Teresa Madeira Afonso
Partner

Teresa Madeira Afonso

Joined PLMJ in 2015.
Partner and co-head of the Real Estate and Tourism practice.

About Teresa

Teresa is a partner and co-head of the Real Estate and Tourism practice. With almost 20 years’ professional experience in the areas of commercial law, real estate and tourism. 

Teresa focuses on structuring, negotiating and carrying out real estate and tourism sector M&A and private equity transactions, advising, also, on the set up and operation of investment and venture capitals funds, financing operations and corporate restructuring in various sectors of the real estate and tourism industries.

She also has experience in developing and operating large-scale agricultural projects.

In the tourism sector, Teresa advises some of the most important investors and operators in the Portuguese market, having deep experience in all legal phases of tourism projects, from acquisition to construction, licensing, management and operation of all types of tourism developments.

Teresa has an LL.M. from the University of Virginia, USA.

Before joining PLMJ, she was a lawyer at the law firm Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho.

Contacts

Office: Lisbon
(+351) 213 197 300*
teresa.madeiraafonso@plmj.pt

*National landlines call

Languages:
English, French, Spanish, German

Academic Background
  • Law degree from NOVA University Lisbon, 2005
  • Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2008
  • Postgraduate in land use, planning, and the environment from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2009
  • LL.M. University of Virginia Law School - USA, 2014
Professional Background
  • Partner at PLMJ since 2021
  • Lawyer at Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho, 2005-2015
Other Awards
2025 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Leading | Leaders League - Real Estate Law
2022 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Thought Leadership | Iberian Lawyer - Forty under 40
Chambers Europe
2025 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Up and Coming | Corporate Law / M&A
2025 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Up and Coming | Real Estate
2024 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Up and Coming | Corporate Law / M&A
Chambers Global
2025 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Up and Coming | Corporate Law / M&A
2024 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Up and Coming | Corporate Law / M&A
The Legal 500
2025 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Recommended | Real Estate and Construction
2023 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Recommended | Corporate / M&A
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