GDP Legal

Libralex Spring Meeting - Paris, June 2025

The Libralex Spring Meeting 2025 in Paris started with a wonderful Early Bird Dinner, which provided a perfect opportunity to network with colleagues from all over the world. A big thank you to Marie-Clémentine Anouchian, Jerôme Cayol and Elisabeth de KREUZNACH from CAYOL TREMBLAY AVOCATS for organizing the conference and

Libralex Meeting Copenhagen, February 2025: A Masterclass in Advocacy & Legal Innovation

From insightful keynotes on international arbitration & Supreme Court advocacy to honoring Georg Lett's remarkable career, the Libralex Meeting in Copenhagen was a powerhouse of legal expertise and collaboration. We welcomed the prestigous Hong Kong law-firm of Tanner De Witt to the Libralex network, engaged in high-level strategy

Libralex Conference in Budapest on 10/25 and 10/26/2024

The representatives and members of the international law firm network Libralex meet three times a year for exclusive network meetings. After the meeting in Puebla, Mexico, at the beginning of this year and the summer meeting in Berlin, Germany, in June, the next international Libralex conference will take place in

Libralex Meeting, Lisbon, October 20 - 21, 2023

We are very much looking forward to the international @Libralex E.E.I.G. conference next week, which we at GDP Advogados law firm will be hosting. It is our honor and pleasure. We are very much looking forward to meeting our esteemed colleagues and friends from all over the

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Generative AI, international dispute resolution and colonial looted art - three of the focus topics at the International Libralex Conference on 06/09 and 06/10/2023 in Amsterdam

Last weekend, the Libralex Summer Conference took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with participation of representatives of more than 20 European, North and South American member law firms. Libralex member law firm GDP Advogados was represented by Pedro Ghidoni de Pina. The first day of the conference started with a joint

Libralex Conference in Amsterdam on 06/09 and 06/10/2023

GDP Advogados is part of the international law firm network Libralex. Three times a year, member conferences are organized within this network. The next international Libralex conference will take place on June 9 and 10, 2023. The venue of the summer meeting will be Amsterdam, hosted by the Dutch Libralex

MEDIDAS DE RESPOSTA À PANDEMIA COVID-19 NO ÂMBITO LABORAL

Para fazer face às consequências sociais e económicas causadas pela pandemia da doença COVID-19, o Governo aprovou, no passado dia 15 de Janeiro de 2021, a prorrogação do apoio extraordinário à retoma progressiva da actividade de empresas em situação de crise empresarial (apoio financeiro atribuído ao empregador, criado para apoiar

INCENTIVO FINANCEIRO EXTRAORDINÁRIO PARA APOIO À RETOMA DA ACTIVIDADE DA EMPRESA

Não obstante o Decreto-Lei n.º 10-G/2020, de 26 de março, que estabeleceu algumas medidas excepcionais e temporárias de protecção dos postos de trabalho, no âmbito da pandemia COVID-19, já ter previsto que os empregadores que beneficiassem das medidas em questão tinham direito a um incentivo financeiro extraordinário para

BREXIT – OVERALL IMPACT A Portuguese Perspective

A) INTRODUCTION On February, 1st of 2020, the United Kingdom formally abandoned the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), having reached an agreement with the European institutions regarding the exiting terms. The official Exiting Agreement was published on the EU Official Journal on the past January 31st

THE PORTUGUESE START UP AND TECH VISA REGIME

The START UP VISA With the approval of the law in 2017 and its regulation in 2018, entrepreneurs from around the world can apply to the StartUP Visa through an online platform. This regime aims to attract to Portugal investment, talent and innovation capacity by granting access to a residence

Direito Comercial e Societário

MEDIDAS DE RESPOSTA À PANDEMIA COVID-19 NO ÂMBITO LABORAL

Face à situação actual de emergência de saúde pública internacional, assim qualificada pela Organização Mundial de Saúde, e ao estado de emergência, declarado no passado dia 18 de Março de 2020 e regulado nos termos do Decreto n.º 2-A/2020, de 20 de Março, o Governo aprovou um conjunto

THE UPDATED PORTUGUESE GOLDEN VISA REGIME

Scope of Application In order to attract foreign investment into Portugal and to help in the economical recovery, the Portuguese Government has created a regime for the granting of so-called “golden visas” to citizens of third countries that wish to invest in Portugal. Such regime, known “ARI – Autorização de Residência

PORTUGUESE CITIZENSHIP FOR SEPHARDIC JEWS

INTRODUCTION The designation of "Sephardic Jews" refers to the descendants of the ancient Jews and the traditional Jewish communities of the Iberian Peninsula (Sepharad or Hispania) – Portugal and Spain. The presence of these communities in the Iberian Peninsula is remote and in fact precedes the formation of the

PORTUGAL AS AN INVESTMENT PLATFORM

Besides the regimes applicable to individuals, and although it still remains barely unknown, Portuguese tax legislation provides several benefits for foreign companies who intend to invest or incorporate in Portugal, placing it at the top of the map of international tax competitiveness. Portugal has redefined its international tax policy and

International Guide for E-Commerce

International Guide for E-Commerce, current practices and legal frameworks in several jurisdictions of Europe and beyond. Click on the following link to download and read the Guide http://www.libralex.com/publications/guide-on-e-commerce

European Air Law Association Annual Conference

GDP Legal is a member of the European Air Law Association (EALA) and is promoting the EALA Annual Conference that will take place in Lisbon on 2nd and 3rd November 2017. To access the conference programme and registration form please click on the following link http://eala.aero/#home

Alternative Dispute Resolution. A brief International guide

International Guide for mediation and arbitration in international disputes - ADR processes current practice in many jurisdictions of Europe and beyond. Click on the following link to download and read the Guide http://www.libralex.com/publications/alternative-dispute-resolution-brief

Cross Border Litigation

A country-by-country guide issued by Libralex with the colaboration of all member law firms. Click on the following link to download and read the Guide http://www.libralex.com/publications/cross-border-litigation

Régime fiscal du résident non habituel au Portugal

Pour promouvoir l'investissement étranger, le gouvernement de Portugal a développé une série de mesures destinées à attirer des experts professionnels non-résidents ayant des revenus provenant d’activités à haute valeur ajoutée, les investisseurs ainsi que des bénéficiaires de pensions perçues à l’étranger, notamment par l'application

TJUE volta a interpretar o Regulamento (CE) n.º 261/2004

No tema da já vasta, e controversa, jurisprudência sobre a aplicação do Regulamento (CE) N.º 261/2004, respeitante à indemnização de passageiros em caso de atraso, cancelamento ou recusa de embarque de passageiros, um novo acórdão do Tribunal parece trazer um esclarecimento vital na gestão de processos de indemnização

Direito Comercial e Societário

Programa Portugal 2020 (QREN)

O Programa Portugal 2020 é um programa destinado à generalidade das empresas que visa possibilitar a estes agentes económicos o financiamento de projectos de investimento, sendo que tem como prioridades o financiamento a estruturas fundamentais para promover, no nosso país, o crescimento inteligente e sustentável no período 2014-2020. Os fundos

Commercial and Corporate Law

Investing in Mozambique

Country Financial and Tax Summary * Double Taxation Treaties: Mauritius, Italy, Portugal, Macau, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, India, Vietnam and Botswana. * Main Interest Rate: 1,75% (taxa de facilidade permanente de depósito) subject to financial market variations. * Currency: Metical (MZN/MT) €1 approx. 40 MZN/MT * French Accounting Model (IFRS)

Private Client

Portuguese tax regime for non-habitual residents

In an attempt to promote foreign investment the Portuguese Government has decided to clarify and enact provisions in order to attract high net worth professionals, entrepreneurs and pensioners, namely by executing an attractive tax regime for foreign individuals who wish to establish permanent or temporary residence in Portugal. The great

Commercial and Corporate Law

Investing in Angola

Country Financial and Tax Summary * Main Interest Rate: 10,6% (Luanda Interbank Offered Rate) subject to variations. * Currency: Kwanza (AOA) €1 approx. 132 AOA * Accounting Model: General Accountancy Plan of Angola (follows IAS and IFRS) * Restrictions on Currency Import and Export – above $300.000 necessary approval from the National Bank

Private Client

The new Portuguese Golden Visas

I. Scope of Application In order to attract foreign investment into Portugal and to help in the economical recovery, the Portuguese Government has created a regime for the granting of so-called “golden visas” to citizens of third countries, that wish to invest in Portugal. Such regime, known “ARI – Autorização de