Roca Estate was created by real estate professionals, Nick and Anna Bratyna, in 2020. Since then, the company has grown into a real estate investment and advisory platform focused on helping private investors, property owners, and international clients make confident decisions in the Portuguese real estate market.
The idea behind Roca Estate was simple: to build a company that approaches real estate not only as brokers, but as investors. We wanted to combine market knowledge, practical experience, construction understanding, and long-term investment thinking into one clear and reliable service.
From the beginning, our work has gone beyond simply finding properties. We look at each opportunity from the full investor’s perspective: location, price, legal structure, renovation potential, licensing possibilities, rental demand, operating costs, future liquidity, and long-term value. For us, a good property is not only a beautiful asset — it must also make sense financially, legally, and strategically.
Operating in Portugal since 2020, Roca Estate combines licensed real estate brokerage, construction capabilities, and full-cycle project supervision. This allows us to support clients at every stage of the investment process: from the first property search and initial analysis to negotiations, legal coordination, architecture, licensing, construction, renovation, property management, and exit strategy.
Over the years, we have built a trusted network of legal advisors, architects, engineers, contractors, construction teams, tax consultants, and property management specialists. This network allows us to manage complex real estate processes with clarity and control, helping our clients avoid unnecessary risks and make better-informed decisions.
Our clients come to us for different reasons. Some are looking for stable income-producing assets. Others want value-add opportunities, renovation projects, commercial premises, tourism properties, or long-term real estate holdings in Portugal. In every case, our role is to help structure the opportunity properly, supervise execution, and keep the numbers realistic.
We are investors ourselves, and this defines the way we work. We understand that successful real estate investment is not based on emotion or speculation, but on clear numbers, controlled risks, reliable execution, and realistic upside. We know how important it is to evaluate not only the potential return, but also the practical path to achieving it.
Roca Estate exists to make real estate investment in Portugal more transparent, structured, and manageable. Our mission is to help clients find the right opportunities, improve assets where needed, manage them professionally, and build long-term value with confidence.
Nick Bratyna
Started his career in real estate in 2002 in Kyiv, Ukraine, as an intern in a real estate agency while still being a student, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in corporate law.
After achieving his first experience in real estate transactions and deal structuring, he began to engage in property flipping, reconstruction, refurbishment, and construction projects.
Nick was a partner in several vertical-related businesses, like a mortgage broker and a real estate brokerage.
He is a former shareholder and board member of a real estate development company and an insurance company specializing in securing real estate assets.
Nick leads the market analysis and deal structuring.
Anna Bratyna
After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in marketing and PR in 2002, she worked as a marketing specialist in several companies in Kyiv before co-founding an agency specializing in running campaigns for real estate development companies.
Naturally switched to real estate in 2005. Her experience since then – from construction supervision to management of properties and all beyond.
Anna runs a team of 15 people, managing 30+ real estate objects of more than 10000 m2.
She organized and supervised the construction of 10+ development projects, including a hotel complex and a commercial retail center.
Anna leads all real estate operations.