
Private Wealth Law
High Net Worth Guide 2025 : Portugal
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About
Provided by Abreu Advogados
The firm’s private clients team is experienced in several areas of the law, assisting our Clients in connection to several matters, with particular emphasis on:
· asset management, planning and structuring of investments;
· transfer of family businesses across generations, including trusts and asset structuring;
· structuring family governance rules, including execution of family protocols and related documentation;
· advice on tax structuring;
· legal and family matters, including pre-nuptial agreements and property regimes, divorce and regulation of parental responsibilities, succession planning and disputes between family members with regard to family businesses;
· nationality (interfacing with our Immigration Sector);
· family regrouping.
These matters often become more complex when they are of an international nature, which involves determining which are the jurisdictions and respective internationally competent courts and applicable laws, European and non-European. Abreu Advogados is an associate member of the Associação das Empresas Familiares (Association of Family Businesses).
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Strengths
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The team is very strong technically and extremely client focused and friendly. They are very reliable in terms of fulfilling deadlines. The team has cross-functional expertise in tax and family law.
Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net WorthAbreu Advogados has a very good practice and is one of the best in Portugal at the moment for cross-border issues.
Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net WorthI appreciate Abreu's dynamism, competence and a naturally international outlook.
Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
Notable Practitioners
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Band 1 
Band 1 
Nuno Cunha Barnabé
Nuno da Cunha Barnabé is a leading tax lawyer who regularly advises wealthy and ultra-wealthy individuals and families, especially on international matters. Sources are particularly impressed with his technical tax expertise. He is the go-to lawyer in Portugal for me. He's extremely clever and all the clients were very happy.
Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net WorthNuno da Cunha Barnabé is an excellent tax lawyer.
Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net WorthNuno has a great international view, contacts and experience.
Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
Band 2 
Band 2 
Marta Costa
Marta Costa co-heads the private clients and family businesses industry team at Abreu Advogados. She specialises in advising family offices and individuals on wealth and succession plans.
I'm happy with Marta's work ethic, interaction and client awareness.
Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
Band 3 
Band 3 
Alexandra Courela
Alexandra Courela is highlighted for her impressive work with high-profile Portuguese and international high net worth individuals. Courela has significant experience in cross-border residency and tax planning matters, as well as trusts and foundations work. Up and Coming 
Up and Coming 
Maria Inês Assis
Maria Inês Assis focuses on international taxation, providing tax law advice in family businesses and reorganisations, private assets management, financial portfolios and inheritance and cross-border estates. Maria has been extremely reactive, creative and pragmatic to find solutions. She responded immediately, she was straight to the point, and she managed to simplify complex issues.
Private Wealth Law respondentHigh Net Worth
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