We provide services to national and international public and private entities. In this area, our expertise spreads across several matters, including PPP, Licensing, Concessions and Public Procurement, Regulation, Litigation, among others.

We provide advisory services to national and international companies and groups of companies, investment funds and individuals. In this area, we have expertise in matters that include tax planning and advisory, asset management, tax conflict and dispute resolution before the Tax Administration and Tax Courts, as well as general support for compliance with tax obligations.

The services provided respond to the needs presented by our Clients, namely in matters such as real estate financing operations, real estate contracts, project management, planning and urbanism, local accommodation and hotel units.

We provide legal advisory services on issues such as corporate restructuring, incorporation and transformation of companies, joint ventures, organisation and structuring of companies and business groups, start-ups and due diligence.
Linked to these issues, this area of practice includes corporate litigation, including disputes between partners and advisory on general regulatory and legal issues.

This area of practice includes civil and commercial matters, working together and transversally with all other areas of work.
We have developed expertise in international arbitration, participating in national and international arbitration proceedings and giving opinions to our national and international Clients.

We provide support services in the protection and registration of trademarks, patents and designs of our Clients, as well as copyrights and related rights. In this area, our expertise includes, among others, drafting and negotiating licensing agreements, contracts related to the media industry, registration and defence of trademarks and patents, and drafting internal policies for the protection of intellectual property rights.

We provide support and advisory in drafting and negotiating software licensing agreements and hardware sales contracts.
Data Privacy and Protection is increasingly a cross-cutting area, and our expertise is focused on ensuring compliance by our Clients with legal obligations, as well as with restrictions on collection and disclosure, by drafting e-mail privacy and internet access policies, as well as privacy policies.

In this area, the services provided include consultancy and litigation related to contributions and levies due to Social Security, as well as advisory and monitoring in human resources management in all matters related to Labour Law.
Our services include carrying out labour audits, drafting and negotiating employment contracts, disciplinary and dismissal procedures, among others.

In this area, our work is transversal to several other areas of Law, providing support and advice on requests for Residence Permit for Investment Activities, Tax Regime for Non-Habitual Residents, among other forms of assisting our Clients who intend to invest in Portugal, defining the strategy and choosing the most appropriate procedure, preparing and dealing with administrative procedures.
The services provided also include judicial follow-up of the interests of our Clients, as well as following up all tax matters.

ARC Legal Office acts in the various areas of Criminal Law, in particular Economic Criminal Law, including the so-called “white-collar crimes ", cybercrime, medical liability and issues related to Regulation and Codes of Conduct, clinical trials and market authorisation for medicinal and pharmaceutical products, among others. We also provide tailormade prevention and compliance services, assisting in the detection of potential contingencies to advise on corrective methods.

Taking advantage of the partnerships established and its experienced lawyers, ARC Legal Office provides support services to the internationalisation of domestic and international investors, ensuring compliance with the legal requirements in force in the various countries involved, as well as the adequacy of the business structure most appropriate to the activity to be carried out. It follows from the work already done in other jurisdictions, namely in Angola and East Timor.

Lawyers who are experts in Family and Succession Law act both in the representation of our Clients in court, and in the conduct of negotiations or participation in alternative dispute resolution procedures, such as family mediation.
In this area, we provide, among others, services within the scope of divorce proceedings, recognition of non-marital partnerships, regulation of parental care, as well as certificates of inheritance, sharing of estate, inventory process and concealment of assets.