Dinis Lucas & Almeida Santos – Law Firm, R.L. was established in 1998 by founding partners José Dinis Lucas and Margarida Almeida Santos – Senior Partners. In addition to the founding partners, the firm includes Associate Lawyers, Trainee Lawyers, external collaborators, and administrative staff.
The founding partners set out to create a law firm capable of providing legal services across all law areas. To that end, the DLAS maintains a team of ten full-time lawyers, prioritizing direct and personal contact with Clients, always respecting their individuality and delivering a tailored legal service.
The firm positions itself as a true Boutique Law Firm®, operating through a network of specialized lawyers, following a wallet-share approach focused on the Client and their needs – striving, at every moment, to be the natural choice for comprehensive and cross-disciplinary legal solutions.
Our client portfolio is diverse, including not only individual clients but also multinationals and corporate groups from the Portuguese business landscape, as well as entities from other sectors such as financial institutions, leasing companies, fund management firms, marketing agencies, sport companies, high-tech enterprises, among others.
In addition to Portuguese, the working languages of the firm include Spanish, French, English, and Italian.
The firm is a member of several business and professional associations, including the Luso-Spanish Chamber of Commerce, the Luso-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, the Luso-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Portuguese Tax Association, the International Club of Portugal, and the Taxation Association.
Dinis Lucas & Almeida Santos – Boutique Law Firm® is proud to announce the signing of an agreement with the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, reinforcing its commitment to supporting the education and training of the next generation of jurists and lawyers, and contributing to the enhancement of quality standards in the legal field.
This agreement aims to complement the academic training of undergraduate and master’s students at FDUC, namely through the provision of internships and special training conditions for firm members, thereby strengthening the firm’s investment in the development of its human capital.
The recognized prestige of the institution, its history, and its vital role in the education of some of the country’s most esteemed legal professionals, lead us to regard this agreement with the utmost importance and to reaffirm our full commitment to its success.
To help you save time, and to mark its 20th anniversary, DLAS is proud to introduce an innovative Online Legal Boutique (Bo.JO), allowing you to handle a range of legal matters remotely – without the need to visit us in person.
DLAS has been developing an international strategy designed to support its clients in the growth of their businesses, providing legal counsel for internationalization projects and aiming to create a favorable environment both for companies expanding into global markets and for foreign investment in Portugal.
