Lawyers

Susana Soutelinho

Deloitte Legal, Portugal

Work Department

Tax Controversy

Position

Partner and Head of Tax Controversy

Career

Lawyer with a large experience in Tax Consultancy and Tax Litigation, practice areas to which Susana has been dedicated since 1997, when she graduated.

Susana joined CTSU - Sociedade de Advogados, the Deloitte Legal practice in Portugal, in June 2019 and is the coordinator Partner of the Tax Litigation team.

Assisting companies and individual clients, she has been dedicated in particular to Tax Litigation and Tax Arbitration, holding the title of Tax Law specialist lawyer, granted by the Portuguese Bar Association in 2013. Also in the list of Tax Arbitrators of the Portuguese Administrative Arbitration Center, since 2012.

Susana participated in several Tax Law conferences, in Universities, professional associations and in the Portuguese Judicial Studies Centre.

She is the author of several publications concerning Tax Law and Tax Litigation.

The main practice areas where she has also been involved for the past years also include administrative litigation, namely public extra-contractual civil liability disputes as well as legal assistance to Portuguese and foreign companies in tax disputes prevention.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, since 2010. Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1999.

Education

Conclusion of the lecturing stage of PhD in Tax Law from the Law School of Universidade de Lisboa, 2019. Conclusion of the lecturing stage of PhD in Tax Law from the Law School of Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Lisboa, 2015. Advanced Postgraduation in Corporate Income Tax from the Law School of Universidade de Lisboa, 2014. EU Litigation Course from the Law School of Universidade de Coimbra, 2008. Postgraduation in Tax Law from Instituto Superior de Gestão, 2002. Law degree from the Law School of Universidade de Lisboa, 1997.