Chambers Review
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Private Wealth Law - Portugal
What the Team is Known For
Uría Menéndez is a large and regarded full-servicefirm with a strong practice in wealth management and tax matters. The team assists high net worth individuals and families, as well as working with banks, insurance companies and multi-family offices on product structuring for their high net worth clients.
Strengths
"Uría's team is always ready to think in alternative paths for out-of-the-box themes. They are a seasoned team of senior lawyers with very diverse niche specialties."
"Uría has a large office, multidisciplinary team and high expertise in these matters. They provide an excellent level of response and follow-up of all subjects."
"The team have a deep knowledge of the Portuguese tax environment. They provided a very good service level and response to clients' requests."
Notable practitioners
Filipe Romão heads the tax department at Uría Menéndez. Romão handles cross-border tax matters, including tax disputes.
"Filipe is one of the best senior lawyers I've worked with, fully dedicated to his job and tasks."
"He's my go-to partner for tax and private client work in Portugal."
"Filipe Romão is very good, helpful and sophisticated."