Our Team
Meet the Sene & Araújo team: lawyers admitted to the OAB and a partner admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados). Get in touch with us.
The firm
Our team brings together lawyers with training in Civil Procedure and Business Law, aiming at individualized and structured service focused on clients' real needs.
Our mission is to provide agile, secure and personalized service through our structures, with offices in Brazil and Portugal.
Maristela de Araújo
maristela@senearaujo.adv.br
Natalie Sene
natalie@senearaujo.adv.br
Laís Vellozo Sene
lais@senearaujo.adv.br
Partners in Portugal
POC – Porto
Amarah Farage: Lawyer for more than 15 years, working on citizenship cases for more than 10 years.
POC – Lisbon
Aline Correia: Lawyer, postgraduate degree in Public Law, master's candidate in Law and National Security, with extensive experience in immigration cases.
POC – Cascais
Samilly Araújo Ribeiro Matos: Lawyer and Master of Legal Sciences from Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL).
Family, registries, and assets
Divorce
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Latest articles
Selling property in Brazil while living in Portugal
Power of attorney or videoconference, capital gains tax of 15% to 22.5% without the exemptions available to residents, withholding by the buyer, remittance, and credit for the tax against Portuguese IRS: what changes for those living in Portugal.
I inherited property in Brazil and live in Portugal: step by step
Out-of-court inventory before a notary without traveling, a power of attorney with special powers, documents, ITCMD, and the choice of the property's value in the partition: a step-by-step guide for those who inherited in Brazil and live in Portugal.
INSS retirees in Portugal: income tax at progressive rates in 2026
Since Normative Instruction IN RFB 2,299/2025, pensions paid to people living in Portugal are taxed under the progressive table. See the calculation for 2026, the effect on Portuguese IRS, and how to claim back the 25% withheld in recent years.