The real estate arm of PLMJ, steered by Francisco Lino Dias and Teresa Madeira Afonso, delivers end-to-end solutions in the context of real estate transactions, including the asset deals and the disposal and acquisition of real estate portfolios. Lino Dias regularly assists developers and institutional investors with leasing agreements, build-to-rent models, and forward-funding ventures. Madeira Afonso, who joined in May 2023 from the firm’s M&A department, concentrates on corporate real estate deals and restructurings, servicing both national and international investment funds. Margarida Osório de Amorim, Sofia Gomes da Costa, and Rita Alarcão Júdice are no longer at the firm. Sérgio Teixeira, a key contact for investment funds, stands out at associate level for his involvement in real estate transactions involving domestic and international hotel groups, large retailers and real estate investors. Since publication, the firm incorporated RRP Advogados in July 2024, adding real estate partner Ricardo Reigada Pereira and a group of specialised lawyers, including Hélder Santos Correia and Tamara Martins da Fonseca.
Testimonials
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'The PLMJ team is a dream to work with. PLMJ's ability to work with clients that are not accustomed to working in Portugal (or familiar with Portuguese law) is second to none.'
'The team is diverse in experience, background, gender and age - we are extremely pleased with this.’
'Teresa Madeira Afonso is quite simply outstanding. She is incredibly commercial, anticipating the needs of her clients and is proactive in the support provided. Teresa is extremely pragmatic and a lawyer you would definitely want in your corner.'
‘They have a great ability to help foreign clients overcome cultural and legislative barriers. Good service.’
‘Francisco Lino Dias is an outstanding lawyer. He is very dedicated and has a full picture of the transaction (not only the legal part), focusing on the relevant issues that arise in the transaction.’
‘The team has a lot of experience and can deal with issues in depth, but also with the pragmatic and synthetic approach that the business needs, which gives the client a lot of confidence.'
‘They offer multidisciplinary teams; extensive experience in highly complex transactions, in some cases occurring simultaneously in different jurisdictions.'
Key clients
- Aquinex
- Arrow Global Group Limited
- Banco BTG Pactual
- Barclays Bank
- Bedrock Capital
- BNP Paribas Real Estate
- Commerz Real Group
- GALP (Petróleos de Portugal – Petrogal)
- Grupo SIL
- H&M
- Incus Capital
- Inspired Education Group
- Jamestown
- Martinhal Group
- Minor International
- Norfin
- Nova Universtity Lisbon
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Promiris
- Ryanair
- Santander Consumer Finance
- Simpar
- WeWork International Limited
Work highlights
- Advised LCN Capital Partners on the acquisition of a portfolio of Portuguese supermarkets, composed of 49 properties.
- Advised Incus Capital on the acquisition of two properties for tourism/serviced apartments and an office building from Cerberus Capital Management.
- Assisting Davidson Kempner with the acquisition of ECS’s restructuring funds.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Francisco Lino Dias, Teresa Madeira Afonso