Understanding a legacy is the first step to protecting it
Origins
Protecting family patrimony begins with understanding what gives it meaning: a family’s history, its values, and the decisions that shape its future.
Each family context is unique - legally, culturally, and personally. Over time, we have worked alongside families through moments of transition, complexity, and responsibility, where decisions require perspective, prudence, and continuity.
More than a single solution, what matters is the ability to understand context, anticipate implications, and act with clarity.
This perspective continues to guide our work today.
EXPERIENCE AND DISCERNMENT
Our way of working
Our work is grounded in close, ongoing relationships, centred on understanding each family’s priorities and concerns.
Information, advisers, and decisions are brought into alignment over time, ensuring coherence between patrimony, family dynamics, and long-term intentions.
Our involvement is discreet and consistent, often taking place away from visibility, yet remaining present wherever stability and long-term perspective are required.
ACTIVE PRESENCE IN MOMENTS THAT REQUIRE GUIDANCE
Essence
We are involved in moments where patrimonial decisions carry lasting consequences, ensuring each step is considered within a long-term perspective.
We do not replace trusted advisers, nor do we impose predefined structures. Our role is to remain closely connected to families, ensuring coherence across decisions as they evolve over time.
Understanding what truly matters to each family — and translating that into clear direction — lies at the centre of our work.
CLARITY AND CONTINUITY IN DECISIONS THAT MATTER
Values
Every decision is approached with the responsibility it deserves.
Prudence, rigour, and discretion define how we work.
Independence remains essential to our role, ensuring that decisions stay aligned with the preservation and transmission of family patrimony over time.
INDEPENDENCE, RESPONSIBILITY AND DISCRETION
Team
TWO PERSPECTIVES, ONE SHARED STANDARD IN THE SERVICE OF FAMILIES
Guilherme Figueiredo
Co-founder of LEGADO FAMILIAR - Private & Family Office
A lawyer by training, his work has developed over more than two decades alongside families navigating complex patrimonial and cross-border realities.
With experience across London, Geneva, and Lisbon, he has accompanied families in structuring and reorganising patrimony and coordinating legal, fiscal, and strategic dimensions.
Today, his role centres on bringing clarity and continuity to patrimonial decisions, working closely with families and their advisers to ensure coherence across structures and generations.
His work is defined by discretion, long-term commitment, and a strong sense of responsibility.
Tânia Leal
Co-founder of LEGADO FAMILIAR - Private & Family Office
A lawyer by training, with more than twenty years of experience in family and succession matters, her work has been closely linked to the most personal dimensions of patrimony: relationships, transitions, and continuity between generations.
She has accompanied families through succession processes, governance transitions, and moments requiring preparation, balance, and careful dialogue.
Her approach is grounded in listening, stability, and clarity, helping families move forward while preserving what defines them.
We work with a limited number of families, over long periods of time
CONFIDENTIAL AND EXCLUSIVE SUPPORT - BY PRIOR APPOINTMENT ONLY