In an opinion piece for Jornal Económico, Maria Santa Martha, Partner, and Coordinator of CCA ONTIER's Oporto office explains the new regime for investment and real estate management companies (SIGIs), approved on February 1st, which aims at strengthening the competitiveness of the Portuguese economic fabric and of the capital market.
'The SIGIs must meet a set of requirements, of which we highlight the headquarters and effective management in Portugal, the adoption of the nature of ‘limited liability company’, a minimum capital stock of 5 million euros and the obligation to have their shares admitted for trading (on a regulated market or selected for trading in a multilateral system)', emphasizes Maria Santa Martha.