Patrícia Viana > Abreu Advogados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Abreu Advogados
Av. Infante D. Henrique, 26
1149-096
Portugal

Work Department

Real State

Position

Partner

Career

Patrícia Viana is a Partner since 2016 and has been with Abreu Advogados since 2008, working primarily on real estate.

Between 2006 and 2010 her activity was centred primarily on advising real estate developers in constructions, licensing and sale of residential and tourism development as part of the team responsible for licensing and development of a number of tourism projects.

In 2008 she was in secondment at a real estate fund management firm where she assisted on the day to day activities of the managed funds, in the years that followed she participated in the creation and regulation of investment funds in Angola and Portugal.

Since 2014 she has participated in M&A operations as they were related to real estate, especially in the retail area – Shopping Centres – and coordinated due diligence teams and was also involved in the negotiation and closing of the operations in which she was involved.

She has extensive experience in advising on sale & leaseback transactions as well as renting in the context of construction.

She coordinates the real estate practice area at Abreu Advogados since 2016 and is also part of the immigration law subdivision.

Languages

Portuguese, English

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association
Investment Migration Council
International Bar Association

Education

Law degree from the Lisbon University Faculty of Law (1999)

Postgraduate degree in Legal Practice and Corporate Legal Advisement the Catholic University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Law (2000

Specialization course on Management in Real Estate do ISEG – Higher Institute of Economics and Management (2008)

LL.M. in International Business Law, Portuguese Catholic University (2010)

Specialization course on Investment Funds (2019)

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Real estate and construction

(Next Generation Partners)

Patrícia VianaAbreu Advogados

Abreu Advogados leverages its ‘in-depth knowledge’ of the real estate sector to guide developers, financial entities and high-net-worth international private investors in transactions within Portugal. Working regularly with international retailers, developers, family offices, and institutional investors, the ‘exceptional and extremely competentTiago Mendonça de Castro is well versed in project development, real estate asset deals and portfolio transactions. He jointly leads the department with Patrícia Viana, who showcases considerable experience in real estate M&A, notably within the retail sector. Diogo Belard Correia, who was recently promoted to associated partner, is a key contact for developers seeking advice on all stages of investments in the real estate sector.