Sofia Gomes da Costa > Cuatrecasas > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
Cuatrecasas Offices
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 6
Lisbon 1050-121
Portugal
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Sofia Gomes da Costa
Position
Partner
Career
Specialist in real estate and tourism, particularly crossborder investment, acquisitions, financing and management of assets of large real estate portfolios, and M&A.
Sofia Gomes da Costa specializes in structuring transactions involving large real estate portfolios, including forward funding and forward purchase structures, acquisitions with guaranteed profitability, sale-and-leaseback transactions, turnkey contracts, leasing and other forms of implementing office projects, tourism and leisure facilities, commercial centers, and retail parks and outlets. She advises investors and developers, including real estate investment funds and other institutional investors, during the planning and financing stages of their real estate transactions, and on defining and implementing investment structures.
She handles important real estate acquisitions and transactions in Portugal and in other countries, and is an expert in advising on the different real estate investment models.
She also advises on investment structures under Sharia law.
Before joining Cuatrecasas, she worked at another law firm in Portugal for 29 years.
She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Real estate and construction
(Leading partners)Cuatrecasas ‘s real estate and town planning practice is equipped to handle a wide range of transactional matters for international funds, institutional investors and family offices. The group is active in all segments of the Portuguese real estate market, including residential, retail, tourism, logistics, industrial, and rural properties, as well as offices, student housing, and senior residences. Practice head Nuno Sá Carvalho is recognised for his ‘great technical knowledge’ of property acquisitions and developments, with a particular emphasis on tourism and commercial projects. Sofia Gomes da Costa, who joined from PLMJ in June 2023, brings a wealth of experience in real estate transactions involving key international investors. Heralded as ‘one of the top lawyers in Lisbon’, Sara Quaresma regularly advises on the construction, sale, purchase and development of real estate projects.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- Transport