Sandra Minez
Attorney
Graduated in Law, Attorney registered with the Portuguese Bar Association since 2003, with extensive experience in various areas of Law.

— Over 20 years of experience
Our focus is providing excellent legal service to our clients, where client engagement, availability, and agility in handling matters are our highest priority.
We strive to be a genuine and practical asset to our clients, finding solutions and providing advice in all areas of law and on all practical day-to-day issues.
We work in various areas of law, currently standing out as a law firm that provides differentiated legal advice in real estate, residency in Portugal, labor, commercial, civil, registry, and notary law.
— Areas of activity
- Real Estate
- Residency and Nationality
- Labor
- Commercial and Business
- Civil
- Criminal
- Registration and Notary
- Intellectual Property

Contact us
Edificio Neopark, Bloco 2 - 0M, Carnaxide
Email: geral@sminez.pt T: (+351) 21 598 59 98
— Real Estate
We provide specialized assistance in the purchase and sale of real estate, covering the entire process from documentation analysis, drafting or reviewing promissory agreements, obtaining necessary documentation, and representing you in purchase and sale deeds. We also advise on leasing, property management, commercial leasing, CPCV (Contract of Conveyances), donations, usufruct, lease agreements, due diligence and documentation acquisition, AMI License, IMPIC communications, and annual renewal of AMI License and AL License.
— Residence and Nationality
We provide services to EU and third-country citizens, assisting you with every step of establishing residency in Portugal, including choosing the right visa, scheduling visa meetings in your home country and your destination country, Portugal, obtaining the necessary documentation and securing your visa, and providing in-person support in Portugal during visa meetings, ensuring language barriers are not a barrier, all the way until your residence permit arrives in your hands.
The visa process can be complicated, so it's our job to ensure you don't have to worry about the added stress of lengthy paperwork, incorrect documents, questions, deadlines, etc.
We strive to answer your questions about the practical aspects of living in Portugal. Portugal is an extraordinary country; find out if it's the ideal place for you and your family.
In addition to the entire residency visa process, our lawyers and legal experts provide legal services, legal advice, and registry and notary services.
We assist clients directly, but we also work with relocation companies that assist families not only with the visa process but also with housing search, utility setup, assistance with car purchases and imports, driver's license replacement, locating medical specialists, school searches, enrollment assistance, and much more—basically, everything needed to relocate and live in this lovely and welcoming country. We handle residency visas, VFS scheduling, AIMA scheduling, NIF, NISS, user numbers, driver's license replacement, tax representation, residency renewal, nationality applications, and Hague Apostille.
— Commercial and Business
We provide legal advice to a variety of companies, covering various aspects of their daily operations, from incorporation to strategic management and compliance with legal obligations. We provide services such as corporate formation, mergers, share assignments, commercial registration, debt recovery, insolvency and PER, RCBE, and service provision contracts.
— Intellectual Property
Specialized legal advice on Industrial and Intellectual Property, ensuring strategic, effective, and innovative protection for companies of all sizes. Protecting intellectual property is crucial for businesses and creators, as it guarantees exclusive rights of use and reproduction, encouraging innovation and creativity. Trademark registration (national, EU, and international), patents, and designs.
— Civil
We are prepared to provide legal advice on matters related to the Law of Obligations and Contract Law, especially Real Estate Rights, Family Law, and Succession. We provide legal advice on Divorce, Parental Responsibility, Inventories and Division of Assets, Successions, Wills, Real Estate Rights and Contracts, especially Accompanied Adults, Precautionary Measures, Evictions, and Civil Liability.
— Labor
We have extensive experience in labor law and the support we can provide to both employers and employees in this area. We strive to intervene not only in labor litigation but also in a preventative manner, helping companies prepare and better adapt their resource management to legal realities and assisting and advising employees on their rights, avoiding lengthy and often arduous processes. We provide legal advice on employment contracts, disciplinary proceedings, collective dismissals, and job terminations.
— Notary services
According to the provisions of Law No. 49/2004, of August 24, and Decree-Law No. 76-A/2006, of March 29, in Portugal, Lawyers have some notarial skills. Powers of Attorney, Recognition of Signatures, Certification of Copies and Documents, Company Registration, Real Estate Registration, Vehicle Registration, DPA, Translations.
DPA - Authenticated Private Document
Buying property in Portugal - If you are buying a property in Portugal, we can sign a DPA, check the documentation, and handle the property registrations.
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"And at the end, as all good relationships, we create a bond with our clients that allows us to always be present, if needed, in all other areas of their lives where legal advice can be useful and contribute to prevention, safety, knowledge, and personal and professional growth. And we are proud to say that in every one of our clients, we have a friend."
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