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Firm profile: Vieira de Almeida

About VdA’s tax team

VdA’s tax practice has unique analytical abilities and is best known for structuring efficient innovative structures within a highly scrutinised and regulated environment, in every market where our clients operate. We are pragmatic and agile, working in cross-practice tailor-made teams that focus on the relevant demands of each matter and jurisdiction.

Our team steadily increased its involvement in the most relevant transactions taking place in the Portuguese-speaking markets or involving several jurisdictions, as well as in key cross-border transactions within the scope of VdA Legal Partners, comprising a wide range of sectors, particularly energy, financial sector (including banking, insurance, and asset management), real estate, infrastructure, healthcare, life sciences and information and communications technology.

VdA provides tax advice in more than 20 countries, with VdA Legal Partners’ local offices in seven Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, as well as in East-Timor. The team is part of the leading international tax network WTS Global, with representation in over 100 countries, offering a full range of tax services and aspiring to be the pre-eminent non-audit tax practice worldwide.

About VdA Legal Partners

VdA Legal Partners stands for all lawyers and independent law firms associated with Vieira de Almeida for the provision of integrated legal services in Africa and Timor-Leste.

Through VdA Legal Partners, clients have access to a team of 330 lawyers across seven jurisdictions, who deliver consistent quality of service and sectorial coverage.

We offer a unique combination of world class know-how and in-depth knowledge of each local situation. Each file entrusted to us is assigned to teams comprised of lawyers specialising in the relevant sector and lawyers residing in the relevant jurisdiction, who can effectively follow-up on the matter locally.

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