We are a law firm dedicated to help foreigners to come to Portugal to fulfil their goals and dreams.
Although one can decide to move to Portugal, doing so brings along a huge number of legal implications and requirements to be met.
Alongside that, when it involves (and usually does) buying a property in Portugal, whether it’s a house, a land with a ruin, a farm with buildings, or other, there is a field of all the pitfalls where a foreigner can be caught out, which can cost a lot of money if not resolved in due time.
Many times, buildings are not properly licensed, areas are wrong, paperwork is missing or not yet done, properties are not in the records, they are in the tax records but not in the registration, they are in both, but not matching what’s on site, and so on…
And even when everything is okay to make a deed, that doesn’t mean your future plans are allowed. The paper of the property doesn’t show if you are able to build, build more, rebuild, instal yurts, make wooden houses, or any other plans you might have.
If this is not considered, you might end with a property you paid for, and without the possibility to do what you dreamt of…
So, our job is: see what are the client intentions, make all the legal checks to find possible problems with the purchase, negotiate with the seller to solve these issues, draft a promissory contract, in Portuguese and English that comprises all these matters and how to cope with them, follow up, so at the end you can have what we call a “clean purchase” – Even if you don’t want to, you can sell your property the day after, because all the issues are solved.
We believe our clients don’t want to buy properties; they buy dreams to fulfil with them. Our goal is to avoid you buying nightmares instead.
We have had the pleasure to work with Nuno Almeida while buying a property and setting up a business as foreigners in Portugal. With his help we overcame the complex bureaucratic hurdles and negotiations along the way and felt fully supported. Not only in questions regarding local legislation but also on a personal level, he skillfully advised us regarding what actions to take, while professionally and rationally guiding us through the ups and downs of the long journey. Throughout the year that we have been working with Nuno, we felt supported in a human, yet highly professional way.
We used Nuno to take care of our property purchase in Ansiao, central Portugal. The service we received was impeccable from start to finish. Nuno is an incredibly personable, intelligent and creative legal professional. His command of English is as a fluent native speaker. We have no qualms about using Nuno for all our legal requirements for the future as we will be making our new home in Portugal. It is reassuring to know that we will have the support of an expert legal brain and an incredibly warm and helpful human being. We would give 10 stars if we could. Gold stars at that.
I live in Canada. In the process of finding a suitable home in Portugal, I can now say that I was very lucky to find Ana Pinheiro & Nuno Almeida. The obstacles, potential and reals, in purchasing a home while living abroad are many, and for me it would have been impossible to sort them out and solve them without the help and guide of an experienced lawyer. Nuno Almeida, who speaks English fluently, is extremely knowledgeable, scrupulous and precise. He communicated with us periodically through the phases of the Promissory Contract, guiding step by step through the hurdles of the process, up to the final day of the signature of the deed. Since the beginning, after the first contact via Zoom, I felt very comfortable because Mr Almeida immediately appeared trustworthy and competent. In brief, I would recommend his help to anyone who from abroad would like to buy a property in Portugal.
“The service we received was impeccable from start to finish.”