Paulo Lopes Cardoso Advogados

We provide services, in the following matters, both in its management and in its processing:

• Obtaining ARI - Residence Permit for Investment Activity (Golden Visa)
• Revision (homologation) of foreign judgment
• Recognition of unmarried couples
• Marriage between people of the same sex in Portugal
• Transcript of marriage, birth and marriage
• Search of documents, next to district files
• Search of documents, along with civil registry offices
• Requesting birth and wedding certificates
• Legalization of Foreigners - Obtaining visas for residence, entry, stay, departure and removal of foreigners from the national territory:
  • Precautionary order to suspend refusal of entry into national territory
  • Declaration of entry of foreign citizens into Portugal
  • Request for rectification of entry ban measure
  • Application for extension of stay based on foreign citizen’s visa
  • Application for extension of stay, validity or duration of Schengen visa of foreign citizen
  • Term of responsibility by foreign citizen in the conditions of stay in Portuguese territory
  • Claims to draft rejection and reconsideration of application for a temporary residence permit
  • Request for urgent request in the examination of the application for renewal of the residence permit
  • Application for a residence permit for reasons of public interest, pursuant to Article 123 of Law no. 23/2007, of July 4
  • Administrative complaint rejecting a request for residence in Portugal
  • Application for obtaining permanent residence or another in Portugal by a foreign citizen
  • Application for amendment or second copy of residence card of a foreign citizen of the European Union
  • Application for authorization or renewal of residence of a foreign citizen
• Equality Statute:
• Request of Brazilian citizens to obtain equal rights and duties status
• Request of Brazilian citizens to obtain equal status of political rights and duties
• Request of Brazilian citizens to obtain equal political status
• Family Reunification:
  • Application for family reunification of foreign citizen
• Attribution of Portuguese Nationality - The original nationality, which takes effect from the date of birth... (Article 11.º of the Law of Nationality)
• Acquisition derived from Portuguese Nationality, by effect of will, adoption or naturalization - The acquisition of derived nationality shall take effect only from the date on which the registration of acquisition of nationality is drawn up at the Central Registry Office (Article 12.º of the Law of the Nationality)
• Descendants of Sephardic Jews, by demonstrating the tradition of belonging to a Sephardic community of Portuguese origin, based on proven objective requirements of connection to Portugal, namely surnames, family language, direct or collateral descent, on what:

- They must be over 18 or emancipated under Portuguese Law and,

- Have not been convicted, with final decision, for the practice of a crime punishable with imprisionment for a maximum of three years or more, according to Portuguese Law, and do not constitute a danger or threat for security or national defense, for their involvement in activities related to to the pratice of terrorism, in accordance with the respective Law.

⇒ The Ministry of Justice grants the nationality by naturalization, with exemption from the requirements set forth in paragraphs b) and c) of number 1 of article 6.º of the Nationality Law, i.e., it is not necessary to legally reside in Portugal territory for more than 6 years, and the knowledge of the Portuguese language.

• Conservation and Acquisition of Portuguese Nationality, of portuguese citizens born in the former State of India (Goa, Damão, Diu, Dadrá e Nagar Aveli) under Law N.º 2098 of 29 July 1959
• Conservation and Acquisition of Portuguese nationality, of portuguese citizens born in Angola, Moçambique, Guiné Bissau, Cabo Verde e São Tomé e Principe, wich is regulated by Decree-Law n.º 308-A of June 24, 1975
• Analysis, briefing and follow-up of the process to completion
• On-site monitoring of processes
• Legal Sponsorship in proceedings, against the acquisition of nationality
• Contestations
• Appeals
• Legal Opinion

We ensure the drafting, review, and negotiation of banking contracts, providing clarity and legal compliance. 

Our services include:

• Banking contracts
• Credit restructuring
• Corporate and regulatory aspects related to banking activities
• Financial instruments

The Law Office, acting with excellence in the provision of legal services in all matters related to Real Estate.

The Law Office provides full legal accompaniment, to Real - Estate, Condominiums and Homeowners Association, Leasing of Real Estate and buying and selling Real Estate,for residents and non-residents.

In this area, we highlight the following services:

• Advice to companies of promotion, construction and real estate mediation, and management and administration of condominiums
• Accompaniment of all real estate business, namely purchase and sale, leasing, leasing, swaps, constitution of usufructs, comodatos
• Filing eviction actions, collection of Rents, consignment in payment, extrajudicial notifications
• Horizontal Property Constitution and Change
• Preparation of Minutes
• Land Registry, Authenticated Private Documents, Acknowledgments and Authentications, Powers of Attorney
• Licensing
• Contracting
• Notary’s Justifications - Usucapião

The Law Firm also deals with matters of Family Law and Succession, representing several individual clients, national and foreign.

The Law Firm’s activities include, but are not limited to:

• Divorce by Mutual Consent or wihtout Consent of Spouse
• Sharing of common goods
• Wedding Invalids
• Regulation and inhibition of the exercise of parental authority
• Adoption
• Heritages
• Inventories and shares (judicial and extrajudicial)
• Heir Empowerment
• Wills

The Law Firm provides advice, in all commercial and corporate aspects, on the following matters:

• Constitution of Companies, Associations and Foundations
• Dissolution and sharing of companies
• Merger, Spin-off and Transformation of Companies
• Acquisition and sale of shareholdings
• Parapsocial agreements and changes in company agreements
• Goodwill, assignment of exploitation and commercial lease
• Agency, distribution, franchising and leasing
• Litigation: annulment and suspension of corporate resolutions, company investigation, dismissal of managers and administrators, exclusion of shareholders, leasing, claiming of credits.

The Law Firm provides advice, in all commercial and corporate aspects, on the following matters:

• Constitution of Companies, Associations and Foundations
• Dissolution and sharing of companies
• Merger, Spin-off and Transformation of Companies
• Acquisition and sale of shareholdings
• Parapsocial agreements and changes in company agreements
• Goodwill, assignment of exploitation and commercial lease
• Agency, distribution, franchising and leasing
• Litigation: annulment and suspension of corporate resolutions, company investigation, dismissal of managers and administrators, exclusion of shareholders, leasing, claiming of credits.

In this context, the Law Firm has ensured the defense of defendants or sponsored victims in various cases, including crimes against property (theft, robbery, damage), against life in society (counterfeiting of currency), drug trafficking, economic-financial crime , against people (homicide, offenses against physical integrity, domestic violence) and against honor (slander, defamation).

• Elaboration of criminal complaints
• Elaboration of civil damages claims
• Follow-up of the judicial inquiry
• Presence in proceedings before the criminal police and criminal investigation courts.
• Impeachment of house arrests
• Seizure of property
• Provisions for changing the custody of arrested defendants
• Appeals

The Law Firm provides services both at the level of labor litigation and preventive consulting, highlighting the following:

• Elaboration of labor contracts
• Agreements to terminate the employment contract
• Disciplinary proceedings
• Labor Dispute
• Challenging dismissal of claims for overdue salaries

Our office offers our clients a wide range of legalization and authentication services for documents to be used in Portugal or abroad, in an efficient and expeditious manner.

Some of the services we provide in this area:

• Preparation and authentication of powers of attorney; 
• Legalization of personal documents and academic qualifications for immigration or emigration purposes, for use in Portugal or abroad; 
• Authentication of commercial and corporate documents and commercial contracts; 
• Sworn statements (“oaths” and “affidavits”); 
• Proof of life for foreign pensions; 
• Certification of translations of various documents; 
• Authentication instruments; 
• Authorizations for Minors to Leave the Country; 
• Certified photocopies.

The Consumer Law Department at Paulo Lopes Cardoso Advogados provides its clients, with the following services, among others:

Drafting and analysis of consumer contracts, with emphasis on the following topics:

• General contractual clauses;
• Unfair commercial practices;
• Information and communication;
• Abusive clauses;
• Loyalty periods;
• Right of withdrawal.

Drafting and analysis of consumer contracts, in particular:

• Contracts concluded at a distance and outside the establishment;
• Sale of consumer goods;
• Essential public services;
• Consumer credit

Alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes (RALC).

In industrial and intellectual property Law, we operate in the following areas:

• Trademark, patent, and know-how registration;
• Defense of trademark or patent ownership through extrajudicial or administrative proceedings, by challenging trademark or name registration applications;
• Defense of trademark or patent ownership through judicial proceedings;
• Seizure of counterfeit products and compensation;
• Domain names;
• Copyright

We respond to the different legal problems that these situations cause, both for creditors, in the recovery and defense of their claims and in the improvement of payment guarantees, as well as for debtors.

Our advice is structured in the following matters:

• Preventive measures to defend credit
• Reorganization of liabilities in pre-insolvency
• Debt restructuring and negotiation with creditors in a special process of revitalization and insolvency
• Elaboration of revitalization and insolvency plans
• Contest of creditors
• Credit Recovery
• Management responsibility
• Legal assistance in the scope of the new “System for the Recovery of Companies by Extrajudicial Way” (“SIREVE”), a process of extrajudicial revitalization, mediated by IAPMEI, with the participation of creditors, with a view to the conclusion of extrajudicial agreements aimed at the recovery and viability of company
• Insolvency of companies, either on behalf of creditors or on behalf of the management or shareholders of insolvent companies
• Personal insolvencies
• Elaboration of claim of credits
• Elaboration of actions for the subsequent verification of credits or other rights (right to the separation and restitution of assets)

Paulo Lopes Cardoso, Lawyers, practice in the areas of Civil Law, namely:

• Civil liability: compensation for material and moral damages;
• Liability for damages caused by animals; 
• Liability for damage caused by dangerous activities; Liability for failure to supervise incapacitated persons; 
• Liability for negligence in the practice of medicine; 
• Liability for environmental damage; 
• Producer liability; 
• Liability arising from the violation of consumer rights; 
• Traffic accidents; 

We represent our clients in situations of conflict and litigation that require a court decision. Litigation covers pre-advisory services in legal proceedings and negotiations and representation in Portuguese courts, whether in the declaratory or enforcement phase, including in injunctions and in the filing of appeals to higher courts and in alternative means of conflict resolution (arbitration and magistrates' courts):

• Precautionary proceedings 
• Labor law actions 
• Civil liability lawsuits 
• Civil liability lawsuits resulting from accidents Professional civil liability lawsuits 
• Administrative actions, namely against the State or other public entities. 
• Criminal and economic criminal law. We monitor criminal proceedings that have already been initiated or are to be initiated, as well as providing prior and preventive advice at all stages of the criminal process, whether it be investigation, preliminary proceedings, trial, or appeals.
• Administrative offenses (Highway Code, ACT, ANSR, ASAE, General Inspectorate of Agriculture, Sea, Environment, and Spatial Planning, or other competent administrative entities, which may revoke or reduce the fine imposed after the defense has been presented, either at the appeal stage, before the competent court, which may also revoke the administrative decision or reduce the amount of the fine imposed). 
• Insolvency and Company Recovery 
• Debt collection
• Judicial inventories 
• Disputes between landlords and tenants 
• Regulation of parental responsibilities, divorces, and everything related 
• Tax and Social Security infringements 
• Consumption of goods and services

We provide legal advice and consulting services to insurance companies and insurance brokers, namely:

• Advice to individuals
• Advice to insurance companies
• Advice to insurance distributors
• Consulting to companies
• Consulting on litigation

• Insurance incorporation
• Insurance restructuring
• Analysis of insurance contracts
• Drafting of insurance contracts
• Review of insurance contracts

• Intermediation between clients and companies
• Advice on civil liability insurance
• Advice on professional insurance
• Drafting of insurance contracts
• Advice on corporate matters

• Contract enforcement
• Advice on life, health, and personal accident insurance
• Legal advice to insurance companies

The Paulo Lopes Cardoso Team of Lawyers provides legal advice to technology companies, startups, and in the protection of digital assets:

• Digital Law and Technologies: Advice on AI, Web3, FinTech, crypto assets, NFT, Metaverse, and robotics.
• Data Protection and Privacy: Compliance with GDPR, NIS2, information security, and audits.
• Communication and Media: Regulation of electronic communications, advertising, image rights, and intellectual property.
• Digital Litigation: Removal of illegal online content, identification of authors of offensive messages, cybercrimes, and intellectual property.
• Digital Contracts: E-commerce, cloud computing, and IT contracts.

The Paulo Lopes Cardoso Team of Lawyers works in the area of Inheritance Law, from drafting wills and estate planning to judicial or extrajudicial inventory and qualification of heirs. Our Lawyers ensure the correct distribution of assets, resolve conflicts between heirs, and handle tax and notarial issues:

• Succession Planning: Drafting and validation of wills, donations, and advice on asset transfers.
• Distribution and Inventories: Monitoring of distribution processes, both amicable (extrajudicial) and contentious (judicial), in Portugal.
• Qualification of Heirs: Collection of documentation and legal procedures for the recognition of heirs.
• Conflict Resolution: Mediation and representation in cases of disagreement between heirs or undivided inheritances.
• Tax Support: Management of obligations with the Tax Authority and Social Security.