Business & Corporate Law

Our firm provides specialized legal services in Business & Corporate Law, supporting companies, entrepreneurs and investors throughout all phases of commercial activity and corporate life. We offer comprehensive legal advice, from the incorporation of companies to restructuring, transformation or dissolution, ensuring legal compliance, security in operations and effective solutions to market challenges. Our practice combines technical rigour, strategic vision and close client proximity.

Practice Areas

Incorporation and Reorganization of Companies

Advisory on shareholders’ rights and obligations: guidance on the right to information, voting rights at general meetings and fiduciary duties of partners in public limited companies (SA) or private limited companies (LDA), with particular emphasis on protecting minority shareholders against abuses of majority power.
Changes to share capital and articles of association: assistance in capital increases or reductions, amortization of shares or quotas and statutory amendments, with registration at the National Registry of Legal Persons (RNPC) and harmonization with European rules on capital mobility.
Resolution of corporate disputes: application of mediation and arbitration mechanisms, including challenges to corporate resolutions or exclusion of partners, ensuring effective and binding cross-border solutions.
Incorporation and registration of commercial companies: guidance on the choice of corporate form (LDA, SA, general partnership or limited partnership), with registration at the Commercial Registry and identification of the ultimate beneficial owner under the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership (RCBE).
Corporate governance and governance structures: implementation of codes of conduct and composition of corporate bodies, including annual financial statements, promoting transparency and accountability.
Mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings (M&A): advisory on mergers, demergers, transformations and joint ventures, with due diligence, share or quota transfer agreements, and bilateral investment agreements for transnational operations.
Civil and criminal liability of directors and managers: advisory on duties of care, loyalty and non-competition, and defence in liability actions, particularly in restructuring and insolvency contexts.
Shareholders’ agreements and side agreements: drafting of drag-along, tag-along, lock-up and pre-emption rights clauses, with guaranteed enforceability.
Dissolution and liquidation of companies: assistance in voluntary or judicial winding-up processes, with distribution of assets and settlement of liabilities.
Corporate compliance: support and legal analysis in implementing compliance programmes, particularly regarding anti-money laundering prevention.

Intellectual Property and Protection of Intangible Assets in a Corporate Context

Advisory on the protection of trademarks, patents, industrial designs and copyright in corporate transactions, with registration at the Portuguese National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). This includes drafting licensing agreements, technology transfer contracts and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).

Competition Law and Market Regulation

Legal advice on anti-competitive practices, abuse of dominant position and merger control. Representation of clients before the Portuguese Competition Authority (AdC).

Data Protection and Corporate Cybersecurity

Consultancy on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the implementation of privacy policies. Representation in litigation related to data breaches.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in a Business Context

Support in commercial mediation and arbitration, including drafting arbitration clauses and representation before arbitration centres.