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AM
Associate — Immigration & Citizenship
Antas da Cunha ECIJAIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Routes
- Golden Visa
Firm-published professional
Ana Margarida Camacho is an associate in the Immigration & Citizenship area at Antas da Cunha ECIJA in Lisbon. She has been registered with the Ordem dos Advogados since 2024 (cédula 70008L, Lisbon regional council). Her practice is in immigration law, specialising in the residence permit regime for investment. She assists foreign clients with applications, renewals and modifications of residence permits, documentation regularization, visas, family reunification and nationality, and advises companies on labour immigration matters. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. She previously worked as a lawyer at LEGALSQUARE and as a trainee lawyer at CMS Portugal. Her profile lists Portuguese, English, French and Spanish as languages.
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BS
Associate — Immigration & Citizenship
Antas da Cunha ECIJAIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
Firm-published professional
Beatriz Sousa is an associate in Antas da Cunha ECIJA’s Immigration & Citizenship practice. She advises international clients, investors and companies on residence visas, residence permits, Portuguese citizenship, international mobility and labour immigration. Her firm publishes five years of Immigration & Citizenship experience. She began her Portuguese Bar traineeship at SBPS Legal in 2021 and joined Antas da Cunha ECIJA in 2026.
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BC
Partner — Immigration & Citizenship Desk Coordinator
Antas da Cunha ECIJAPartner
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Routes
- Golden Visa
Firm-published professional
Bruna Casagrande is a partner in Antas da Cunha ECIJA’s Immigration and Citizenship area. She advises private clients relocating to Portugal on immigration, asylum and nationality matters, including Golden Visa processes, and advises companies on labour immigration. She joined the firm in 2018, began coordinating its Immigration and Citizenship Desk in 2021 and was promoted to partner in 2025.
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CC
Associate — Immigration & Citizenship
Antas da Cunha ECIJAIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
Firm-published professional
Carlota Cavalheiro is an associate in the Immigration and Citizenship area at Antas da Cunha ECIJA in Lisbon. She has been registered with the Ordem dos Advogados since 2024 (cédula 70669L, Lisbon regional council). She advises national and foreign clients on regularisation and naturalisation, and advises companies on labour immigration matters and international mobility processes. She began her career at Teresa Patrício e Associados and completed her internship at the Bar Association while at EDGE - Sociedade de Advogados. She holds a law degree and a postgraduate degree in E-Commerce, both from the University of Lisbon. Her profile lists Portuguese and English as languages.
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FA
Founder & Managing Partner
Antas da Cunha ECIJAPartner
- Firm jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Firm routes
- Golden Visa
Firm-published professional
Fernando Antas da Cunha is Founder, Managing Partner and Chairman of Antas da Cunha ECIJA. A Portugal-registered lawyer since 2001, his current practice focuses on Commercial, Corporate and M&A law. His official profile says he has more than two decades of experience, previously taught at Universidade Moderna de Lisboa, and completed management-focused programmes at IE Law School and Nova SBE. The profile does not identify him as a current Immigration & Citizenship practitioner.
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JD
Partner — Real Estate & Immigration and Citizenship
Antas da Cunha ECIJAPartner
- Registration
- 52541L
- Regulator
- Ordem dos Advogados (Portugal)
- Firm jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Firm routes
- Golden Visa
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João de Moraes Vaz is a Partner at Antas da Cunha ECIJA in Real Estate and Immigration & Citizenship. The Portuguese Bar lists him active in Lisbon under cédula 52541L, registered on 5 November 2013. His official profile covers real-estate and commercial matters, relocation to Portugal, Golden Visa processes and labour immigration. Property acquisition no longer qualifies as a new ARI route, so his real-estate experience is not presented as current property-based Golden Visa eligibility.
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JV
Associate — Immigration & Citizenship
Antas da Cunha ECIJAIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
Firm-published professional
João Vaz Teiga is an associate in the Immigration and Citizenship area at Antas da Cunha ECIJA in Lisbon. He has been registered with the Ordem dos Advogados since 2023 (cédula 67732L, Lisbon regional council). His practice is in immigration law, with a focus on residence permit regimes, and he assists international clients and companies on labour immigration matters. He has experience handling and monitoring residence permit applications and other proceedings before the Portuguese immigration authorities. He holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and a master’s degree in Labour Process and Law from the Catholic University of Portugal. His profile lists Portuguese and English as languages.
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MH
Associate — Immigration & Citizenship
Antas da Cunha ECIJAIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Routes
- Golden Visa
Firm-published professional
Melaine Hellwig is an associate in Antas da Cunha ECIJA’s Immigration & Citizenship practice. She advises on immigration, nationality and real-estate matters, including Golden Visa processes and related investments, and on labour immigration for companies. Before joining the firm in 2025, she led the Immigration & Citizenship department at Reis Pellicano Sociedade de Advogados from 2021 to 2025.
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