SBPS legal excels in Corporate and Commercial Law, adeptly navigating complex tasks such as company formations, reorganizations, and mergers & acquisitions, all tailored to your unique needs.

We work closely with both local and international investors, companies, and entrepreneurs, assisting startups, SMEs, and large corporations looking to establish themselves in Portugal. Additionally, we provide invaluable support to organizations in registering and protecting their brands, trademarks, and patents. 

SBPS legal provides legal advice in the following areas of Corporate and Commercial Law: 

• Incorporation of companies (private limited liability companies, single-member limited liability companies and private limited liability companies by shares) and non-profits (associations); 
• Setup of subsidiaries and branches of national or foreign companies; 
• One-off commercial transactions and short-term business activities for companies with head-offices abroad; 
• Mergers and Acquisitions; 
• Demergers; 
• Corporate registrations and amendments: changes to registered offices or to management bodies, corporate name changes, changes to binding powers of directors, amendments to articles of association, share capital increases, changes of legal form, changes to share ownership, authorisation certificate requests; 
• Preparation and maintenance of corporate documentation, on retainer or on a case-by-case basis. 
• Licensing and commercial contracts; 
• Registration of trademarks, patents and logos; 
• Challenging corporate resolutions; 
• Dissolution and liquidation of companies. 

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