Portugal
Rui Assis Passos
Firm-published professional — credential not independently checked
Founder & Managing Director at ERG Legal & Family Office
Rui Assis Passos is founder and managing director of ERG Legal & Family Office in Lisbon. The Portuguese Bar's public search listed him as active under cédula 18673L, first registered in 2003, when checked on 6 August 2026. ERG and Investment Migration Council sources attribute his practice to Portuguese immigration and Golden Visa work, private clients, tax and estate planning and company structuring. He has represented ERG in parliamentary and IMC forums; source limits are stated below.
- What is on file
- Firm-published identity and role. No current official credential check.
- Record reviewed
- 6 Aug 2026
What Rui does
- Jurisdictions
- PortugalFirm level
- Works in
- Portuguese, English, French
- Relationship to the firm
- In-house lawyer
Routes Rui handlesFirm level
- Golden Visa
- D7 Visa
- D2/Entrepreneur
- Digital Nomad
- Citizenship
- Work Permit
- Family Reunification
Track record
- 23
- Years in practiceStated by the firm
Credentials
Education
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Law studies (degree title not published)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2000
Working with Rui
- Enquiries
- Handled by ERG Legal & Family OfficeFirm level
- First consultation
- FreeFirm level
- Typical engagement fee
- $2,000 - $5,000Firm level
- Typical first reply
- Not stated
- Languages of engagement
- Portuguese, English, French
Writing and speaking
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Pioneering Immigration Solutions
Investment Migration Council, 2025
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An Evening Shock in Lisbon: How a Calm August Friday Ended in a Political Earthquake
IMGlobal Wealth, 2025
Common questions
What is Rui Assis Passos's role at ERG Legal?
ERG and the Investment Migration Council identify him as ERG Legal & Family Office's founder and managing lawyer in Lisbon. His published work covers Portuguese immigration and Golden Visa matters alongside private-client, tax, estate-planning and company-structuring work.
Is Rui Assis Passos registered with the Portuguese Bar?
Yes. The Portuguese Bar's public search listed Rui Assis Passos as active in the Lisbon Regional Council under cédula 18673L when checked on 6 August 2026. It gives 12 March 2003 as his first registration date.
What education does Rui Assis Passos publish?
His public LinkedIn profile lists Universidade Católica Portuguesa from 1994 to 2000 but does not publish the exact degree title. The directory therefore records law studies at that institution without inventing an LL.B. or another award.
What has Rui Assis Passos published about immigration?
The Investment Migration Council published his 2025 article Pioneering Immigration Solutions, and IMGlobal Wealth published his 2025 commentary on Portugal's immigration reform. Both official links are listed in his publication section.
This record
- On file
- Firm-published identity and relationship. No current official credential check is on file.
- Record reviewed
- 6 Aug 2026
- Next review
- 6 Aug 2027
- Credential status
- This person is shown from firm-published material and has not passed GVL's official credential check.
- Not checked
- Figures stated by the firm, which we publish with their source but do not independently confirm.
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