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Hall of fameMorais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Represents major corporations and multinationals in tax restructuring operations dealing with different types of taxes, both domestically and in an international context, as well as with family offices, inheritance planning and HNWI. He has been involved in tax litigation for several decades, with a very impressive experience, where he has acted essentially as a lawyer, but also as an arbitrator with the scope of the Tax Arbitration Centre (CAAD). Francisco was a member of several Committees of experts in charge of drafting tax legislation. He was also a Visiting Professor of International Tax Law at Nova University of Lisbon (2000-2013) and has been teaching a postgraduate course on taxation at Universidade Católica Portuguesa for many years.
Hall of fameRFF Advogados
Managing partner Areas of practice: Tax & Business Private Clients Internationalization Tax Litigation Customs Special consumption taxes VAT Accounting law Social Security and Labour Corporate Budget and Public Accounting Energy and infraestructure Litigation Tax Arbitration Criminal law and Tax related infringements Others
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Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Bruno Santiago is a Lawyer Specialist in Tax Law that practices in domestic and international taxation, both in consulting and in dispute resolution. He coordinates dedicated teams in advising clients in cross-border transactions and transfer pricing taking advantage of his knowledge of Angolan and Mozambican taxation, product of his collaboration with the Africa Team - an internal structure that guarantees, on a permanent basis, and in close cooperation with the member firms of the Morais Leitão Legal Circle, personalised day-to-day assistance to clients on those jurisdictions. He has also a strong activity in tax disputes and arbitration covering income taxes, VAT, property taxes as well as stamp duty on financial operations, in administrative, judicial and penalties proceedings. Bruno Santiago represents clients from various sectors – financial services, oil and gas, energy, real estate and construction, media and advertising, pharmaceuticals, and private clients.
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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Pérez-Llorca
Susana joins Pérez-Llorca’s Lisbon office in 2024 to contribute to the international strategy of the firm in the Tax practice area. She has forged her career in Portuguese and international law firms and, until joining Pérez-Llorca, she was a tax partner in the Lisbon office of a Spanish law firm.
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Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Espanha e Associados
Ricardo is a Senior Lawyer and a member of the coordination team. Ricardo’s work consists of providing tax advice to individual and corporate investors. He has worked in the area of income taxes and social security, providing support for non-habitual residents and seconded workers, analysing income and taxes on income, tax benefits, conflicts of laws and application of double tax treaties, among others. His work also involves tax litigation where he represents clients in administrative, judicial and arbitration proceedings on a very broad range of substantive issues.
BROSETA Abogados
Sara is a Lawyer and is a member of the tax, finance (taxation issues) and real estate (taxation issues) teams. Her work consists of providing tax advice to campanies and private clients, as well as representing clients in tax litigation. She advises on real estate restructuring for setting up and marketing residential developments, hotels and tourism undertakings, with emphasis on analysing the specifics of the law, particularly for applying tax incentives for urban rehabilitation, carrying out and drafting contracts for transfers involving any kind of real estate assets, structuring and negotiating real estate transactions, including conducting due diligences and real estate investment fund operations. She also advises financial institutions and insurance company on taxation matters.
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ANGOLA FOREIGN EXCHANGE POLICY NOTICE NO. 01/2020, OF 9 JANUARY

FOREIGN EXCHANGE POLICY The Angolan Central Bank (Banco Nacional de Angola – “BNA”) recently approved Notice no. 01/2020, with a view to simplifying the administrative procedures for licensing the import of goods, and Notice no. 02/2020 with a view to making exempt from authorisation certain current invisible transactions, ordered by legal persons.
VdA - 22 January 2020
Tax & Private Client

ANGOLA FOREIGN EXCHANGE POLICY NOTICE NO. 15/2019, OF 30 DECEMBER

FOREIGN EXCHANGE POLICY The Angolan Central Bank (Banco Nacional de Angola – “BNA”) recently approved Notice no. 15/2019 on the procedures for foreign investment operations carried out by entities qualified as non-residents for foreign exchange purposes.
VdA - 22 January 2020