Firm Description

Albuquerque & Associados’ main focus is on business law, from commercial contracts to financial law, including project finance, and from company law to securities law, as well as public law and litigation.
The firm’s clientele comprises international corporations from around the world and some of the leading Portuguese conglomerates. Albuquerque & Associados is also engaged as a legal consultant by government authorities in Portugal and abroad.

In keeping with its tradition, Albuquerque & Associados maintains strong links with the University of Lisbon. It was founded by two law professors, Professor Ruy de Albuquerque (1933-2007), a leading figure in both academia and legal practice, and Professor Martim de Albuquerque. Pedro de Albuquerque and Eduardo Vera-Cruz are also professors at the Lisbon Law Faculty, where they are members of various academic bodies. Other members of the firm are also lecturers at the same university. The firm has set consistently high standards for legal services, seeking to combine sound scholarship with a customer-focused approach in which the client’s needs and aims are paramount. In addition to our academic tradition, it is the firm’s policy for its members to acquaint themselves fully with the business activities of each client, and the market in which they operate.

Although Albuquerque & Associados regularly works in conjunction with leading law firms in Europe, the United States and the Pacific, the firm is fully independent and has no exclusive association with other companies.

Albuquerque & Associados has developed and expanded its African business, particularly in Portuguese-speaking countries. Albuquerque & Associados’ African business has been centred on banking, corporate, tax and employment law.

Albuquerque & Associados is the Portuguese member of the legal services portal LexUniversal.com - Global Virtual Law Connection.