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Portugal desk

Portugal, with an Israeli lead who has done it before.

Strategic counsel and coordination for clients building a life, a business, or an investment base in Portugal, drawing on real experience with several Portuguese matters and a working network of Portuguese counsel.

Portugal has been a primary destination for Israeli clients building a foothold in Europe, and the firm has accompanied several through real-estate acquisition, business formation, and investment in the country, working with Portuguese counsel. The landscape has changed and the change matters: since the 2023 reform, buying property in Portugal no longer grants residency, so the property decision and the residency decision are now two separate questions that have to be handled, and kept apart, deliberately. The firm leads and coordinates that; Portuguese counsel performs the in-country work.

The work spans
  • Strategic accompaniment of real-estate acquisition in Portugal, for use or investment.
  • Business formation and investment-channel decisions, coordinated with Portuguese counsel.
  • Keeping the property decision and the residency decision separate, since property no longer confers residency in Portugal.
  • The cross-border exposure of a Portuguese base: tax residency, obligations in Israel, enforceability.
  • Coordination of a working network of Portuguese counsel and advisers who execute on the ground.
  • You are buying property in Portugal and want it handled by someone who has done it for Israeli clients.
  • You are forming a business or placing an investment in Portugal and want the strategy led from Israel.
  • You assumed buying property would get you residency and need the two decisions separated and re-planned.
  • You want one lead with a real Portuguese network, not a cold introduction.

The firm brings the experience of real Portuguese matters to set the strategy and the sequence, and it keeps the client current on a landscape that has shifted - property no longer buys residency, and the old NHR tax regime is closed to new arrivals, so neither can be assumed. It coordinates the Portuguese counsel and advisers who carry out the acquisition, the formation, and any filings. It holds the Israeli-side strategy and the cross-border exposure; the in-country execution is local counsel's work.

04 · What you get

Real Portugal experience

Strategy and sequence set by someone who has guided this for several clients.

The current landscape, straight

Property no longer grants residency, and old tax assumptions no longer hold; both are planned for what they are now.

A working network

Portuguese counsel and advisers coordinated to execute, with one Israeli-side lead.

An Israeli client building a base in Portugal instructs the firm to lead. The firm sets the strategy, separates the property decision from the residency decision in light of the current rules, maps the cross-border tax and obligation exposure, and coordinates the Portuguese counsel who carry out the acquisition and formation on the ground.

Described in abbreviated, anonymised form to preserve client confidentiality.

Does buying property in Portugal still get me residency?

No; since the 2023 reform, the real-estate route to Portuguese residency by investment was removed, so a property purchase and a residency application are now separate decisions that have to be planned independently.

Can you help me buy property or set up a business in Portugal?

The firm leads and coordinates the strategy from the Israeli side, drawing on real experience and a Portuguese network, and Portuguese counsel performs the in-country acquisition, formation, and filings.

Is Portugal still a low-tax destination for new arrivals?

Not by default; the former NHR regime is closed to new arrivals, so the tax position has to be modelled under the current rules with a tax adviser rather than assumed from how Portugal was marketed in earlier years.

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