At VdA, the planning group is geared to assist clients with due diligence in the context of real estate deals, as well as zoning, land use and environmental issues. Pedro Ferreirinha, who focuses on real estate matters, oversees the practice alongside Raul Mota Cerveira, a planning law expert, who is well versed in projects in the infrastructure, water, sanitation, energy and port sectors in Portugal and Lusophone Africa.

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Work highlights

  • Advising Harmonious Jungle on the acquisition of properties, including licensing for a rural hotel in Peneda-Gerês Natural Park and an agribusiness project in Castelo Branco, Portugal.
  • Advising Fundação Oriente on the regularisation of a previously constructed project concerning ecological reserve, coastal area protection, and natural park reserve regulations in Quinta da Marinha, Guincho, Cascais.
  • Assisting Sniper Capital with acquiring property for the construction of a hotel, which involved maritime public domain issues with the Port of Lisbon Authority due to a portion of the property's location on the Tagus Riverside.

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Raul Mota Cerveira
Raul Mota Cerveira
VdA

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Pedro Ferreirinha, Raul Mota Cerveira