Real Estate Investment Guide

DLA Piper and Savills have launched the Real Estate Investment Guide, a tool that aims to support national and international investors in their decision-making process regarding the national property market.

By providing an overview of the market as well as the current legal framework, this tool offers investors a current panorama of the country, taking into account the existing investment opportunities.

This Property Investment Guide compiles relevant information, which is divided into four different topics:

• Real Estate Market Overview, which presents an analysis of the national property market along with the main trends for this year that make the country a unique investment case;
• The Legal Perspective, a topic that highlights issues such as leasing, planning and licensing, financing and the fiscal framework;
• Sustainability as a Driven Force, which places sustainability as a driving force for innovation in an economy that offers countless opportunities for a green transition. Here, existing incentives and financing mechanisms are presented;
• Green Leases, a chapter that presents the importance of so-called green clauses in the property sector, which ensure that properties are built and used in a sustainable way.

Luís Filipe Carvalho, Partner, and Joana Mergulhão, Associate, from DLA Piper in Portugal, were the main contributors to this publication.

Luís Filipe Carvalho said: “The Portuguese property market continues to show considerable dynamism in the various segments, which is amply demonstrated in the DLA Piper and Savills Guide. Despite some uncertainties dictated by political choices, the national legal framework has generally proved reliable for investors, which has been a determining factor in the sustainable leverage of the sector. Legal stability must be maintained and the law must include more and better measures to attract investment in this industry. This Guide, the result of extensive joint work, is intended to help promote the sector and attract investment, from both a market and legal perspective.”