellectual Property rights involved in the business, as well as related matters.

Our services include:

• Registration of trademarks, designs, patents, literary and artistic works and software, monitoring of proceedings, challenges, response to forfeiture and cancellation requests, and proofs of use;
• Licensing contracts and transfer of rights;
• Due diligence: detailed legal analysis and valuation reports for intellectual property assets;
• Surveillance of rights, interpellations, oppositions, requests for forfeiture and cancellation;
• Intellectual property litigation: industrial property appeals and legal actions for the defense of industrial and copyright rights.

Complying with national and European rules on the processing of personal data is essential for any company today.

We offer a comprehensive advisory service on compliance with data protection rules, integrating the assessment of the level of compliance with the rules and regulations in force with the implementation of policies and the various mandatory contractual instruments.

Our services include:

• Drafting internal regulations, codes of conduct, privacy policies and reviewing and drafting contracts;
• Advice on security measures and data processing;
• Due Diligence: Analysis and assessment of compliance with legal rules on Data Protection with delivery of compliance reports;
• Data Protection Litigation: Representation in legal proceedings and administrative offenses in the field of data protection.