Luís Castilho

Tax | Family | Corporat

Luís Castilho has been a lawyer since 2009, having worked in Tier 1 firms, Big 4 firms and government offices for almost 15 years.

Luís first started out as a Tax Lawyer in 2009,working as an Associate Lawyer in PLMJ for around 6 years and then as a Senior Consultant and later Manager at Deloitte Portugal (Tax - Financial Services Industry) for close to 4 years.

Between 2019 and 2021, Luís was an Assistant to the Secretary of State for Tax Affairs in the XXI and XXII Constitutional Governments of Portugal.

During this period Luís Castilho was responsible for coordinating working groups that were behind some major tax reforms, namely the latest revision of the nonhabitual residents regime, the new cash-pooling stamp duty exemption, the new aviation tax, the new takeaway single use packaging tax, the new requirements fort he attribution of licenses in Madeira’s Free Trade Zone, the new post-WLTP automobile taxation reform, among others.

From 2021 to 2024 he headed Belim Castilho with Catarina Belim.

And in 2025 he launched his own legal project: Castilho. At Castilho, our focus is clear: Tax, Family, and Companies.

Member of AIJA - International Association of Young Lawyers.

Member of IBA - International Bar Association.

Member of the Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2013).

Nova School of Law,

Law Degree

2007

Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon

Master's Degree in Law and Management, Accounting and Finance

2009

ESADE Business School

Course on Negotiation, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

2009

Lawyer of the Year in Investment in Portugal

Best Lawyers

2025