Silver Law
The increase in life expectancy, the international mobility of families, and the growing complexity of asset management make specialized legal support for senior citizens, their families, and their caregivers increasingly relevant.
Senior Citizens' Law, also known as Silver Law, is a multidisciplinary area of practice that aims to ensure the protection of the autonomy, will, dignity, and assets of senior citizens, anticipating situations of disability, dependency, inheritance, family reorganization, or change of residence.
Its purpose is essentially preventative: to allow the client to organize their personal, family, and financial decisions in a timely manner, reducing future risks and preventing conflicts.
The internationalization of families has reinforced the importance of this planning. It is increasingly common for a person to have tax residence in one country, assets in another, heirs in different jurisdictions, and legal instruments executed at different times in their life. In these cases, it becomes essential to ensure consistency between wills, donations, marital property regimes, life insurance policies, powers of attorney, corporate structures, and applicable inheritance rules.
Prime Legal advises national and international clients on all phases of legal longevity planning, assisting senior citizens, multigenerational families, foreign residents in Portugal, and clients seeking to structure their retirement, inheritance, or assets with legal security.
What we do?
- National and international succession planning
- Will preparation
- Lifetime donations and lifetime inheritances
- Protection of surviving spouse, children, and vulnerable heirs.
- Review of marital property regime and prenuptial agreements
- Family wealth planning and organization
- Advisory services in life insurance and unit-linked products.
- Powers of attorney, mandates and instruments of representation
- Monitoring of increased risk and protective measures for vulnerable people.
- Advance directives (living will)
- Home care contracts and senior residences
- Taxation of inheritances, donations, pensions and assets
- Residence in Portugal for retirees and holders of passive income (D7)
- Prevention and resolution of family and inheritance disputes.
