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Highlighted for its ‘in-depth technical knowledge’ and ’high ability to solve problems’, PLMJ provides comprehensive advice on a wide range of tax matters, including banking and real estate transactions, M&A, wealth management, estate planning, and tax litigation. The team’s clients include blue-chip companies, international and Portuguese banks, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, all of whom seek the team’s expertise in complex cross-border transactions. Spearheading the team is Isaque Ramos, recognised for his focus on transaction-related tax matters in both Portugal and Africa. Dinis Tracana is another key figure in the team, with deep experience in cross-border transactional tax matters, while Carolina Campos Dias‘ practice includes complex corporate reorganisations, financing transactions, M&A and real estate investments. The team was significantly strengthened following the incorporation of RRP Advogados in July 2024, including Ricardo Reigada Pereira, who has a wealth of experience in transactional mandates and tax litigation.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Team available and quick to respond. In-depth technical knowledge; conveys confidence; high ability to solve problems.'

  • ‘Rita Medalho is very committed and involved with the client and provides simple answers to complex problems.'

  • 'The PLMJ team stands out from others because its client service standards are high, they are concerned with keeping the client always informed, and the team has a total commitment to resolving the matter in question.'

  • 'PMLJ lawyers focus all their attention on what the customer needs, being patient, and defining their priorities with the client. Provides periodically updated information, being fully available when customers contact them. They constantly seek to improve the service provided.'

  • 'We have worked directly with Teresa Oliveira Braga, and from day one it has been a 100% effective partnership!’

  • ‘Ricardo Reigada Pereira's team has high technical knowledge and is certainly one of our first choices in highly complex tax litigation cases.'

  • 'Ricardo Reigada Pereira heads an amazing tax team that can tackle the most complex tax issues we have faced in litigation with the Portuguese Tax Authorites.'

Key clients

  • Incus Capital Partners
  • Davidson Kempner / Pioneer
  • Green Ventures SGPS (CJR Renewables Group)
  • H&M
  • Live Nation Entertainment
  • Philip Morris International (Portugal)
  • Promiris
  • Rega Energy
  • Ryanair
  • BTG Pactual
  • TAP - Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
  • TK Elevadores Portugal

Work highlights

  • Advising Incus Capital on the analysis of the main tax contingencies identified in PwC’s tax due diligence.
  • Advising Oxy Capital on assessing the tax and legal implications, as well as the level of risk, arising from fixed contribution plans, standard retirement plans, fixed benefit plans, agreements between employer and employee concerning bonuses.
  • Advised Ephemeral Ethernal (Vhils) on the tax and legal structuring and setting up of an absolutely novel arrangement with the Portuguese bank BPI to launch a digital art platform for the sale of NFTs.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Isaque Ramos

Other key lawyers

Carolina Campos Dias, Dinis Tracana, Ricardo Reigada Pereira, Leonardo Scolari, Rita Medalho, Teresa Oliveira Braga