Irina Akhmetova

Born in 1983 in Yekaterinburg (Russia) and has been in Portugal since 2006.

Irina has a degree of the Faculty of Law of Russia (2004 - Ural Academy of Law) and Portugal (2007 - University of Minho), a degree in management (2009 - Faculty of Economics of Porto) and a master's degree in Finance and Taxation (2012 - University of Porto). After a mandatory internship at the Bar Association (2007-2009), she has been registered as a lawyer since 2009.

With extensive professional experience, from the age of 18, beginning from a lawyer's assistant, raised to director of the legal department, having worked in the areas of auditing, tax consultancy and investment banking services, after extensive experience in several offices, at the beginning of 2015 created her own law firm, based in Lisbon.

Speaks Russian, Portuguese, English and French.

Commit to continuous learning, annually updating your know-how in specialized courses.

Working methods

Law is a philosophical science that mediates conflicts between people, organizations and states. In situations of divergent interests, the truth, whether political, moral, religious or scientific, varies according to time, place or point of view.

We can think of a car accident, a collision between two cars. The first driver will say that the second accelerated. The second will say that the first ran the red light. Anyone who witnessed the accident can say that the second driver was trapped in another car, leaving him with no other option but to move to the location where the first driver was. And another person who noticed an accident at the window of a nearby building might say that the light was actually green.

The lawyer's role is to help the client present his truth, defending it based on arguments, evidence, reasoning and the law, convincing all interlocutors that only by implementing this truth will justice be served.

It is important for us to carefully study the case presented and, as always, together with the client, find the best solution as quickly as possible.