Imolegal launches as real estate boutique in Lisbon
Filipa Arantes Pedroso has founded Imolegal, a new Lisbon-based firm of lawyers and consultants specializing in real estate. The firm brings legal, tax, urban planning and technical expertise together in a single structure. Pedroso previously spent 30 years at Morais Leitão and then at J+Legal.
Imolegal targets domestic and international investors, family offices, investment funds, developers and private investors. It presents itself as a multidisciplinary one-stop shop for these clients.
Founding team
Pedroso founded the boutique with partners Maria Quintela and Teresa Arriaga e Cunha, consultant Luís Cabral Menezes and other associates. Quintela leads the tax area. Arriaga e Cunha heads corporate, real estate and immigration. Cabral Menezes leads engineering and real estate development consultancy. The team also includes consultant Ana Gavilan, who specializes in urban planning, and other associates with tax experience.
On the rationale for the firm, Filipa Arantes Pedroso said: “Today, a real estate transaction is rarely resolved in a single dimension. A legal decision can have tax, urban planning or technical impact and, often, a technical issue also ends up having legal consequences. Imolegal was born from this reality: bringing together different skills, keeping the law as the common denominator, so that we can look at each project as a whole.”
Practice areas and services
Imolegal is built around real estate and tourism, urban planning, corporate, tax and immigration, complemented by engineering and real estate development expertise. The aim is to support an investment throughout its cycle, from structuring and acquisition to licensing, development, operation or disposal of the asset.
In real estate and tourism, the firm advises on acquisitions and disposals, asset and share deals, investment structures and funds, hotel and tourism operations, use and operating agreements, financing, construction and project development. Its urban planning practice covers feasibility studies, planning procedures, cadastral, tax-register and land-registry regularization, project analysis and litigation.
The firm also provides corporate advice, including company incorporation and reorganization, M&A and joint ventures, as well as tax structuring of investments. Its immigration work covers visas, residence permits and Golden Visa applications.
