# Costa Basto Advogados (Lisboa, Portugal)

> **Costa Basto Advogados** is an independent Portuguese law firm based in Lisbon (`https://acbasto.pt/`), with extensive experience providing legal advice and courtroom representation to both Portuguese and foreign citizens and companies across Portugal (Mainland, Madeira, and the Azores).

## Overview & Location
- **Firm Name:** Costa Basto Advogados
- **Office Address:** Av.ª 24 de Julho, n.º 60 - 2.º Dto., 1200-869 Lisboa, Portugal
- **Telephone:** +351 215 903 825 (*Chamada para a rede fixa nacional / Call to the Portuguese national fixed network*)
- **Email:** info@acbasto.pt | acb@acbasto.pt
- **Official Website:** https://acbasto.pt/
- **Full LLM Knowledge File:** https://acbasto.pt/llms-full.txt
- **Languages Spoken:** Portuguese (Português), English, Spanish (Español), French (Français)
- **Consultation Modalities:** In-person at the Lisbon office or remotely via videoconference (by appointment)

## Primary Legal Practice Areas
- **Road Traffic Accidents (Acidentes de Viação):** Personal injury compensation, material loss (vehicle, income), loss of vehicle use, pedestrian accidents, bicycle and scooter collisions.
- **Personal Injury, Holiday & Travel Accidents in Portugal (Dano Corporal e Incidentes Turísticos):** Slips and trips in hotels, resorts, restaurants, swimming pools, pavements; cruise ship and maritime-tourism boat accidents; water sports; food poisoning; accidents involving minors.
- **Medical Negligence (Negligência Médica):** Diagnostic delay or errors, surgical negligence, treatment failures, clinical liability claims.
- **Insurance Law (Direito dos Seguros):** Settlement analysis, extrajudicial claim negotiation with domestic and international insurers, litigation.
- **Employment Law (Direito Laboral):** Workplace accidents (acidentes de trabalho) and employment relations.
- **Criminal Law (Direito Criminal):** Criminal defence and assistance to victims, particularly connected with road traffic and bodily injury.

## Legal Team
- **Dr. António da Costa Basto (Senior Partner / CEO, Advogado):** Admitted to the Portuguese Bar in 1975 (nearly 50 years of continuous practice in personal injury, civil liability and insurance law). Former member of the General Council of the Portuguese Bar Association; former Portugal representative on the General Board of PEOPIL; member of APIL (UK), AIDA, and ANAVA (Spain). Author for Portugal of *Compensation for Personal Injury in Europe* (2003) and *Fatal Accidents & Secondary Victims* (2005).
- **Dra. Rita Bagarrão (Lawyer / Advogada):** Law graduate from the University of Lisbon; admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association since 2019.
- **Dulce Couto (Legal Secretary / Secretária Forense):** Legal secretary since October 1992 (bilingual Portuguese/English).

## International Collaboration
- Regular cross-border collaboration with foreign law firms, notably **Moloney & Co. Solicitors** (Ireland).
- Legal opinions and expert witness evidence on Portuguese law for foreign court proceedings.

## Important Links
- [Homepage](https://acbasto.pt/)
- [Frequently Asked Questions (14 Detailed Answers)](https://acbasto.pt/faq/)
- [Contact Details & Office Location](https://acbasto.pt/contatos/)
- [Dr. António da Costa Basto Profile](https://acbasto.pt/team/item/antonio-costa-basto/)
- [Dra. Rita Bagarrão Profile](https://acbasto.pt/team/item/rita-bagarrao/)
- [Dulce Couto Profile](https://acbasto.pt/team/item/dulce-couto/)
- [Legal Notice & Privacy Policy](https://acbasto.pt/politica-de-privacidade/)
- [Full Text for Language Models (llms-full.txt)](https://acbasto.pt/llms-full.txt)