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Europe Guide 2026 : Portugal
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Provided by Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
At ML we have a substantial team of tax lawyers with a relevant experience in this area. Our clients include some of the largest national and foreign corporate groups, operating in a wide range of sectors, including industry, services and telecommunications, banking and financial services, securities and real estate investment funds and private equity funds, as well as medium and small companies, public institutions, foundations, non-governmental social support organizations and private clients.
Alongside the tax litigation, we also ensure the best integrated tax advice in relation to the most diverse operations, seeking, where required, to complement the tax analysis with an approach to the different relevant areas of law. Our expertise comprises tax planning in corporate restructuring operations, research and development activities, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, securitisation operations, structured finance operations, mortgage credit, debt issuance, derivatives, as well as specific tailored tax support within the scope of each client’s field of activity.
We also accompany inspection actions carried out by the Tax Authority, ensuring a thorough knowledge of the substantive law and a wide experience of legal assistance in the most diverse inspection procedures. In the area of tax litigation we have sponsored some of the largest and most complex tax complaints and arbitration processes that have been trialed by our courts.
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Work Highlights
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Morais Leitão advised Lufthansa Technik on the tax aspects of its EUR227.6 million investment for the establishment of a maintenance facility in Portugal.
Strengths
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Morais Leitão's key strengths are its experience, clarity and confidence.
Tax respondentEuropeThe lawyers are always available to listen to clients' input and incorporate this into their work.
Tax respondentEuropeThe lawyers consistently demonstrate an ability to deliver well-structured, solution-oriented advice that is both legally sound and highly pragmatic.
Tax respondentEuropeThis is a law firm we turn to when we need clear direction. The team does not merely present legal options but provides a reliable assessment of the most viable and effective paths forward.
Tax respondentEuropeWe value the team's technical robustness, availability and client focus.
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Notable Practitioners
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Senior Statespeople 
Senior Statespeople 
Francisco de Sousa da Câmara
Francisco de Sousa da Câmara is a leading practitioner in the tax sector. He is notably respected for his advice on the tax aspects of corporate restructurings and acquisitions, and in representing them in challenges to income tax assessments.
Band 2 
Band 2 
Bruno Santiago
Bruno Santiago assists clients with tax reimbursement matters, arbitral proceedings concerning corporate income tax assessments, and tax issues arising from acquisitions.
Bruno Santiago has the ability to simplify complex matters in court.
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