FB&Associados

What FB&Associados does

FB&Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL (also branded as FBeA / FB&A) is a privately held Portuguese full-service law firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in Lisbon with a secondary office in Coimbra. The firm operates across 12 practice areas delivered as integrated professional service lines: civil and criminal litigation and arbitration; counterordination and compliance; public law; TMT (technology, media, and IT); labor and social security; family and succession; corporate, commercial, and M&A; tax; real estate and urbanism; health and pharmaceutical; immigration and Golden Visa; and private client services. There are no proprietary technology products; the underlying "technology" is partner-led legal expertise supported by a corporate website and social channels for outreach.

The firm serves three primary segments: corporate and business clients requiring transactional, regulatory, and dispute support; central, regional, and local government including public institutes and state-owned enterprises; and high-net-worth individuals and families needing succession, property, and residency-related legal services. Its revenue model is professional services billings — hourly fees, fixed retainers, or project-based engagements — across the practice areas. Geographic reach is exercised directly in Portugal and through mutual strategic partnerships with law firms in Angola, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Ownership and governance sit with the named partners: Filipe Barata is the Founding Partner, Ana Salgado is Managing Partner, and Duarte Martins de Carvalho, Leonor Sande e Silva, Ana Rita Rodrigues, and Nídia Cristino are Partners. The firm has raised no outside capital and discloses no parent company, M&A activity, or institutional investment. Recent operational signals — hiring an Associate in September 2024 and an Of Counsel for TMT and AI — point to a growing mid-sized boutique in build-out mode rather than a large incumbent firm.

Name

FB&Associados

Legal name

FB&Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL

Website

https://fbea.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FB&Associados is a Portuguese full-service law firm headquartered in Lisbon with a secondary office in Coimbra, serving corporate, public-sector, and high-net-worth clients across 12 practice areas and an international partnership network spanning Angola, Brazil, UAE, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal services billed through hourly fees, fixed retainers, or project-based arrangements across various practice areas including litigation, corporate/M&A, tax, real estate, immigration, labor, and compliance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FB&Associados is a Portuguese law firm (Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL) providing full-service legal advisory across 12 practice areas, including corporate/M&A, tax, real estate, labor, immigration, public law, TMT, family/succession, health/pharmaceutical, compliance, private client, and litigation. The firm serves corporate and private clients in Portugal, Angola, Brazil, the UAE, and São Tomé and Príncipe from offices in Lisbon and Coimbra.

Product overview

FB&Associados is a full-service law firm offering 12 distinct legal practice areas delivered as integrated service offerings rather than modular software products. The firm's core portfolio spans litigation and arbitration, corporate and M&A, tax law, labor law, real estate, immigration, healthcare and pharmaceutical, family and succession, public law, technology/media/TMT, counterordination and compliance, and private client services. The practice areas are organized as specialized service lines that can be engaged individually or combined to address client needs across multiple jurisdictions including Portugal, Angola, Brazil, UAE, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate and M&A Advisory
• Tax Law Advisory
• Real Estate Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• Immigration Law
• Public Law
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) Law
• Family and Succession Law
• Health and Pharmaceutical Law
• Compliance
• Private Client Services Personalized legal advisory for high-net-worth individuals and families on wealth structuring, succession, and private affairs.
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Angola Legal PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with law firms in Angola enabling FB&Associados to accompany and serve clients in Angolan jurisdiction, extending the firm's geographic reach to Portuguese-speaking African countries.
• Brazil Legal PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with law firms in Brazil allowing FB&Associados to serve clients with interests or operations in Brazil, leveraging the cultural and legal system connections between Portugal and Brazil.
• United Arab Emirates Legal PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with law firms in the United Arab Emirates enabling FB&Associados to support clients in Middle East markets, particularly for investment and business setup activities.
• São Tomé and Príncipe Legal PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with law firms in São Tomé and Príncipe allowing FB&Associados to serve clients in this Portuguese-speaking island nation, extending services to African Lusophone markets.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Uría Menéndez: Uría Menéndez is a leading Iberian law firm with extensive corporate, tax, regulatory, and litigation practices and an established Lisbon presence. It overlaps directly with FB&Associados on Portuguese corporate, public, and dispute resolution matters.
• Cuatrecasas: Cuatrecasas is a major Iberian law firm with deep practices in corporate/M&A, tax, labor, public law, and regulated industries. It competes with FB&Associados for cross-border Iberian and Lusophone work and for enterprise clients with operations in Portugal.
• PLMJ: PLMJ is one of Portugal's largest full-service law firms with broad corporate, M&A, tax, litigation, public law, and private client practices. It is a directly comparable full-service incumbent competing for the same Portuguese enterprise and public-sector mandates as FB&Associados, but at materially larger scale.
• Morais Leitão: Morais Leitão is a top-tier Portuguese law firm covering corporate, banking, tax, litigation, public, and private client work, with a notable international footprint into Lusophone Africa and Brazil. It is a relevant direct competitor on cross-border mandates and full-service enterprise work.
• Vieira de Almeida (VdA): VdA is a leading Portuguese full-service law firm with strong practices in corporate/M&A, tax, TMT, public law, and private clients, and an international office network. It competes head-to-head with FB&Associados for Lisbon-based corporate and public-sector work and for cross-border Lusophone mandates.

Direct peers

• Abreu Advogados: Abreu Advogados is a Portuguese full-service firm with practices in corporate, tax, litigation, real estate, public, and private client work. It is a directly comparable mid-to-large Portuguese competitor serving enterprise and HNW clients with similar multi-disciplinary offerings.
• Miranda & Associados (Miranda Alliance): Miranda Alliance is a Lusophone-focused international legal alliance with offices across Portugal, Brazil, and several African markets. It is a directly comparable peer because FB&Associados' Angola and Brazil partnership strategy essentially targets the same cross-border Lusophone mandate flow.
• SRS Advogados: SRS Advogados is a mid-sized Portuguese full-service law firm with comparable practice breadth across corporate, tax, real estate, labor, and private clients. It is a closer size-match direct competitor to FB&Associados for mid-market Portuguese enterprise mandates.

Regional players

• ALC Advogados (Angola): ALC Advogados is a leading Angolan full-service law firm serving enterprise clients with Portuguese and international legal needs. It is comparable as the type of regional Lusophone partner firm FB&Associados relies on to serve clients with Angolan interests.
• BMA - Baptista, Monteverde & Associados: BMA is a Mozambican full-service law firm with strong ties into Portuguese-speaking Africa and Portugal-based counsel networks. It is comparable because it represents the kind of African Lusophone firm FB&Associados partners with to deliver cross-border mandates in the PALOP region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FbSociedade
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/51626567

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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