Recognised for its 'commercial awareness' and 'high level of professionalism and competence', the real estate team at Garrigues Portugal assists institutional investors, developers, corporates and asset managers across the full lifecycle of real estate assets, from acquisition and structuring to development, management and exit. The practice maintains a steady flow of high-value mandates, with department head Jorge Salvador Gonçalves, noted for his 'profound knowledge in real estate' and urban planning and extensive experience in investments, asset management and project development. Miguel Menezes Da Silva handles a broad mix of residential, office, retail, logistics and hospitality transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Client-focused firm with excellent professionals in specific practice areas such as real estate, urban planning, and tax.’
- ‘Jorge Gonçalves: profound knowledge in real estate, but especially in urban planning matters.’
- ‘Garrigues' real estate partner, Jorge Gonçalves, is one of the best, if not the best, real estate lawyers in Portugal. His availability, approach, knowledge, and experience are unparalleled in this market. All of our transactions in Portugal, and there have been quite a few, were closed with Jorge's legal advice.’
- ‘Jorge Gonçalves, besides being a fantastic person, is the best real estate lawyer in Portugal. Always available, he has a very structured approach and always tries to solve the problems that are before us. In addition to his vast knowledge and experience in this market, he has a very practical approach and is an invaluable asset to any transaction.’
- ‘The Garrigues real estate team has demonstrated a high level of professionalism and competence, supporting us throughout all phases of transactions. I would particularly like to highlight partner Jorge Gonçalves, who is rigorous, determined, extremely available, and a differentiator in negotiations.'
- 'I also highlight partner Miguel Menezes da Silva for his solid experience, client orientation, practical approach, and responsiveness, which contributed very positively to the success of the processes.’
- ‘Competence, speed, and focus on the issues. In very long processes, a great capacity for synthesis and retrieval of previous events/data relevant to the process.’
- ‘Experts in their field with commercial awareness on deals. Very little oversight is needed as they can independently get deals closed for us.'
Key clients
- Brookfield/Temprano/Livensa
- Ceetrus / Nhood (Auchan Group)
- Fidelidade Property (Fosun Group)
- Harbert Management Corporation
- Henderson Park Capital Partners
- IPark / Castellana 93 AM
- Merlin Properties SOCIMI
- Novo Banco Group
- Saint-Gobain Group
- Trajano Iberia SOCIMI
Work highlights
Advising Brookfield on the €1.2bn sale of a portfolio of students’ residences across Southern Europe under the brand “Livensa Living” to Nido Living.
Advising Fidelidade Property on the €192m forward sale of an office asset – integrated in the “EntreCampos” project – to the Bank of Portugal.
Advising Ceetrus and Nhood on the c. €180m sale of the “Alegro Montijo Shopping Centre” to Lighthouse Capital.
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Miguel Menezes da Silva
Practice head
Jorge Salvador Gonçalves
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Miguel Menezes Da Silva