Leilosil

Leilosil is a Portuguese auction house whose catalogue runs from real estate through to industrial machinery, with a distinct judicial sales desk — the contact address for that side of the business is vendasjudiciais@leilosil.pt, which tells you how much of the work comes from the courts. Portugal's auction market is structured this way: private auctioneers carry out a large share of the disposals ordered in enforcement and insolvency proceedings, so the same house sells both voluntary consignments and court-driven lots.

What you can buy

• Real estate: the headline category, with its own dedicated section on the site — residential, commercial and land.
• Industrial machinery: metalworking and production equipment from closures and insolvencies.
• Business assets: the equipment, stock and fittings that come with a company wind-down.

How the bidding works

The site is organised around three things a bidder needs: the auction calendar (Leilões), the categories, and a Como Participar guide explaining how to take part. Register before bidding. Where a lot arrives through a court procedure, the sale runs to that procedure's timetable rather than the auctioneer's, so the published closing date is the one that binds.

What to check before you bid

For judicial lots, the conditions come from the case: deposits, payment deadlines and the state in which the asset transfers are set by the court or the insolvency administrator, and Portuguese property can be sold occupied or with charges still registered against it. Ask which procedure a lot belongs to and read the sale conditions rather than the summary. The site is Portuguese-language, and viewing is arranged per lot at wherever the asset physically sits.