Francisco Lino Dias > PLMJ > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
PLMJ Offices
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43
1050-119 Lisboa
Portugal
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Francisco Lino Dias
Work Department
Real Estate and Tourism
Position
Partner
Career
Francisco is a partner and co-head of the Real Estate and Tourism practice. He is responsible for advising investors and real estate developers on all operations involving the purchase, sale or renting/use of all types of properties.
Over the past 15 years, he has gained broad experience in advising on all phases of real estate projects, including defining and implementing the corporate and financing structures. Francisco has represented real estate investors and developers in acquisitions of property portfolios, sale and leaseback transactions, and construction and sale of logistics parks, office buildings, shopping centres and retail parks. He has also advised on urban rehabilitation operations.
Francisco has a law degree from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon and an Executive MBA from Nova SBE (Nova School of Business & Economics).
In 2019, Francisco won the prestigious 40 under Forty Award, in the category of Real Estate. This award is given by the magazine Iberian Lawyer.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association
AIJA – International Association of Young Lawyers.
Education
Law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 2003
Executive MBA from the Economics Faculty of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2005
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Real estate and construction
(Leading individuals)The real estate arm of PLMJ, steered by Francisco Lino Dias and Teresa Madeira Afonso, delivers end-to-end solutions in the context of real estate transactions, including the asset deals and the disposal and acquisition of real estate portfolios. Lino Dias regularly assists developers and institutional investors with leasing agreements, build-to-rent models, and forward-funding ventures. Madeira Afonso, who joined in May 2023 from the firm’s M&A department, concentrates on corporate real estate deals and restructurings, servicing both national and international investment funds. Margarida Osório de Amorim, Sofia Gomes da Costa, and Rita Alarcão Júdice are no longer at the firm. Sérgio Teixeira, a key contact for investment funds, stands out at associate level for his involvement in real estate transactions involving domestic and international hotel groups, large retailers and real estate investors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Planning law
- Projects and project finance