Portuguese Bar-registered full-service law firm advising individuals, families, investors and organisations on immigration, citizenship and Golden Visa matters.
Lisbon, Portugal
Antas da Cunha ECIJA suits clients who want immigration and citizenship advice backed by a broader Portuguese business-law practice. Its official Immigration & Citizenship team covers residence permits, nationality, family reunification, workforce mobility, regularisation and current non-property Golden Visa routes. The firm has direct offices in Lisbon, Oporto and Braga, plus a Madeira joint venture.
Antas da Cunha ECIJA & Associados is a Portuguese full-service law firm registered with the Ordem dos Advogados under registration 40/15. The firm was constituted in 2015 and joined ECIJA in 2017. Its Portuguese footprint comprises direct offices in Lisbon, Oporto and Braga, alongside a Madeira joint venture with Vítor Abreu Advogados. The firm’s Immigration & Citizenship practice advises domestic and international clients, including individuals, families, investors and organisations. Its stated services cover visas and residence permits, Portuguese citizenship, international workforce mobility, family reunification, investment and residence programmes including the Golden Visa, relocation, and regularisation of immigration status. For Golden Visa clients, the relevant current pathways are non-property routes. The profile therefore does not present real-estate acquisition or a passive capital transfer as qualifying routes. Depending on the client’s chosen route, the wider firm can draw on its corporate, tax, employment and real-estate practices for connected Portuguese matters. The firm’s growth has included the integration of Vieira Advogados in Braga in 2019, Jorge Carneiro & Associados in 2021, Lencastre Advogados in 2022, Rui Mesquita Associados in 2024, Cruz Vilaça Advogados and the Madeira joint venture in 2025, and AMMC Legal in 2026. Antas da Cunha ECIJA also maintains an international strategic alliance with Taylor Wessing. Golden Visa Lawyers has published eight governed Antas lawyer profiles, including members whose official biographies identify immigration, nationality, residence, tax, corporate, real-estate, family and employment capabilities. Prospective clients should confirm the responsible lawyer, scope, fees and current eligibility for their circumstances directly with the firm.
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Ana Margarida Camacho is an associate in Antas da Cunha ECIJA’s Immigration & Citizenship practice. She specialises in residence permits for investment and advises on applications, renewals and modifications, regularisation, visas, family reunification, nationality and labour immigration. She trained at CMS Portugal, worked at LEGALSQUARE and joined Antas da Cunha ECIJA in 2025.
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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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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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Carlota Cavalheiro is an associate in Antas da Cunha ECIJA’s Immigration & Citizenship practice. She advises Portuguese and international clients on regularisation, naturalisation, labour immigration and international mobility. She began her career at Teresa Patrício e Associados, completed her Portuguese Bar traineeship at EDGE in 2024 and joined Antas da Cunha ECIJA in 2025.
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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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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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João Vaz Teiga is an associate in Antas da Cunha ECIJA’s Immigration & Citizenship practice. He focuses on residence-permit regimes and advises international clients and companies on labour immigration. With close to five years of professional activity, he has experience handling residence-permit applications and proceedings before Portuguese immigration authorities. He joined Antas da Cunha ECIJA in 2026.
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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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Antas da Cunha ECIJA & Associados is a Portuguese full-service law firm constituted in 2015. It joined ECIJA in 2017 and appears in the Ordem dos Advogados law-firm register under registration 40/15 with the Lisbon Regional Council.
The firm’s official Immigration & Citizenship practice lists visas and residence permits, Portuguese citizenship, international workforce mobility, family reunification, investment and residence programmes including the Golden Visa, relocation, and regularisation of immigration status.
Yes. The firm’s official Immigration & Citizenship practice expressly includes investment and residence programmes such as the Golden Visa. Current qualifying routes are non-property options; this profile does not present real-estate acquisition or a passive capital transfer as eligible routes.
The firm publishes direct offices in Lisbon, Oporto and Braga. It also publishes a Madeira presence in Funchal as a joint venture with Vítor Abreu Advogados, which is labelled as a joint venture rather than a direct Antas office.
Yes. Antas da Cunha ECIJA is a full-service practice. Depending on the engagement, immigration clients may be supported by the firm’s corporate, tax, employment, real-estate, family and dispute-resolution capabilities. Clients should confirm the responsible team and scope directly with the firm.
Golden Visa Lawyers publishes eight governed Antas lawyer profiles: Ana Margarida Camacho, Beatriz Sousa, Bruna Casagrande, Carlota Cavalheiro, Fernando Antas da Cunha, João Vaz Teiga, João de Moraes Vaz and Melaine Hellwig. Each profile distinguishes documented personal capabilities from firm-wide services.
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Ordem dos Advogados register confirms Fernando Antas da Cunha, cédula 17291L, active (Conselho Regional de Lisboa).
Current official Founder, Managing Partner and Chairman role; Commercial, Corporate and M&A focus; biography, academic background, memberships, Lisbon contact and portrait.
Current Partner role, Real Estate and Immigration & Citizenship scope, relocation and labour-immigration work, career, education, Portuguese/English, 2013 Bar-admission statement and portrait.
Current partner role, Immigration and Citizenship practice, Golden Visa and labour-immigration scope, firm tenure, education, languages, bar admission years, contact details and current portrait.
Current Associate role, Immigration & Citizenship scope, Golden Visa and labour-immigration work, career chronology, education, Portuguese and English, 2020 Bar-admission statement, direct contacts, LinkedIn and current portrait.
Current Associate role, Immigration & Citizenship scope, regularisation, naturalisation, labour-immigration and international-mobility work, career chronology, education, Portuguese and English, 2024 Bar-admission statement, direct contacts, personal LinkedIn and current portrait.
Current Associate role, Immigration & Citizenship scope, ARI residence-permit applications, renewals and modifications, visas, family reunification, nationality and labour-immigration work, career chronology, education, Portuguese, English, French and Spanish, 2024 Bar-admission statement, direct contacts, personal LinkedIn and current portrait.
Current Associate role, Immigration & Citizenship scope, residence-permit and labour-immigration work, close to five years of professional activity, 2026 firm entry, three yearless qualifications, Portuguese and English, 2023 Bar-admission statement, direct contacts, personal LinkedIn and current portrait.
Current Associate role, Immigration & Citizenship scope, residence-visa, residence-permit, citizenship, international-mobility and labour-immigration work, five-years statement, career chronology, education with enrolled/attended boundaries, Portuguese and English, 2023 Bar-admission statement, direct contacts, personal LinkedIn and current portrait.
Current firm history from constitution in 2015 and joining ECIJA in 2017 through the 2026 AMMC Legal integration, including the Taylor Wessing alliance and the Madeira joint venture.
Current direct offices and contacts in Lisbon, Oporto and Braga, plus the expressly labelled Madeira joint venture with Vítor Abreu Advogados.
Current immigration, residence, citizenship, workforce mobility, family reunification, Golden Visa, relocation and regularisation service scope.
Current legal name, Lisbon registered office, NIF 513 631 984, telephone and general email address.
Ordem dos Advogados record for Antas da Cunha, ECIJA & Associados — Sociedade de Advogados, SP, Lda; Lisbon Regional Council; registration 40/15; constitution date and registered address.
Exact Lisbon business identity, official domain, address and phone match; Google rating 4.4 from 45 reviews checked 24 August 2026.
Current Legal 500 Portugal real estate and construction Tier 4 ranking and named practice leadership.
Amoreiras Square Building, Rua Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto, 17 - 2.º andar, 1070-313 Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Rua Eugénio de Castro, n.º 352, 2.º andar, sala 26, 4100-225 Porto
Oporto, Portugal
Rua do Janes, n.º 20, 1.º andar, sala 101, 4700-314 Braga
Braga, Portugal
Madeira joint venture with Vítor Abreu Advogados — Rua 31 de Janeiro, n.º 75, 1.º D, 9050-401 Funchal
Funchal, Portugal
Legal identity, Lisbon registered office, Portuguese Bar law-firm registration 40/15, official website, email domain and published lawyer biographies checked against current first-party and regulator sources on 24 August 2026.
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