About
The people behind The Portugal Desk.
Sampaio & Nasr, Lda was founded in 2016 in Portugal. Its activity covers real estate mediation and consultancy, renovation and engineering consultancy, short-stay and condominium management. The Portugal Desk brings these together into one private-client service.

Vivian Nasr
Founding Partner
- 15+ years in the Portuguese real estate market, with a broad local network
- Investment assessment, project implementation, revenue generation and asset management
- Expert in the process of moving to Portugal, and in the opportunities it opens
- Degree in International Business, Lindenwood University (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
- Has lived as an expat in the Netherlands, the US, France and Portugal

Nelson Sampaio
Founding Partner
- MSc Civil Engineering (IST Lisbon); Chartered Engineer, Ordem dos Engenheiros
- 20+ years leading projects, procurement and CAPEX programmes at Technip, Siemens, Solvay and HydrogenPro
- Has lived and worked in Brazil, the US, the Netherlands, France and Germany
- Fluent in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish
Company facts
- Company
- Sampaio & Nasr, Lda
- NIPC
- 513 931 260
- Founded
- 2016
- AMI licence
- n.º 18356 (IMPIC)
- Based in
- Lisbon, Portugal
