Lawyers

Duarte de Athayde

Duarte de Athayde

Abreu Advogados, Portugal

Work Department

Corporate and M&A,  Private Equity, Tax Law, Real Estate Law.

Position

Partner.

Career

Duarte de Athayde joined Abreu in 2006 and is the current Managing Partner. He works primarily on the structuring of foreign investment and on acquisition operations in the Portuguese market, particularly the real estate sector, providing legal advice in the real estate, commercial, M&A and tax fields of law.

He has been involved in some of the most relevant transactions acquisitions of shopping centres, retail parks and logistics platforms in Portugal.

Due to his significant experience in the Brazilian market, Duarte provides legal advice to many Brazilian private clients and family-owned groups in asset structuring, ensuring effective generational transfer of ownership. Since he is fluent in Portuguese and French, he also provides legal assistance to the Firm’s French clients in their acquisitions in Portugal.

Duarte has wide international experience, and has held several positions at international lawyers’ organizations, such as AIJA (President) and IBA (Co-Chair of Commercial Real Estate Committee).

Languages

Portuguese, English and French

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association International Bar Association American Bar Association International Association of Young Lawyers Association of Portuguese Law Firm Brazilian Portuguese Commerce and Industry Chamber

Education

Law degree from Universidade Cat��lica Portuguesa, Faculty of Law (1991)

Postgraduate Degree in European Law from Collège d' Europe, Bruges, Belgium (1992)

Postgraduate Degree in Tax from ISG - Business School (2001)

Course in Tax Procedure and Litigation, II Edition, ISG -Business School (2003)