Rita Branco is a lawyer and co-founder of Allawyers, a law firm in Algarve, Portugal. She has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2000, registered with the Faro District Council under No. 296-F.
She holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, awarded in 1995. She also holds postgraduate diplomas in urban planning and construction law from the University of Lisbon, and in taxation from ESGHT, University of the Algarve. She also holds a postgraduate diploma in real estate law.
Her practice covers property transactions, urban planning and licensing, tax, residence visas, succession planning for international families, land registry, and short and long-term lettings.
At the Portuguese Bar Association she was president of the Loulé delegation for two terms, from 2011 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2016, and a member of the General Council from 2017 to 2019. From 2023 to 2025 she headed the Portuguese delegation to the CCBE, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe.
For XREI she reviews the legal content of the Living in Portugal guides and writes on Portuguese property law.