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Luís Abreu Coutinho

Partner
Lawyer

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CMS Portugal
Rua Castilho 50
1250-071 Lisbon
Portugal
Languages Portuguese, English, Spanish

Luís Abreu Coutinho is a Partner in the Real Estate team.

With over 30 years of experience, his main areas of focus are real estate and construction law.

He has led working groups for the execution of major projects in the industrial and commercial areas, concerning the installation of manufacturing units, shopping centers, large commercial surfaces, mass regularization of the legal situation of buildings belonging to large owner companies in Portugal, and registration of administrative easements in favour of large natural gas concessionaires throughout the country.

Luís is individually ranked for Real Estate by Chambers Europe, 2015 and he is recommended for Real Estate and Construction, by Legal 500, 2023. Moreover, he is recognised for Real Estate Law, by Best Lawyers, 2024. Also, he is ranked Recommended lawyer for Real Estate by Leaders League, 2024.

Founding partner of CMS Portugal and its predecessor firms, headed by Rui Pena.

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Department head Luís Abreu Coutinho is a key contact for the team.

Chambers & Partners (2015)

Luís Abreu Coutinho leads the team at CMS.

Legal 500 (2015)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1989
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Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa  
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03/05/2023
Real estate transaction costs and taxes in Portugal
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08/10/2020
Meet the Law - Extension of the extraordinary tenant protection regime
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17/06/2020
Law and regulation of rental agreements in Portugal during Covid-19
Updated on 27.03.2020 1. Is a lessee eligible for rent reduction due to a significant decline in footfall and consequently its turnover as a result of COVID-19? No, according to the law it will not...
01/06/2020
Meet the Law | Law 17/2020, of May 29th
On the 29th of May 2020, the Law 17/2020 was published, and came into force on the 30th of May 2020, making public the first amendments to the exceptional regime regarding the deferment of rents due pursuant...
16/04/2020
Meet the Law | Ministerial Order no. 91/2020 of April 14th
On 15th April 2020, the Ministerial Order No. 91/2020 entered into force, densifying the regime of the moratorium on rents and establishing the mechanisms for the demonstration of the decrease of income...
13/11/2019
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We welcome you to our joint Cushman & Wakefield/CMS report 'Hotel Investment in the Iberian Peninsula'': Expansion & Evolution - What's Next?'
20/03/2019
Global Planning/ Zoning/ Consenting Group
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24/04/2018
Commercial real estate law and rules in Portugal
1. Parties and Ownership – Who can own real estate and what types of ownership are there? Parties In Portugal any “legal person” may acquire and own real estate property. This includes both individuals...
18/11/2013
Meet The Law | Real Estate & Construction
With the approach of the entry into force of the Decree-Law no. 118/2013 of 20 August, by next December 1 - as timely statement by CMS RPA in the Meet the Law dated August 27, 2013 - matter at this stage...
27/09/2013
Meet The Law | Real Estate & Construction
It has been published on the 20th of September, the Notice no. 11753/2013, of the National Statistics Institute (INE), which set at 1.0099 (0.99%) the coefficient update rents of the various types of...
29/05/2013
Meet The Law | Real Estate & Construction
The Law no 62/2012, of December 10, has created the national stock land exchange for agricultural or forestry (Land Exchange), conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning...
25/01/2013
Meet The Law | Real Estate & Construction
The economic crisis in the real estate area is also reflected in the meeting of business opportunities, this time in Lisbon and with various levels of interest to investors, whether private or institutional...