Abreu Advogados advised Utrust - a Portugal-based fintech company that intends to revolutionize cryptocurrency payments by allowing merchants to accept “payments” in cryptocurrencies in a swift manner and with conversion to fiat - in expanding its services to the Portuguese real estate market.
Known as the ‘Paypal of blockchain’, Utrust is launching an innovative cryptocurrency payment solution for real estate transactions with legal support from Abreu Advogados. With Utrust’s solution, real estate sellers/buyers will be able to receive and settle payments in crypto-assets instantly, locking their value and thus removing market volatility associated with cryptocurrencies.
Abreu Advogados’s scope of work included, among others, addressing the legal and tax framework applicable to real estate-for-crypto exchange agreements, including applicable anti-money laundering and terrorism financing procedures, as well as the legal and contractual framework of Utrust’s role as an intermediary in these transactions.
Abreu Advogados' team was headed by partner Rodrigo Formigal and composed of associate lawyer João Carlos Gusmão and trainee lawyer João Soares Carvalho, all of the Finance practice area.
About Abreu Advogados
Abreu Advogados is one of the largest law firms in Portugal, with a team of more than 200 lawyers and a total of 320 professionals. In addition to the offices in Lisbon, Porto and Madeira (in partnership), Abreu Advogados fosters an international desk network in Portuguese speaking countries, as Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, China-Macau, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and East Timor.
