Sofia Galvão wrote an opinion piece in the no. 13 of the “Magazine Imobiliário” September/October 2015 regarding the positive signs of the Portuguese real estate market development.           The article can also be read online here, pages 32 and 33.

Sofia Galvão spoke on the seminar “Sines and the Opportunities on the Economy of the Sea” organized by Aicep Global Parques and hosted by the Centro de Negócios da Zona Industrial e Logística de Sines (Business Centre of the Industrial and Logistic Zone of a Sines).     The seminar took place today in Sines.…

Sofia Galvão was invited to speak on the “major changes of the territorial planning and management instruments” at the conference “Review of the legal framework of the territorial planning and management instruments” hosted by the Instituto de Ciências Jurídico-Políticas da Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa (School of Law of Lisbon’s Legal and Politics Institute) on the 1st…

Sofia Galvão spoke on the seminar “Contributions for reforming the State”, promoted by the the Associação para a Promoção e Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação (Association for Promoting and Developing the Information Society), on May 29th, 2015 hosted at Culturgest, Lisbon. Program: 15h30 – President of of APDSI, Raul Mascarenhas 15h45 – Presentation of the…

Sofia Galvão was chosen as head of the work group on the Renovation of the State Functions paper. The group was in charge of filling the Portuguese Industrial Association’s request for a project on “Ideas to Portugal” which was presented on May 28th, 2015 in Lisbon. 

Sofia Galvão Advogados was recently listed in the Chambers & Partner’s rankings, in the practice of Planning.   According to Clients, “the lawyers’ knowledge is very solid and broad; they know exactly what they are talking about in urbanism and environment. They are also able to distinguish between what the law says, what the client…

Sofia Galvão Advogados was recently listed in the LEGAL500 EMEA 2015 rankings, in the practice of Real Estate and Construction.   With less than one year from its opening, the LEGAL 500 emphasizes that SGA is receiving a growing number of instructions.   Sofia Galvão is reccomended by producing “smart and effective strategies”. Pedro Amaral…

Pedro Amaral e Almeida wrote an opinion piece on packaging waste market licensing procedure in the newspaper ‘Publico’ . Read more here.

Best Lawyers 2015  Sofia Galvão has been listed in the Fifth Edition of Best Lawyers in Portugal in the practice areas of Planning and Real Estate Law.

“After the large law firms comes a small law office dedicated to the Law of the Territory.” In this conversation with the magazine Negócios, the lawyer explains why this change took place and talks about “the legal changes that promise to change the way one thinks about maritime and land spatial planning.” Read the complete…