Franca Pinto, Castelo Branco & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL (Registration with the General Council of the OA: 5/13, NIPC:510 489 460) provides specialized legal services, focusing on business consulting, compliance, corporate governance, and labor law. We support national and international clients in legally structuring businesses, defining corporate models, M&A processes, corporate restructuring, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, and regulatory matters in the tourism, real estate, and technology sectors, as well as in collective bargaining and commercial, labor, insurance, tax, and civil litigation.
Our team employs a multidisciplinary, preventive, and strategic approach, ensuring legal certainty, risk mitigation, and compliance with applicable legislation, including GDPR and industry standards. We work with national and international companies at all stages of development—from incorporation to expansion – and in litigation, restructuring, or corporate dissolution, as well as providing day-to-day advisory services.
Contacts
Avenida Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, n.º 108 – 1.ºA
1070-067 Lisboa
Tel: (+351) 217 992 510
Email: geral@fpcb.pt
Our team has extensive experience in providing legal advice to companies, business groups, investment funds and collective investment organizations, both national and international, in all aspects of Corporate, Commercial and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Law, including:
With extensive experience in real estate law, our team provides comprehensive legal advice on real estate, urban development, and related transactions, covering the entire real estate investment cycle, including:
Our intervention combines rigorous legal expertise with in-depth market knowledge, providing effective solutions tailored to the specific needs of each project and investor.
From the very beginning, we have supported the establishment and installation of tourism enterprises and hotel units, drafting purchase and sale agreements for tourism enterprises, constitutive documents and regulations, tourism operation agreements, contracts for the sale of tourist use rights for fractions, contracts for the sale of real and obligatory periodic occupancy rights, and hotel management agreements.
We also assist with licensing the installation and operation of tourism enterprises, including registration with Turismo de Portugal and monitoring transactions related to hotels, local accommodations, travel agencies, and tour operators. We also work on financing projects and public-private partnerships.
Our team also has extensive experience in litigation related to sector-related disputes.
Our team provides insurance law advice, supporting national and international clients, including insurers, throughout all phases of the insurance contract lifecycle (including life insurance, non-life insurance, civil liability, workers’ compensation, and others).
We represent our clients in the pre-litigation phase and also in various legal proceedings, including civil liability, workers’ compensation, auto insurance, and disputes regarding the interpretation and application of contractual clauses.
We prioritize strategic, technical, and results-oriented practice, based on close client support, careful evidence gathering, and the adoption of alternative dispute resolution solutions, when appropriate.
We also support insurers and brokers in implementing insurance compliance, governance, and distribution policies, including compliance with national and European legislation, as well as ASF supervision.
We provide advice on environmental compliance. We support companies with environmental licensing, regulatory compliance, and environmental risk management associated with their activities.
We support GDPR implementation, data protection impact assessments (DPIA), internal policy development, processor contracts, and data breach incident management. We also provide support for technology contracts, software, SaaS, blockchain, and legal cybersecurity.
We represent public and private entities in public tenders, drafting and challenging bidding documents, executing administrative contracts and resolving disputes before administrative courts and public arbitration centers.
We monitor legal and arbitration proceedings in labor, civil and commercial matters, debt recovery, contractual liability, rescission actions, executions, tax disputes and proceedings against the tax authorities, ensuring technical and strategic defense.
Contact us and receive a proposal tailored to your needs. Our team is ready to present effective, results-oriented solutions.
You can quickly and easily obtain a customized solution tailored to your needs.
Our professionals combine technical knowledge, international experience, and local expertise. More than consultants, they are partners dedicated to creating solutions that generate real impact for each client.
We guarantee accuracy, transparency, and reliability in your financial reports, strengthening the credibility of your business.
Strategic support in mergers, acquisitions, valuations and investment attraction to maximize value.
Implementation and management of Primavera ERP solutions, optimizing processes and facilitating decision-making.
We integrate environmental, social and governance practices for more responsible and sustainable companies.
Solutions that ensure regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and good governance practices.
Identifying and managing tax incentives and benefits to support your company’s growth and innovation.
Assessment of information systems and internal control to reinforce security and technological efficiency.
Specialized legal advice to protect your interests and support strategic decisions.
Administrative, financial and human resources processes that allow greater focus on the growth of your business
Identification of the most appropriate Transfer Prices, optimizing the tax burden.
Identification of the most appropriate Transfer Prices, optimizing the tax burden.
Contact us and discover tailored solutions for your challenges.
