Rute Vaz Lourenço

Rute Lourenço is an associate based in the Porto office.

Rute was admitted to the Portuguese Bar in 2021. She has a master’s degree in Private Law from the Catholic University of Porto and also has a postgraduate degree in data protection.

Rute specialises in Portuguese immigration and nationality law, advising on a broad spectrum of complex citizenship matters, including applications based on marriage, descent, former Portuguese territories, and long-term residence. She also has extensive experience assisting clients with a wide range of Portuguese visa and residency applications, with particular expertise in the highly sought-after Portuguese Golden Visa programme, providing strategic legal guidance throughout every stage of the process.

Her expertise extends in more than one direction as Rute additionally provides valuable guidance and insight in corporate and commercial non-contentious matters and has extensive experience in drafting complex cross-border contracts, providing protective clauses that offer the maximum safeguards for our clients.   

Rute brings unparalleled knowledge of the residential real estate market in Portugal to her clients enabling her to guide them through the intricacies of the market, which often compliment her immigration services enabling her to manage several matters at once per single client. Her comprehensive knowledge and meticulous attention to detail together with her capacity to resolve issues and find satisfactory solutions where necessary have earned her an impressive reputation. 

Lastly, Rute also regularly advises clients on Portuguese succession as well as assisting with complex cross-border inheritance disputes. She frequently advises international high-net-worth individuals and families with Portuguese interests and investments on international succession and wealth planning and has developed significant and sensitive expertise in dealing with probate and inheritance matters involving Portuguese assets.