Old principles.
New generation.
About us
We are NSM Lawyers.
A law firm established in 2018 that follows the firmness of old principles and tradition, combining it with innovation and technology. We constantly endeavour to help all our clients, both domestic and foreign, without letting distance get in the way of the necessary closeness. Our commitment to trust and thoroughness is a key element, as is our dedication to transparency and flexibility. Such values are pursued by our knowledgeable and experienced team, which represents a new generation of lawyers. We see ourselves as a group that is committed to the legacy of legal practice, following it comprehensively in the most varied areas of law and in the most relevant sectors of economic activity.
NSM is founded on core values such as trust, precision, transparency as well as responsibility. Our work culture is based on a constructive approach to client relations, meeting their needs and providing solutions swiftly and efficiently.
NSM is a committed, dedicated and available team that aims to provide a strict and prompt service in the most varied areas of law, with individualised service for each client.
NSM is made up of highly experienced lawyers with in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of the law, who are united in their firm determination to provide a differentiated, value-added service in which the client is the sole subject of our dedication
NSM values any action that contributes to a fairer society. As part of this commitment, we offer legal advice free of charge - Pro Bono - to entities that lack resources, solidarity organisations and charitable causes, disadvantaged individuals or institutions dedicated to cultural, social or educational activities. NSM is committed to a set of principles on which it bases its activity and acts with a demanding sense of institutional and social responsibility.
We are NSM Lawyers.
Old Principles. New Generation.
Our services
We are a law firm that opens new doors for clients. And keeps its own wide open.
In the real estate law practice area, NSM normally provides advisory services on all types of real
estate transactions carried out by NSM's clients, from large-scale developers and property
investment funds, to medium-sized private investments, including entities specifically engaged in
property management activities. Besides other assignments, NSM advises clients on property due
diligence processes, purchase and sale agreements and sale lease back operations.
NSM also provides advice on drafting and negotiating works contracts, subcontracts (including
litigation support for works contracts) and construction supervision contracts, as well as monitoring
the contractual execution process.
In its experience in real estate law, NSM has handled innumerable situations relating to lease
agreements, including amendments to contracts, updating rents, eviction proceedings, as well as
acquisitions and operations to create horizontal property and condominiums.
The attention your company deserves. Regardless of whether it's small, medium or large.
NSM offers permanent legal advice to companies in various fields of economic activity, including
corporate groups, covering all facets of their activities, from their formation, evolution and current
operations.
Among the operations on which NSM provides legal advice are the incorporation of companies,
transformations, share capital increases and cuts, other statutory changes, mergers and
acquisitions, joint ventures as well as all types of corporate restructuring.
In the day-to-day running of companies, NSM prepares and participates in General Meetings and
meetings of the Boards of Directors of its clients, including providing legal secretarial services,
namely drawing up minutes, drafting letters of mandate and legal certification of copies. NSM also
provides counselling on the liabilities and responsibilities of shareholders and directors,
accompanying the negotiation and drafting of shareholders' agreements, supplementary and
ancillary payments and shareholder loans.
We offer counselling to clients who are already in Portugal and to those who wish to move here.
NSM provides advisory services to Foreign Investors, who are already resident or wish to reside in
Portugal, under the special system for granting and renewing residence permits for investment
activities in Portugal, in order to obtain the ARI / GOLDEN VISA authorisation.
Taking into account the special scheme for granting and renewing residence permits, with no need
for a residence visa, for investment activities in Portugal, NSM has a department specially geared
towards advising investors on how to obtain the ARI / GOLDEN VISA permit, accompanying them in
the process of establishing residence and providing investment advice, as well as creating a set of
special conditions for the follow-up of processes to obtain the ARI / GOLDEN VISA.
NSM's legal support services in the process of obtaining a visa comprise advice, preparation and
monitoring of the entire process of obtaining a visa and its renewal.
NSM also provides services in the process of obtaining Portuguese nationality through Jewish
ancestry.
We find effective solutions that are tailored to the real world.
NSM's Litigation and Arbitration practice area comprises a team of lawyers who specialise in civil
and commercial litigation, as well as insolvency and restructuring.
The NSM lawyers in this practice area have wide-ranging experience in civil and commercial dispute
resolution and arbitration, providing legal advice to national and international clients in a wide
variety of sectors, including lawsuits relating to rights arising from individual and collective labour
relations, contractual and non-contractual civil liability actions, credit recovery and restructuring,
injunctions, declaratory actions and enforcement actions, insolvency and company recovery
actions, precautionary procedures, enforcement of national and international judgments and
arbitration awards, enforcement of credit guarantees (pledge, mortgage, surety insurance, bank
guarantees, promissory notes, bills of exchange, cheques), enforcement of foreign court rulings,
proceedings for the annulment and nullity of company resolutions, legal actions relating to real
estate (lease contracts, works contracts, contracts for the transfer of operations, promissory
purchase and sale contracts).
The assistance you need in each and every process. The best advice at every stage of your
company's journey.
In the area of labour law, NSM advises a number of companies in various industries, drawing up
employment and service contracts, where applicable, drafting all the legally necessary
documentation for the employer and providing legal advice on the most diverse labour
contingencies that arise in the day-to-day running of NSM's client companies.
NSM also assists with negotiated and administrative termination of employment contracts,
disciplinary procedures for the application of the various legal types of disciplinary penalties, in
addition to dismissal, as well as labour restructuring procedures, including job cuts and collective
redundancies. NSM also provides legal representation in the corresponding legal proceedings.
NSM also has experience in preparing and drafting due diligence reports in the context of corporate
restructuring, for the purpose of identifying and preventing labour contingencies.
Also in the area of labour law, NSM provides legal advice to company managers, directors and
administrators in the context of social security.
Finally, a brief note to convey NSM's expertise in monitoring administrative offence proceedings
arising from labour law-related situations.
Unrelenting support. No unrealistic scenarios.
In the area of administrative and public law, NSM advises on administrative litigation, contract and
tender formulation processes, public procurement, execution and renegotiation of public contracts,
projects and infrastructures, and expropriation processes.
NSM also renders legal advice to a wide range of public and private organisations in the field of
administrative and public law. The services provided concern issues of general administrative law,
but also of specific administrative law (namely the environment, town planning or public contracts).
We have the boldness and energy to go beyond. Regardless of the lawsuit.
NSM has vast experience in criminal litigation, perseveringly defending the interests of its clients,
whether they are the defendants or the plaintiff, at all procedural stages.
The areas of economic and tax crime are becoming increasingly important in the firm's activity.
Given their particular complexity, NSM's lawyers have the necessary technical expertise and a strong
sense of organisation to effectively protect clients.
NSM's team of lawyers also deals with administrative and tax offence cases on a daily basis
The help you need for professional and personal problems.
NSM has a vast experience in assisting private clients, with a particular incidence on family law
issues, such as divorce proceedings, legal separation, regulation of the exercise of parental
responsibilities, among others.
NSM's aim is to lead the negotiation towards a divorce agreement by mutual consent, always with
the greatest readiness to achieve consensus between the parties, namely by drawing up legally
required agreements, sharing the couple's joint assets and regulating the exercise of parental
responsibilities.
NSM is also specially orientated towards providing services in the area of inheritance law, providing
clients with a team experienced in resolving inheritance issues, with special emphasis on negotiating
out-of-court sharing agreements and conducting probate proceedings (notarial and judicial).
NSM also has the requisite experience in the planning of arrangements after death, namely in the
drafting of wills, in order to find and implement solutions that are suited to the specific family
circumstances and particularities of each case.
We never compromise on finding a solution for your company.
NSM provides legal advice and legal representation to companies in a situation of insolvency or that
are in a position to present insolvency plans, with a view to the company's recovery.
NSM also has experience in accompanying and advising companies in a crisis situation, namely in
the context of negotiation procedures aimed at regularising their liabilities and corporate
restructuring, so as to avoid insolvency, namely through the Special Revitalisation Process.
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