All third-country nationals who have an investment activity, either in person or through a company incorporated in Portugal or in another EU Member State and with a permanent establishment in Portugal.

On 23 January 2015, the Portuguese National Data Protection Agency (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados – "CNPD") issued a communication with its guidelines on the impact of the judgment of 6 October 2015 ..

‘The year 2025 has been announced by some agents as a promising year of growth for the M&A sector, particularly in the field of real estate investment,'...

Order 7048/2022 was published on 2 June with the new lists of companies and other entities, with the exception of individuals, whose tax situation will be monitored by the Large Taxpayers Unit...

The European Sustainability Reporting Standards ("ESRS") of the Delegated Regulation are now the first set of standards that companies should refer to when preparing the Sustainability Statement.

Notwithstanding the duty of compliance with legislation on hygiene, health and safety at work, to which any and all Directors are subject to, under the terms of Article 64 of the Portuguese...

Three years after its approval, the Framework Law of Foundations (Law 24/2012 – "FLF") has been amended by Law 150/2015, which will come into force on 10 October.

Confidence building in Portuguese legal sector with more than half of partners in Portugal expecting a further increase in earnings in 2016

In this Portuguese language PLMJ Podcast, Claire Bright, director of the NOVA Knowledge Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment (NOVA-BHRE)...

Headcount at joint-biggest firm VdA grows by more than a fifth, while Cuatrecasas reports biggest increase in lawyer numbers as ranks grow by 28 per cent

On 5 November 2021, the Portuguese Parliament approved the Substitute Text of Bills authored by various different parties.

Now is the time to act, before the changes detailed below, in relation to applying for a Portuguese Golden Visa, come into effect on 1st January 2022.

The Portuguese Residence Permit for Investment (commonly referred to as a "ARI" or Golden Visa Program) is an initiative from the Portuguese government started in October 2012.

The European Union has introduced Directive (EU) 2026/799, establishing pre-pack proceedings that allow distressed businesses to be sold confidentially before formal insolvency begins. Portugal now faces the challenge of transposing these provisions into national law by 2029, requiring the creation of an entirely new legal framework to preserve business value and protect creditors.

When a party to an arbitration agreement faces severe financial difficulties years after signing, should they still be bound by that clause? Portuguese courts have grappled with this tension between contractual autonomy and constitutional guarantees of access to justice, recognizing that supervening impecuniosity may, in exceptional circumstances, render arbitration agreements unenforceable.

Decree-Law 23/2025 introduces amendments to the VAT exemption scheme for small businesses, as well as measures to reduce costs and simplify the process.

GLA – Gabinete Legal Angola and TTA – Sociedade de Advogados, the members of PLMJ Network in Angola and Mozambique, have achieved nine nominations.

PLMJ – Law Firm is pleased to announce the arrival of Diogo Perestrelo, one of the leading figures in Portugal's legal profession, who joins PLMJ as a partner.

Decree-Law 185/2003 contains the first set of rules aiming at the progressive liberalisation of the Portuguese electricity market and its adjustment to the Iberian Electricity Market

PLMJ is the only Portuguese law firm to have won this award twice, in 2015 and 2012