About Lamares, Capela & Associados
Editorial summary
Lamares, Capela & Associados is a regulated Portuguese law firm founded by Ana Sofia Lamares and Diogo Capela. The firm reports a 2018 founding year; the Portuguese Bar records the law society under registration 10/19, constituted on 18 March 2019. Its current Avenida de Berna office supports immigration, nationality, real-estate, corporate, tax and private-client work through six independently verified active lawyers.
Lamares, Capela & Associados is a Lisbon-based Portuguese law firm founded by Ana Sofia Lamares and Diogo Capela. The firm's LinkedIn page dates the brand to 2018, while the Portuguese Bar records the law society as constituted on 18 March 2019 under registration 10/19. Its current office is on Avenida de Berna in Lisbon. The firm advises on Portuguese immigration and nationality, including visas, residence permits, Golden Visa matters, residence renewals, citizenship, civil registry and related litigation. Its wider practice covers real estate, corporate and foreign-investment work, tax, succession, family, labour, enforcement, registry and notary matters. The current site names 19 team members, including six independently verified active lawyers, an active trainee lawyer and a solicitor. Golden Visa Lawyers independently matched the six lawyers in the Portuguese Bar directory: founding partners Ana Sofia Lamares and Diogo Capela, together with André Gomes Dias, Beatriz Lopes Tavares, Beatriz Costa Leite and Lília Carvalho. Paula Ventapane Malta appears separately as an active trainee and is not represented as a fully admitted lawyer. Helena Capela is identified by the firm as a solicitor, a distinct Portuguese profession. Current external ratings are platform-specific: Google Maps shows 4.6 from 62 reviews, while Trustpilot shows a 4.1 TrustScore from five reviews. The firm's official footer links LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. Current official sources do not substantiate the directory's previous fixed-price bands or 48-hour response target, so prospective clients should request a written scope, lawyer assignment, fee breakdown and expected response process.
Named lawyers
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Founding Partner
Lamares, Capela & AssociadosPartner
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Firm routes
- Golden Visa, D7 Visa, Permanent Residence and 5 more
Firm-published professional
Ana Sofia Lamares is a founding partner of Lamares, Capela & Associados and an active Portuguese lawyer registered in Lisbon under cédula 51005L. The Portuguese Bar records her admission on 25 May 2012. Her firm biography focuses on Portuguese nationality, civil registration and litigation, plus real-estate work for people planning to live or invest in Portugal. It says she attended law faculties in Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro and completed further corporate, property and litigation training.
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Lawyer
Lamares, Capela & AssociadosIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Firm routes
- Golden Visa, D7 Visa, Permanent Residence and 5 more
Firm-published professional
André Gomes Dias is a Portuguese lawyer registered in Lisbon under cédula 59108L. The Portuguese Bar records his admission on 21 June 2018. His firm biography focuses on property rights, real-estate transactions and succession, including land registration, horizontal property and inherited-asset divisions. It also reports registry/notary work and foreign-judgment review. He holds a University of Lisbon law degree and attended the academic part of a master’s in Legal and Business Sciences.
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Lawyer
Lamares, Capela & AssociadosIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Firm routes
- Golden Visa, D7 Visa, Permanent Residence and 5 more
Firm-published professional
Beatriz Costa Leite is a Portuguese lawyer under cédula 66789P, admitted on 27 September 2022. Her firm biography covers civil, succession, family and labour law, enforcement and credit recovery, plus registries and notary work. She holds a law degree and a master’s in Forensic Legal Sciences from the University of Coimbra, where she also completed postgraduate study in Corporate Law. She works in Portuguese and English; the firm does not assign her personal immigration or Golden Visa work.
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Lawyer
Lamares, Capela & AssociadosIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Firm routes
- Golden Visa, D7 Visa, Permanent Residence and 5 more
Firm-published professional
Beatriz Lopes Tavares is an active Portuguese lawyer under cédula 64429C. The Portuguese Bar records her admission on 9 September 2021. Her firm biography focuses on labour law and social security, with added commercial-law experience. She holds a University of Coimbra law degree, studied for a period at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, and completed postgraduate study in Labour and Social Security Law at the Porto Law School of the Portuguese Catholic University.
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Founding Partner
Lamares, Capela & AssociadosPartner
- Registration
- 55554L
- Regulator
- Ordem dos Advogados (Portuguese Bar)
- Firm jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Firm routes
- Golden Visa, D7 Visa, Permanent Residence and 5 more
Official register checked
Diogo Capela is a founding partner of Lamares, Capela & Associados and an active Portuguese lawyer registered with the Lisbon Regional Council under cédula 55554L. The Portuguese Bar records his admission on 15 June 2016. His firm biography focuses on Portuguese immigration, residence processes, Golden Visa matters and foreign investment. He studied at the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law and the firm reports postgraduate work there in urban planning, tourism and maritime administrative law.
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Lawyer
Lamares, Capela & AssociadosIn-house
- Jurisdictions
- Portugal
- Firm routes
- Golden Visa, D7 Visa, Permanent Residence and 5 more
Firm-published professional
Lília Emídio Carvalho is a Portuguese lawyer whose regulator name appears as Lília Carvalho under cédula 56633C, admitted on 17 March 2017. The Portuguese Bar lists her as active. Her firm biography focuses on civil law, inheritance and real estate, with registry and notary experience. She holds a University of Coimbra law degree and a master’s in Law specialising in Legal and Forensic Sciences from the same university. She works in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
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Published pricing & service standard
- Initial consultation
- < $100
- Published fee band
- $5,000 - $10,000
- Firm-published response target
- No current response-time commitment was found on the official sources checked.
No current official consultation price or broad service-fee range was found. Request a written engagement identifying scope, professional fees, taxes, government and third-party charges, and payment/refund terms.
Pricing checked 24 Aug 2026; confirm the current scope in writing.
Published response target checked 24 Aug 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions about Lamares, Capela & Associados
Is Lamares, Capela & Associados a registered Portuguese law firm?
Yes. The Portuguese Bar society directory records Lamares, Capela & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados SP, RL under registration 10/19, constituted on 18 March 2019.
When was Lamares, Capela & Associados founded?
The firm reports 2018 as its founding year. The law society's official Portuguese Bar constitution date is 18 March 2019.
Where is the firm's current office?
Avenida de Berna, n.º 11, 3.º andar, 1050-036 Lisboa, Portugal. Older Rua Viriato details remain on LinkedIn and privacy surfaces but are not the current contact address.
Which Lamares Capela lawyers are independently verified?
Ana Sofia Lamares, Diogo Capela, André Gomes Dias, Beatriz Lopes Tavares, Beatriz Costa Leite and Lília Carvalho each have one exact active result in the Portuguese Bar directory.
Is Paula Ventapane Malta a fully admitted lawyer?
She is currently active in the Portuguese Bar's trainee-lawyer register. Her title must remain Trainee Lawyer until the full lawyer directory records an active admission.
What immigration routes does the firm publish?
Its current site covers Golden Visa, retirement and passive-income, digital-nomad, entrepreneur and worker routes, residence permits, renewals, refusals, permanent residence and family-related matters.
What are the firm's current ratings?
Google Maps showed 4.6 from 62 reviews and Trustpilot showed 4.1 from five reviews when checked on 24 August 2026. They are separate platform scores and are not averaged.
Does the firm publish fixed fees or guaranteed response times?
No current official pricing or response-time guarantee was found in the sources checked. Clients should request a written engagement identifying the responsible lawyer, included work, professional fees, taxes, government charges and response expectations.
Sources checked for this profile
These links show where the profile's material facts came from and when each source was last checked. Firm-published information is identified separately from official records and external review data.
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Ordem dos Advogados register confirms Diogo Capela, cédula 55554L, active (Conselho Regional de Lisboa).
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Founders, firm history and current service positioning.
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Current canonical site and regulated Portuguese legal-service positioning.
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Current visas, residence permits, renewals, refusals and family-related immigration scope.
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Avenida de Berna office, current telephone and email.
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Current Portugal residence-by-investment practice scope.
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Founding-partner role, nationality/civil-registry practice, education and languages.
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Founding-partner role, immigration and foreign-investment practice, education and languages.
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Real-estate, succession, registry/notary practice, education and languages.
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Civil, succession, family, enforcement and registry practice, education and languages.
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Labour, social-security and commercial practice, education and languages.
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Civil, succession, real-estate and registry practice, education and languages.
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Registered society name, registration 10/19, constitution date 18 March 2019 and current Lisbon office.
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Paula Ventapane Malta's active trainee status, cédula 51660L and registration date 7 May 2025.
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Exact firm profile matching the official domain and telephone; 4.6 from 62 reviews on 24 August 2026.
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