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Muddy Waters Drags Mota-Engil Into a Texas Civil-Defamation Action Over Carlos Mota Santos's December 2024 Expresso Interview — Group Frames the 19 December 2025 Filing as Carrying 'Little Relevance' to Operations

Muddy Waters Drags Mota-Engil Into a Texas Civil-Defamation Action Over Carlos Mota Santos's December 2024 Expresso Interview — Group Frames the 19 December 2025 Filing as Carrying 'Little Relevance' to Operations

Muddy Waters Capital sued Mota-Engil in a Texas civil court on 19 December 2025 for defamation tied to a December 2024 Expresso interview with CEO Carlos Mota Santos. The group has filed for dismissal and CFO José Carlos Nogueira frames the case as carrying 'little relevance' to operations.
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Casa Pronta in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Property-Transaction One-Stop Counter, the €375 Single-Act and €700 Multi-Act Tariff, the SIGA Booking Portal and the Compra-e-Venda Route That Replaces the Notarial Escritura

Casa Pronta in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Property-Transaction One-Stop Counter, the €375 Single-Act and €700 Multi-Act Tariff, the SIGA Booking Portal and the Compra-e-Venda Route That Replaces the Notarial Escritura

Portugal's Casa Pronta one-stop counter folds the purchase deed, the IMT and Imposto do Selo payment, the mortgage signing and the Predial registration into a single conservatória session — €375 single act, €700 multi-act, +€50 per extra property.
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Solicitadores in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Câmara-Regulated Profession, the DPA Authentication Route That Beats the Notarial Tariff, and the Agente de Execução Side That Closes the Final Leg of the Legal-Paperwork Trilogy

Solicitadores in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Câmara-Regulated Profession, the DPA Authentication Route That Beats the Notarial Tariff, and the Agente de Execução Side That Closes the Final Leg of the Legal-Paperwork Trilogy

A practical guide to the Portuguese solicitador — the regulated profession that sits between the advogado and the notário, runs the DPA authentication route at half the cartório tariff, and closes the four-piece legal-paperwork cluster after Notaries, Apostille and Certified Translations.
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Certified Translations in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the No-Sworn-Translator Model, the Six Authentication Routes and the EU Regulation 2016/1191 Exemption That Cuts Paperwork

Certified Translations in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the No-Sworn-Translator Model, the Six Authentication Routes and the EU Regulation 2016/1191 Exemption That Cuts Paperwork

Portugal has no sworn translators. Every certified translation runs through one of six authentication routes — advogado, solicitador, notário, conservatória, câmara de comércio or consulate — and the EU 2016/1191 exemption skips the requirement entirely for EU public documents.
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President Seguro Promulgates the Habitação Fiscal Package on Tuesday 12 May — 10% IRS Cap on Rents Up to €2,300, 6% IVA on Moderate-Price Construction and a First-Buyer IMT Exemption Hold Through 31 December 2029

President Seguro Promulgates the Habitação Fiscal Package on Tuesday 12 May — 10% IRS Cap on Rents Up to €2,300, 6% IVA on Moderate-Price Construction and a First-Buyer IMT Exemption Hold Through 31 December 2029

President António José Seguro promulgated the Government's housing fiscal package on Tuesday 12 May 2026, completing the legislative cycle that began with Law 9-A/2026 — the parliamentary authorisation passed on 6 March — and the Council of...
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Notaries in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Notário, the Cartório, the Procuração, the Apostila and the Documento Particular Autenticado That Saves Foreign Residents Time and Money

Notaries in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Notário, the Cartório, the Procuração, the Apostila and the Documento Particular Autenticado That Saves Foreign Residents Time and Money

Almost every paper transaction a foreign resident signs in Portugal — buying property, granting a power of attorney, drafting a will, validating a foreign document — passes through a notário. This is the field guide to the cartório, the procuração, the apostila and the DPA alternative.
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