Nuno Teixeira Matos & Nelson Rocha - Sociedade de Advogados (NTMNR), was founded in 1998 by the two partners who gave the firm its name, and now has 25 years of experience. The firm has its headquarters in Lisbon and an office in Grândola established in 2002, operating nationally and internationally.
The office located in Lisbon focuses on supporting its clients in the areas of civil, commercial, labour, corporate, real estate, administrative, financial, industrial and intellectual property law. The office in Grândola, on the other hand, focuses on monitoring various real estate operations in the area, with special emphasis on Comporta and Melides, offering a wide range of support for foreign investors.
NTMNR offers legal support to both companies and individual clients, from local to international operations; and currently has more than 50 SME's as clients. Locally in Grândola we also carry out a number of pro bono assignments for IPSS and local institutions.
We work to ensure that all our clients have the support they need and want, which is our priority, and we are also responsible for defending, valuing and protecting their interests, always respecting ethical standards, acting with impartiality, confidentiality and dedication.
At NTMNR we have a highly qualified multidisciplinary team with extensive experience in various areas of law, possessing a deep consolidated legal knowledge and understanding of our clients' needs.
Civil Law
We deal with legal relationships between people, their assets and rights. We aim to protect the interests, objectives and needs of our clients, advising them at all stages of their activity or business, ensuring the order of the social system. Our team has a deep knowledge of the rights and interests of citizens and companies, which allows us to produce legal work of high technical competence.
Litigation and Arbitration
For each case, we adopt the best procedural strategy and study in an appropriate and effective way, the best way to avoid conflicts, and if this is not possible, to resolve them by developing judicial advice. Our main objective is to avoid clients becoming involved in time-consuming and costly proceedings by resolving matters on terms that fulfil their interests. In any event, we always analyse the litigation and legal risks of ongoing business.
Labour Law
NTMNR provides labour relations advice to national and international clients on a wide range of issues such as labour contracting, disciplinary procedures, unlawful dismissals, suspension of employment contracts, downsizing or career management.
Corporate and Commercial Law
We provide services that include counselling on all types of contracts, including distribution, agency and partnership agreements, assisting in the drafting and negotiation of all legal documents that the respective activity requires. We promote the restructuring, viability and liquidation of companies, advising on the various stages of the process, before and during legal proceedings.
Real Estate and Urban
NTMNR is responsible for drafting and negotiating the acquisition of real estate, works contracts, subcontracts and works supervision, as well as monitoring their contractual execution, and real estate financing operations.
We assist individuals with municipalities in licensing and urbanisation processes.
Criminal and Misdemeanour Law
We provide support in criminal cases, with special emphasis on the tax side, providing support both in the defence of defendants and in the assistance of victims.
On the administrative offence side, we ensure effective representation of our clients in administrative offence proceedings, respecting the most varied matters and taking into account the different public entities and regulatory authorities. We also offer preventive legal services that allow the elimination or mitigation of risks of legal and regulatory non-compliance.
Tax Law
In the area of Tax Law, we monitor our clients' activities, producing and issuing opinions in tax areas as specific as taxation on the income of natural and legal persons, assets, expenditure and tax benefits. On the other hand, we provide legal and tax advice on the creation of companies and business development, including the restructuring and reorganisation of companies and groups of companies, mergers, spin-offs and asset management in general, and are also able to analyse taxation from an international perspective.