International families hold assets in more than one country, and more than one legal system. We plan estates, draft wills and handle inheritances in Portugal so that what you built reaches the people you choose.
Portugal applies forced heirship: part of your estate is reserved by law for close family. Foreign nationals can often elect the law of their nationality instead, but only if the will says so. Review your will with us →
Half of our work is preventing problems with a well‑drafted plan. The other half is resolving inheritances that arrive without one.
Portuguese wills for your assets here, coordinated with the wills you hold elsewhere, including the choice‑of‑law election that keeps your estate under the rules you expect.
The full Portuguese succession process: qualification of heirs, asset inventory, tax filings and the registration of property in the heirs' names, for residents and families abroad.
Estates spanning Portugal and other jurisdictions, applying the EU Succession Regulation, coordinating foreign courts and notaries, and recognising foreign documents in Portugal.
Gifts and donations of Portuguese assets, usufruct arrangements that let you give while keeping the use, and guidance on how foreign trusts interact with Portuguese law.
These are the rules that surprise foreign residents, usually at the worst possible moment. Better to meet them now.
Portuguese law reserves a share of the estate for spouse, children and parents, regardless of what the will says.
Under EU rules, foreign nationals can elect the succession law of their nationality, but the election must be made in a will.
Portugal has no inheritance tax between spouses, children and parents. Other heirs pay 10% stamp duty on Portuguese assets.
A will made abroad can be valid in Portugal, but using it here requires translation, legalisation and often court recognition.
Without planning, a de facto partner may inherit far less than expected. Recognition and a will change that picture.
Inheritance tax declarations and filings have legal deadlines after death. Missing them creates penalties on top of grief.
We map your assets, family situation and existing wills across jurisdictions within days.
Choice of law, Portuguese will and lifetime transfers, designed as one coherent plan.
Notarial acts, registrations and coordination with your advisors abroad.
Qualification of heirs, inventory, tax filings and transfers, handled with sensitivity.
Ongoing counsel to the next generation on the assets they now hold in Portugal.
Tax structuring for new residents and foreign investors, aligned with your global position.
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