Sofia Galvao Advogados

“As a matter of context, as part of my role at Grupo Novobanco Real Estate, I have been a client from Sofia, Hugo and Luis Moitinho since 2017, dealing with highly complex development projects. Sofia Galvão’s team are a highly dedicated group of lawyers offering a powerful combination of strong urban law knowledge and relevant experience on the ground, topped with a practical approach to client’s challenges, making them a winning team when dealing with real estate, urban law and environmental matters. Also, I would like to stress their commitment to long standing clients, creating a true partnership.”

Frederico Pedro Nunes – Head of Development of Grupo Novobanco Real Estate

Grupo Novobanco Real Estate

“As a matter of context, as part of my role at ECS Capital, I have been a client from Sofia, Hugo and Luis Moitinho since 2016. Sofia Galvão’s team are a highly dedicated group of lawyers offering a powerful combination of strong urban law knowledge and relevant experience on the ground, topped with a practical approach to client’s challenges, making them a winning team when dealing with real estate and urban law matters. Also, I would like to highly their commitment to long standing clients, creating a true partnership.”

Gonçalo Laia Fernandes – Director of ECS Capital

ECS Capital

“From Spain, it is essential to have a trust-worthy expert on the field who transmits with clarity the status of business, whilst conveying the little details which make a difference in an operation. For my business, working with this Law Firm means a guarantee of reliability and effectiveness, especially in juridically complex matters such as those related to urbanism. We would like to highlight the professionalism, patience and empathy of Hugo Nunes with whom we have worked in extremely complicated operations. In those complex situations, Hugo is always able to provide creative solutions.”

Javier Catena Gordo – Real Estate Director of ECI Spain| Enrique Hidalgo Miralles – General Director of ECI Portugal

El Corte Inglés (“ECI”)

“CostaTerra’s relationship with Sofia Galvao, and Hugo Nunes started in 2018, at the inception of the acquisition process, and progressed through DD, Vesting, early sales and eventual conveyancing. Hugo and his Team, underwrote our confidence in the acquisition, through their extensive DD work, clearly set out in logical easily consumable opinions and narrative, with concise risk analysis and associated mitigation measures. Hugo’s composed, methodical and botom-up approach, endorses credibility, and promotes open and positive dialogue from all stake holders. The rules, regulations, and nuances of our project were scripted to protect the unique location, respect the local community, and be of the place. A particular, and very valuable characteristic of Hugo’s Team, is the instinct to give commercial intuitive advices, without just quoting legislation. An invaluable and time saving trait.”

John Dwyer – Chief Executive Officer of CostaTerra (Discovery Land Company)

CostaTerra | Discovery Land Company

“Sofia Galvão is beyond any doubt one of the most professional and skilled real estate lawyers in Portugal. This holds for real estate matters in general, and more particular for any matters related to planning and licensing. Over the years, I had the opportunity to work with Sofia and her team in various dynamic and complex issues and she consistently performed by following a clear strategy and delivered the results as promised. Her approach is holistic, strategic, business-minded, no-nonsense, pragmatic and results driven. She combines superior professional skills with strong communication skills, driving the points in clear terms to the essence. She says what she does and does what she says, which nowadays unfortunately has become a rarity.”

Walter van Damme – President of Fosun Hive

Fosun Hive