Jorge Salvador Gonçalves has been with Garrigues as a partner since December 2016.

In his professional practice he focus mainly on the following areas:

• Direct or indirect investment in property assets and real estate portfolios (offices, retail, logistics, hotels & leisure, residential), acting for investors and developers, on the buy-side and sell-side as well, including M&A deals in the real estate sector;
• Real estate acquisition and development financing;
• Development of real estate projects, advising on all stages of planning, licensing, land use structuring and marketing (sales);
• Construction, development and project management contracts;
• Structuring and regulatory advice in connection with tourism undertakings;
• Structuring of invesments in real estate (investment vehicles);
• Management of assets in the real estate and the tourism sectors.

Jorge Salvador Gonçalves graduated in 1988 (Law degree) by the Law School of the University of Lisbon. In the early stages of his professional career, after having qualified as a lawyer upon completing his traineeship with the Portuguese Bar Association, he worked as legal advisor to the Mayor of Lisbon (1990-1995), focusing on urban planning and development of projects of public initiative. He then joined the law firm Morais Leitão, J. Galvão Teles & Associados, as associate (1999-2001). He moved to Linklaters to lead the Real Estate and Planning practice, as managing associate between 2002-2007 and as partner from May 2007, until March 2012. Subsequently he practiced independently, in association with the firm Jardim, Sampaio, Magalhães e Silva e Associados (2012-2016), until joining Garrigues.

Jorge Salvador Gonçalves served as advisor to the President of the Portuguese Republic for Political and Parliamentary Affairs (1996-2001).

From July 2016 to July 2020, he was a member of the Portuguese High Council for the Judiciary, elected by the Portuguese Parliament.