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Fernando Messias Law Firm / Fernando Messias Advogados
Tourism Law Firm of the Year – Portugal
The Fernando Messias Law Firm was established in 1998 by attorney Fernando Messias.
The Algarve Office and the Lisbon Office works with several attorneys and two administrative
assistants. We work with various attorneys in the country.
“Know the company’s client as well as you know the company” has been our mission.
The growing demand over recent years from companies, essentially companies linked to the
tourism and hotel industries, has led to the creation of partnerships in several areas of
knowledge, from Law to Management of Tourism Companies, and including Architecture,
Design and Engineering of Real Estate Projects, and Corporate and Tourism Company Taxes.
These national and international partnerships allow us to respond in an expedient and
effective manner to our clients' greatest demands.
From 2005 to present we experienced a decisive period for establishing and strengthening
these partnerships. In the future, we want to grow in other areas that have already been
developed but require more attention, such as Knowledge Management and Corporate
Identity, essential areas for Tourism Law and Tourism Marketing. All this professional
dynamism is founded on the premise that constitutes our motto: “Preventing, foreseeing and
planning legal actions and behaviours have been the foundations for an up-to-date and highly
responsible attorney practice”.
The law firm’s areas of practice
Companies occupy a privileged position within the scope of action of this Law Office.
Given the professional and academic background and professional practice of Attorney
Fernando Messias – International Arbitration, Intellectual Property Law, European
Consumer Law and litigation associated with Property Rights and Temporary Housing,
Public Economy and Public, Administrative and Local Autarchy Law, Organizational and
Strategic Behaviour of Companies – this office naturally developed a specialty in Tourism
Law, more precisely in the area that is the object of scientific study of Tourism, Small and
Medium-sized Companies in the Tourism, Hotel and Tourism Development sectors. Thus,
the main areas of professional practice are the following:
- International Arbitration
- Administrative & Tax Law
- Tourism Law (International and Community Law for Tourism, Tourism Developments, and
the Hotel Sector).
- Civil, Commercial and Corporate Law
- Litigation – (Civil Law, Public Law, Commercial Law and Criminal Law)
- Real Estate and Property Law - (Estates in land, Immovable Property, Property Law,
Property Right, Real Estate).
Dr. Fernando Messias, LL.M, PhD
Lisbon, Portugal
• +351 934205633
fernandobrasmessias@gmail.com
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-fernando-messiasmciarb-63186615b