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      Highlights:

      • KPMG Law launches in Lisbon and Porto, combining technical excellence, multidisciplinary expertise, global reach and technology.

       

      Lisbon, July 6 — KPMG in Portugal announced the launch of KPMG Law, a new firm entering the Portuguese legal sector with a multidisciplinary offering that combines technical excellence, sector insight, international reach through close alignment with KPMG’s Advisory, Assurance and Tax capabilities.

      KPMG Law’s launch in Portugal responds directly to companies’ evolving needs as they navigate increasingly interconnected legal, regulatory, financial, technological and operational challenges. The firm is designed to support organizations through critical decisions, complex transactions, and transformation programmes that require an integrated, value-driven approach.

      This is a strategic step in the evolution of KPMG in Portugal, strengthening our ability to offer clients a truly integrated and differentiated response to the increasingly complex challenges they face. The legal function is no longer isolated and is now embedded in business decision-making, in coordination with tax, financial, regulatory, and technological dimensions. With KPMG Law, we deepen this integration and position ourselves to support our clients in an even more comprehensive way.

      Vitor Ribeirinho

      Senior Partner/CEO

      KPMG in Portugal

      Technical Excellence as a benchmark

      KPMG Law is led by Luís Magalhães, Partner and member of the Executive Committee of KPMG in Portugal, and begins its operations with a strong, experienced and quality-focused team. The team consists of includes seven partners: Bernardo Almeida Azevedo (Public Law and Litigation), Dzhamil Oda (Competition, EU Law and Regulation), João Afonso (Corporate, M&A and Cross-Border Transactions), Jorge Cortez (Corporate and M&A), Manuel Gouveia Pereira (Environment & Climate, Natural Resources and ESG), Marta Gouveia Gomes (Real Estate, Construction, Tourism and Urban Planning) and Samantha Cyrne (Corporate, M&A and Private Clients).

      Together, the partners bring strong technical expertise, recognized experience in their fields and a broad understanding of the market’s key legal and business challenges.

      A truly multidisciplinary approach

      Embedded within KPMG’s structure, KPMG Law benefits from close links to the Advisory, Assurance and Tax practices and can draw on multidisciplinary expertise to meet client needs. This model supports agile, integrated responses to business projects that require legal, tax, financial, regulatory, technological, operational and sector-specific capabilities.

      Technology

      Technology is a core pillar of KPMG Law. Built from the ground up without legacy systems, the firm launches as artificial intelligence. automation, data management and legal department transformation are reshaping how legal services are delivered and evaluated. This foundation enables KPMG Law to embed technology across its teams’ work, supporting more proactive, efficient, and innovative responses to client needs.

      The firm will also support organizations in digital transformation, ESG and sustainability, helping them develop more efficient, integrated legal and operational models to address evolving regulatory and market demands.

      International network and local proximity

      KPMG Law in Portugal is part of KPMG Law’s global network, which brings together around 4,000 lawyers in more than 100 countries. This international reach is central to its value proposition, enabling the firm to support Portuguese groups operating across multiple markets, companies expanding internationally and international groups with operations or investments in Portugal.

      The team of recognized experts starts with a clear growth strategy, with plans to expand steadily and surpass 70 professionals within two years. Combining global scale with local expertise in Lisbon and Porto, KPMG Law can assist clients with cross-border transactions, international regulatory matters, corporate reorganizations, complex deals and projects requiring coordination across multiple jurisdictions.

      This launch represents far more than an expansion of our global footprint. It strengthens our ability to bring together deep local market knowledge with the scale, insight and capabilities of an international firm. The role of legal advisers has fundamentally changed, with lawyers expected to be strategic partners and our strength lies in combining exceptional legal expertise with the broader capabilities of a global multidisciplinary network while remaining deeply rooted in the local market, globally informed and locally relevant.

      Konstantin von Busekist

      Head of KPMG Law EMA

      Learn more about KPMG Law in Portugal.

      For media queries, please contact: 

      Daniel Caines
      Senior Manager, External Communications, KPMG International

      T: +44 7732400262
      E: daniel.caines@KPMG.com

      About KPMG International

      KPMG is a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG is the brand under which the member firms of KPMG International Limited (“KPMG International”) operate and provide professional services. “KPMG” is used to refer to individual member firms within the KPMG organization or to one or more member firms collectively. KPMG firms operate in 138 countries and territories with more than 276,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. Each KPMG member firm is responsible for its own obligations and liabilities.

      KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients.

      For more details about our structure, please visit kpmg.com/governance.