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Solicitors in Portugal

A Solicitor is a qualified legal practitioner responsible for preparing legal documentation, representing and/or defending a client's legal interests.

A Solicitor provides specialist legal advice on a variety of areas of law, acting directly for a variety of clients, individuals and businesses, and dealing with:

- Portuguese public administration:
eg.
AT Portuguese Tax Authority / "Finan莽as"
SEF (Foreigners and Border Service / "Servi莽o de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras");
Social Security
Town Halls / "C芒maras Municipais"
Property and Civil Registry Offices / "Conservat贸rias do Registo Civil e do Registo Predial"
IMT (Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes).
...

- Courts (only in matters where the presence of a lawyer is not mandatory)

- Public or Private Entities or Institutions
eg. Banks, Insurance Companies, Notaries,...

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Where can I find a Solicitor in Portugal ?



Search by Solicitor's name, District/"Distrito", Municipality/"Concelho", City/"Localidade", written in portuguese.
Then click "Pesquisar" button.

By selecting each solicitor, you will get: registration number at OSAE (C茅dula Profissional), phone number, email, working office's address. You can get in touch with one you've choosen and clarify your questions.


TIP:
Before starting your search, please see post #5 (Administrative division of Portugal), then:

- Copy & paste one of these locations into search boxes in the previous link.
You can choose only District name into "Distrito" search box, only Municipality name (into "Concelho" search box), or both.

- Regarding Madeira and Azores:
Copy & paste one of these locations into "Concelho" search box, and leave "Distrito" in blank.

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What does a Solicitor do ?

- Attending meetings with clients;

- Interviewing and advising clients;

- Providing specialist legal and commercial advice on a variety of areas of law;

- Preparing and obtaining all documentation from/to all public & private entities previously mentioned;

- Dealing with all documentation related to SEF: residence permits and renewals permits, visa requests (D7 Visa, Golden Visa ...), passports, expatriation, applications for portuguese citizenship, immigrants' legalization processes;

- Assisting expats with NIF requests & fiscal representative needs, social security number, bank account opening, ...;

- Drafting and negotiating legal documents and contracts (for the purchase & sale of real estate, mortgages, leases & rents, franchises, labour contracts, etc.

- Consulting and legal representation in any real estate proceedings. If a client wishes to sell/buy a property, solicitors are responsible for dealing, on their behalf, with the documentation required to closing the transaction: making requested checks at AT tax offices, land registry offices and town halls, paying taxes due, drawing up corresponding deeds and promissory contracts, registering them at notaries, applying for property tax exemptions, ...

- All acts related with transmission of vehicles at IMT offices: Vehicle registration / "Documento 煤nico autom贸vel". The IMT is the authority to apply for national registration for a used vehicle registered in another country and issuing/replacing driving licences.

- Certifying documents (namely real estate deeds, which since 2008 are no longer mandatory to be executed by notaries);

- Certifying photocopies and translated documents, recognising signatures;

- Researching and interpreting complex points of portuguese laws with the requisite rights of audience, appear and speak on behalf of clients at courts;

- Dealing with permission for minors to go abroad;

- Legal advice on inheritance proceedings.

(...)


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Who regulates Solicitor's professional activity in Portugal ?

OSAE - "Ordem dos Solicitadores e dos Agentes de Execu莽茫o"

Lawyers in Portugal

The Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados) is a public institution which regulates the professional practice of lawyers in Portugal. It is divided into 7 Regional Councils, each one aggregates lawyers carrying out their activity in a specific district.

Regional Councils (and districts):

聽 聽1. Lisboa
聽 聽 聽 聽(Lisboa)

聽 聽2. Porto聽
聽 聽 聽 聽(Braga, 叠谤补驳补苍莽补, Porto, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real)

聽 聽3. Coimbra聽
聽 聽 聽 聽(Aveiro, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Guarda, Leiria, Viseu)

聽 聽4. 脡惫辞谤补聽
聽 聽 聽 聽(Beja, 脡惫辞谤补, 厂补苍迟补谤茅尘, Portalegre, 厂别迟煤产补濒)

聽 聽5. Faro聽
聽 聽 聽 聽(Faro)

聽 聽6. A莽ores (Azores)

聽 聽7. Madeira

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Where can I find a Lawyer in Portugal ?



TIP:
Before starting your search, please see post #5 (Administrative division of Portugal), then:

Depending on which part of the country you are interested in, you can select:
- only the Regional Council;
- only the City ( = Municipality/"Concelho") where you wish to find a Lawyer;
- or both, Regional Council and City.

Then click on Search button.

In addition, you can also apply other filtering criteria:
- Professional Card Number
- Lawyer's name, or parts of the name
- Professional address, or parts of the address
- Postcode

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Who regulates Lawyer's professional activity in Portugal ?

OA - "Ordem dos Advogados"

Notaries in Portugal

Where can I find a Notary in Portugal ?




TIP:
Before starting your search, please see post #5 (Administrative division of Portugal).

Depending on the country area you are interested in, you should first select "Distrito" (District) and then "Localidade" (Municipality/Council/"Concelho"). Then click OK.

In the search outcome, you may select a notary and get contact details (office's address, phone, email,...).

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Who regulates Notary's professional activity in Portugal ?

ON - Ordem dos Not谩rios

Administrative division of Portugal

Portugal is divided into 18 mainland districts and 2 autonomous regions (Azores and Madeira). Each one is also divided into municipalities ("concelhos").

To ease your search, districts have been grouped into regions. For some districts, a division was also made into municipalities closer to the sea and others inland. This is a subjective division but it is supported by links with district maps and you can check out all of this:

- North coastline
- North inland
- Central coastline
- Central inland
- Greater Lisbon
- South inland /Alentejo
- South West coastline
- South /Algarve
- Madeira Islands
- Azores Islands聽

On each district map, you will also find hiperlinks to each of its municipalities ("concelhos").

For each one, by selecting "Mapa dos locais a visitar no concelho"/Map of places to visit in the county, you will find:
- "C芒mara Municipal"/ Town Hall (with GPS coordinates)
- Some monuments/churches/places to visit (with GPS coordinates)
- List of towns/villages ("Localidades") in each municipality.

I hope this information helps you to find your way around Portugal


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** North coastline **


Distrito: Braga (coastline) (part 1 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Barcelos
Braga
Esposende
骋耻颈尘补谤茫别蝉
Vila Nova de Famalic茫o

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Distrito: Porto (coastline) (part 1 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Maia
Matosinhos
Porto
P贸voa de Varzim
Vila do Conde
Vila Nova de Gaia

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Distrito: Viana do Castelo (coastline) (part 1 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Caminha
Viana do Castelo


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** North inland **


Distrito: Braga (inland) (part 2 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Amares
Cabeceiras de Basto
Celorico de Basto
Fafe
P贸voa de Lanhoso
Terras de Bouro
Vieira do Minho
Vila Verde
Vizela

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Distrito: 叠谤补驳补苍莽补


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Alf芒ndega da F茅
叠谤补驳补苍莽补
Carrazeda de Ansi茫es
Freixo de Espada 脿 Cinta
Macedo de Cavaleiros
Miranda do Douro
Mirandela
Mogadouro
Torre de Moncorvo
Vila Flor
Vimioso
Vinhais

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Distrito: Porto (inland) (part 2 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Amarante
叠补颈茫辞
Felgueiras
Gondomar
Lousada
Marco de Canaveses
Pa莽os de Ferreira
Paredes
Penafiel
Santo Tirso
Trofa
Valongo

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Distrito: Viana do Castelo (inland) (part 2 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Arcos de Valdevez
惭别濒驳补莽辞
惭辞苍莽茫辞
Paredes de Coura
Ponte da Barca
Ponte de Lima
痴补濒别苍莽补
Vila Nova de Cerveira

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Distrito: Vila Real


Concelhos / Municipalities:

础濒颈箩贸
Boticas
Chaves
Mes茫o Frio
Mondim de Basto
Montalegre
惭耻谤莽补
Peso da R茅gua
Ribeira de Pena
Sabrosa
Santa Marta de Penagui茫o
痴补濒辫补莽辞蝉
Vila Pouca de Aguiar
Vila Real


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** Central coastline **


Distrito: Aveiro (coastline) (part 1 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Aveiro
Espinho
Estarreja
脥濒丑补惫辞
Murtosa
Ovar
Vagos

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Distrito: Coimbra (coastline) (part 1 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Cantanhede
Condeixa-a-Nova
Coimbra
Figueira da Foz
Montemor-o-Velho
Soure

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Distrito: Leiria (coastline) (part 1 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

础濒肠辞产补莽补
Batalha
Bombarral
Caldas da Rainha
Leiria
Marinha Grande
狈补锄补谤茅
脱产颈诲辞蝉
Peniche
Pombal
Porto de M贸s


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** Central inland **


Distrito: Aveiro (inland) (part 2 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

脕驳耻别诲补
Albergaria-a-Velha
Anadia
Arouca
Castelo de Paiva
Mealhada
Oliveira de Azem茅is
Oliveira do Bairro
Santa Maria da Feira
S茫o Jo茫o da Madeira
Sever do Vouga
Vale de Cambra

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Distrito: Castelo Branco


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Belmonte
Castelo Branco
颁辞惫颈濒丑茫
贵耻苍诲茫辞
Idanha-a-Nova
Oleiros
Penamacor
笔谤辞别苍莽补-补-狈辞惫补
厂别谤迟茫
Vila de Rei
Vila Velha de R贸d茫o

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Distrito: Coimbra (Inland) (part 2 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Arganil
骋贸颈蝉
尝辞耻蝉茫
Mira
Miranda do Corvo
Oliveira do Hospital
Pampilhosa da Serra
Penacova
Penela
罢谩产耻补
Vila Nova de Poiares

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Distrito: Guarda


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Aguiar da Beira
Almeida
Celorico da Beira
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Fornos de Algodres
Gouveia
Guarda
Manteigas
惭锚诲补
Pinhel
Sabugal
Seia
Trancoso
Vila Nova de Foz C么a

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Distrito: Leiria (inland) (part 2 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

础濒惫补颈谩锄别谤别
础苍蝉颈茫辞
Castanheira de Pera
Figueir贸 dos Vinhos
Pedr贸g茫o Grande

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Distrito: Portalegre


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Alter do Ch茫o
Arronches
Avis
Campo Maior
Castelo de Vide
Crato
Elvas
Fronteira
骋补惫颈茫辞
惭补谤惫茫辞
Monforte
Nisa
Ponte de Sor
Portalegre
Sousel

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Distrito: 厂补苍迟补谤茅尘


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Abrantes
Alcanena
Almeirim
础濒辫颈补谤莽补
Benavente
Cartaxo
Chamusca
颁辞苍蝉迟芒苍肠颈补
Coruche
Entroncamento
Ferreira do Z锚zere
骋辞濒别驳茫
惭补莽茫辞
翱耻谤茅尘
Rio Maior
Salvaterra de Magos
厂补苍迟补谤茅尘
Sardoal
Tomar
Torres Novas
Vila Nova da Barquinha

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Distrito: Viseu


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Armamar
Carregal do Sal
Castro Daire
颁颈苍蹿茫别蝉
Lamego
Mangualde
Moimenta da Beira
惭辞谤迟谩驳耻补
Nelas
Oliveira de Frades
Penalva do Castelo
Penedono
Resende
Santa Comba D茫o
S茫o Jo茫o da Pesqueira
S茫o Pedro do Sul
厂谩迟茫辞
Sernancelhe
罢补产耻补莽辞
Tarouca
Tondela
Vila Nova de Paiva
Viseu
Vouzela


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** Greater Lisbon **


Distrito: Lisboa (urban areas) (part 1 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Amadora
Cascais
Lisboa
Loures
Odivelas
Oeiras
Sintra

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Distrito: Lisboa (mix of countryside + city) (part 2 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Alenquer
Arruda dos Vinhos
Azambuja
Cadaval
尝辞耻谤颈苍丑茫
Mafra
Sobral de Monte Agra莽o
Torres Vedras
Vila Franca de Xira

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Distrito: 厂别迟煤产补濒 (urban areas) (part 1 of 3)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Almada
Barreiro
Moita
Seixal

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Distrito: 厂别迟煤产补濒 (mix of countryside + city) (part 2 of 3)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Alcochete
Montijo
Palmela
Sesimbra
厂别迟煤产补濒


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** South inland /Alentejo **


Distrito: Beja (Inland) (part 1 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Aljustrel
础濒尘辞诲么惫补谤
Alvito
Barrancos
Beja
Castro Verde
Cuba
Ferreira do Alentejo
惭茅谤迟辞濒补
Moura
Ourique
Serpa
Vidigueira

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Distrito: 脡惫辞谤补


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Alandroal
Arraiolos
Borba
Estremoz
脡惫辞谤补
Montemor-o-Novo
Mora
惭辞耻谤茫辞
Portel
Redondo
Reguengos de Monsaraz
Vendas Novas
Viana do Alentejo
Vila Vi莽osa


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** South West coastline **


Distrito: Beja (coastline) (part 2 of 2)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Odemira

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Distrito: 厂别迟煤产补濒 (south) (part 3 of 3)


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Alc谩cer do Sal
骋谤芒苍诲辞濒补
Santiago do Cac茅m
Sines


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** South /Algarve **


Distrito: Faro


Concelhos / Municipalities:

Albufeira
Alcoutim
Aljezur
Castro Marim
Faro
Lagoa
Lagos
尝辞耻濒茅
Monchique
翱濒丑茫辞
笔辞谤迟颈尘茫辞
S茫o Br谩s de Alportel
Silves
Tavira
Vila do Bispo
Vila Real de Santo Ant贸nio


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** Madeira Islands **




Concelhos / Municipalities:

Calheta
C芒mara de Lobos
Funchal
Machico
Ponta do Sol
Porto Moniz
Porto Santo
Ribeira Brava
Santa Cruz
Santana
S茫o Vicente


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** Azores Islands聽 **




Concelhos / Municipalities:

Angra do Hero铆smo
Calheta
Corvo
Horta
Lagoa
Lajes das Flores
Lajes do Pico
Madalena
Nordeste
Ponta Delgada
笔辞惫辞补莽茫辞
Praia da Vit贸ria
Ribeira Grande
Santa Cruz da Graciosa
Santa Cruz das Flores
S茫o Roque do Pico
Velas
Vila do Porto
Vila Franca do Campo

Thank you John really well explained and very informative post.

I always look for reviews of other members experience as it does help in making a decision which professional to go with sitting 10000 miles away.

Not to mention language is another barrier which makes things more challenging.

Like in my case I am looking for help with the process of getting a residency through Golden visa be it real estate or investing in cultural heritage restorations.


But posts from you and other members are very helpful. Thank you once again for what you do.

Hello JohnnyPT,

We have been on the Forum for a while but I couldn鈥檛 find a thread for my question. My Husband is an EU National & I鈥檓 American. We arrived in Portugal on October 15th. We would like to apply for a NIF and bank account so that we can get a Residency Certificate to allow us to stay longer than 90 days in Portugal to see if we want to retire here. We have contacted a few legal offices and have been quoted pretty steep numbers for just the NIF and bank account. Also the firms want us to wire the entire amount of money into their bank accounts before they will do any work for us! Is this normal protocol for Portugal?

Thank You so very much!
Cheryl & Andreas

Hi.
As you have been in Portugal a few weeks you may realise that applying for NIF and bank accounts as EU citizen is pretty straight forward .
I would advise just turning up at a Financas and a Bank and asking what they need from you both .
Without using any "service", I think you may be pleasantly surprised.
I've completed all of this, plus driving licences, Visa, health Saude registry, NHR etc without assistance or any paid professional help (or a word of Portuguese language).
Ps.聽 I found Agricole Bank much easier that Caixa for a joint account as my partner is non EU also. Caixa (where I already had opened a personal bank account with ID and pension statement plus NIF document) claimed they could not offer a joint account.
So, I'd shop around and don't accept first refusal.
Good luck and best wishes

team@bordr.io

These wonderful people sorted out band account & NIF smoothly & efficiently..
Cost was surprisingly reasonable

Great service highly recommend

Best of luck
Vanessa (new immigrant)

Thank You for your response! We鈥檒l do just that!

Zuper to learn how you were successful with the banks.聽 I plan on stopping by a
office to see how they hand hold my inquiry of their immigration support services. Plus all the other requirements for the D7.

Bonjour moi j'ai 茅t茅 au loja do citadin et j ai eu un rdv pour mon NIF et c 茅tait gratuit n 茅couter pas les gens pour certaines choses il vaut mieux aller voir sur place voil脿 mon conseil cordialement

Cheryl15 wrote:

We have been on the Forum for a while but I couldn鈥檛 find a thread for my question. My Husband is an EU National & I鈥檓 American. We arrived in Portugal on October 15th. We would like to apply for a NIF and bank account so that we can get a Residency Certificate to allow us to stay longer than 90 days in Portugal to see if we want to retire here. We have contacted a few legal offices and have been quoted pretty steep numbers for just the NIF and bank account. Also the firms want us to wire the entire amount of money into their bank accounts before they will do any work for us! Is this normal protocol for Portugal?

Hi Cheryl,
I have created this thread just as information that can be useful, MAINLY for those expats who are not in Portugal and want to get these services outside the country.

If you are already in Portugal, you can get these services (NIF and deal with matters related to Banks, etc) for FREE since in these places (Tax offices, Banks, Insurance companies, ...) the employees understand english. If the employee does not understand what you want, there is always someone there who understands/speaks English with you. No problem at all.

As it was already said here, you can take care of these issues, without speaking any Portuguese


Regarding the working procedures of lawyers & solicitors, it is usual to request in advance a part of the money that is requested (exaggeratedly !) for these services. They do not work for free, neither here nor anywhere else in the world. There are always serious clients and others who are not....

For NIF & Open a bank account, you should not apply to these kind of online services, such as the one mentioned here (post #9). These services are only useful if you cannot go to Portugal and have to get everything from abroad.

As I said before, these services (NIF & deal with bank issues) can be made by yourself EASILY and FOR FREE.

Kind Regards

Thank You JohnnyPT. I am just confused as we have been told different things by different law firms over the last week. I have been told that this is an arduous process and will take 2-3 months, even for a EU National and his wife. Others have told me that it is simple and can happen almost immediately. I appreciate you and the others on this Forum giving us clarity! Thank You!

No, I certainly didn鈥檛 expect a professional to do the work for free, just wondering if it was normal to ask for $1,500 up front wired to a bank account before beginning any services. I understand asking for monies upfront, just not 100% of it. Trying to keep us safe is all!

Again, we Thank You all,
Andreas & Cheryl

Obtaining the NIF and opening a bank account is easy, it is free, and it is fast. Anything they tell you to the contrary is just to direct you to those kinds of service proposals...

Interesting information.

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@JohnnyPT Hi - just flaggin up that this link seems broken:

Many thanks

NL

@northernlites,

This link is reliable. Try another browser or change browser parameters.

@JohnnyPT Many thanks. However, I have tried Firefox, Chrome and Safari - no luck. And I got a friend to try on Firefox, Edge and Safari and she cannot get it to work either.

Your link to 'Lawyers' works fine.

nl

@JohnnyPT

I checked my end and it's not working for me either, (Chrome, Opera, Edge)

In fact, it says the connection is not secure. But OSAE.pt is the website of the ORDER OF SOLICITORS AND EXECUTION AGENTS ...

I can open it in Opera and Chrome. You can open it too but you have to give permission to your browser to open this link which (without understanding why) it says is not secure ...

@JohnnyPT All I get is: This site can鈥檛 be reached - osae.pt took too long to respond. No need to reply. Many thanks.