For over 30 years, we have provided full-service advice to national and international clients in all business areas.
Our firm has more than a hundred lawyers from various practice areas to respond to the needs of clients quickly, empathetically and innovatively.
Established in 1992, SRS was the first Portuguese law firm to have a formal international association, forming part of Grupo Legal Português, a group comprised of Simmons&Simmons, J&A Garrigues and Pinheiro Neto.
All its members belonged to a broader network, Club de Abogados, which comprised members from all principal European and Latin American countries.
It was one of the first firms to offer a career plan in addition to a strategic framework, and lead its peers in terms of both internal and external dynamic.
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With a high level of experience and specialisation, our team advises national and international companies and corporate groups, as well as investment funds and other collective investment bodies, from a wide range of activity sectors, including regulated ones, in all aspects of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions (of shares and assets), including public acquisition and sale offers, delisting operations, setting up joint ventures, due diligences, restructuring and dissolution and liquidation of companies, advice on Compliance, Corporate Governance, ESG, among other issues.
We also have extensive experience in Commercial Law, namely in negotiating and drafting agency, distribution, franchising and know-how transfer agreements, provision of services, investment in Portugal and other jurisdictions (in particular in Portuguese-speaking countries), contracts of association, Consumer Law, among other issues.
Our multidisciplinary team's maxim is to offer strong legal support combined with a pragmatic approach, focused on the specific activities of each company, so that you can always count on tailor-made solutions.
We have vast experience in this area, representing some of the most important Portuguese and international companies.
We have an extensive and specialised team ready to respond to all areas of litigation, civil and commercial, in an approach that covers preventive advocacy, litigation risk assessment and negotiation.
We are driven by the firm conviction (with proven experience) that in order to serve well, we must get to know and understand our clients' culture, values and business.
We are defined by objectivity, pragmatism, and problem-solving, aiming to create and preserve lasting relationships of trust.
Our expertise spans all areas of Labor Law, including litigation, in a very broad spectrum of markets and sectors.
We are organized by sub-areas, designed to serve our clients with agility, efficiency and excellence, leveraged on the diversity and wealth of skills of our team.
We also provide personalised legal advice to those who intend to take up residence in Portugal and support foreign investors who wish to benefit from the special regime of Residence Authorisation for Investment Activity in the national territory (or Golden Visa), as well as those who wish to establish residence in the country by other means.
Our team is composed of specialised professionals with experience in various areas of law, so that you can have transversal and focused assistance for all your questions.
We act with a vast know-how in both litigation and transactions, so that your ideas and creations can become established and grow.
We know that any intellectual property asset is an exceptionally valuable asset, regardless of the size of the companies and their businesses, so a proper intellectual property protection strategy is a critical factor today. We support our clients in protecting their rights and building consistent intellectual property portfolios so that they can also make the most of their ideas and intellectual creations.
Our team has an extensive track-record in advising clients in such diverse activities as construction, real estate, health and pharmaceuticals, information technology, telecommunications, tourism and even the sale of consumer goods.
We provide legal support to all types of entities operating in the different segments of the real estate market.
Through in-depth know-how of the market and a high level of technical specialisation, our team is recognised for its total dedication and plurality of services, a combination that will make you feel like a unique client.
