Tax
By capitalising on the expertise of the firm’s accomplished corporate team, the tax practice at Linklaters integrates its knowledge to offer clients comprehensive guidance in market-defining transactions. Leveraging its extensive global network, the team - praised for its ‘high technical and sector knowledge’ - is also well positioned to assist clients with the gamut of regulatory and contentious tax matters. The team is spearheaded by the ‘outstanding’ Rui Camacho Palma, who is noted for his international tax planning and transactional tax expertise; he often advises on the tax aspects of public and private M&A. Managing associate Inês Pisco Bento is singled out for her strong performance in tax litigation, including administrative, judicial and arbitration proceedings.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘I highlight the enormous availability and high technical and sector knowledge demonstrated by the team.'
‘I highlight Rui Camacho Palma and Inês Pisco Bento's extremely high level of technical knowledge and availability to discuss matters.'
‘The team has a very high degree of knowledge and skills combined with a deep understanding of the client's business needs.'
‘Credibility and ability to deliver in challenging situations.’
‘Rui Camacho Palma - unique knowledge and experience. Total availability and accessibility for clarification and monitoring of processes. Fantastic knowledge of the client's reality and quick understanding of business risk factors.'
'Inês Pisco Bento - excellent client interaction skills, always very clear and detailed in her presentations on the topics she manages. Extremely reliable from the point of view of deadline management and output quality.'
‘Rui Camacho Palma is exceptionally responsive and very clear in his advice. He has an outstanding talent in explaining complex matters in a very simple way. Rui is a fast thinker and nearly always on top of current developments.'
Key clients
- ECS – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Capital de Risco, S.A.
- NOWO - Communications, S.A. (a subsidiary of Vodafone)
- Onitelecom - Infocomunicações, S.A.
- Sierra Portugal
- Union Investment
- BNP Paribas Personal Finance
- FLOA
- Cerberus
- NTT Data
Work highlights
- Advising Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Banco Santander Totta, Millennium bcp, Novo Banco, Oitante on Project Crow, which consisted of the sale of ECS Capital and related assets to Davidson Kempner.
- Advising NOWO in respect of tax litigation matters.
- Advising Union Investment on the acquisition of Continente Colombo hypermarket operated by Sonae MC.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rui Camacho Palma