Best Lawyers in Lisbon, Portugal

Catarina Belim, based in Lisbon, Portugal, has an extensive background working with Tax and Custom matters. Catarina began her professional career in Deloitte’s Indirect Tax division, which she left to join Portuguese leading law firm VdA – Vieira de Almeida & Associados for almost a decade, where she played a successful role in developing the firm’s tax practice area. In 201, Catarina founded her own law firm, Belim (now Belim Castilho), with a special focus on Tax, Cus...

Nelson Raposo Bernardo is the managing partner and head of the firm’s Banking and Projects practices, along with strong expertise in Corporate and M&A; Capital markets; Project finance; Private equity; Energy; Corporate restructuring and Corporate finance and Arbitration. Nelson has more than 25 years of international experience in high-profile and complex operations and has been involved in multiple transactions in Portugal and abroad. Some of his recent transactions include advisi...

Hugo is a Partner of VCA since 2010, coordinating and running the Litigation and Labour Departments. Hugo has large experience in matters of international, civil, commercial, criminal and administrative litigation, mass litigation especially on issues related to consumption, arbitration, credits recovery, bankruptcy, labour law and labour disputes. Hugo also accompanies various collective labour contracts and the respective negotiation processes. Practice Areas Labour Dispute Resolution (Civi...

Tiago Caiado Guerreiro is a member and leader of the tax team at Caiado Guerreiro, leading operations related to international and planning taxation, stamp duty, tax inspections, VAT, tax procedure and litigation, taxation of regulatory activity and regional and local taxation, and tax arbitration. Tiago Caiado Guerreiro has worked with large national and multinational companies in restructuring operations related to different taxes and issues involving the application of Double Taxation Trea...

Luís Castilho has been a lawyer since 2009, having worked in Tier 1 firms for almost 10 years. In late 2021 he co-founded the law firm BELIM CASTILHO with Catarina Belim. At the firm, Luís specializes in direct tax matters (nationally and internationally), both from a personal and corporate side perspectives, helping clients (RNHs and private clients) navigating the Portuguese tax framework and reach their investment goals. Luís first started out as a Tax Lawyer in 2009,w...

Academic & Professional Training: Graduated by the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra in 2004. Further Education: Attendance of specialization course in “Economia Empresariale” (Accountancy and Tax Specific Systems) in Università Degli Studi di Milano, in 2004; Specific graduation in “Tax and Administrative Law” (2004); “Competence System and Market Regulation” (2005); “Insolvency and Companies Recovery” (2005); and “Ta...

Ana Castro Gonçalves is a lawyer and partner in Caiado Guerreiro´s Tax department. Ana has developed a significant practice in advising corporate and private Clients on direct and indirect tax matters involving personal income tax and corporate income tax, customs duties, stamp duties, and VAT, with a particular focus on the areas of real estate investment and tourism. Ana has successfully combined this practice with assisting Clients in matters of tax optimization and efficiency...

Mr. Ricardo Costa Macedo heads the Intellectual Property and Life Sciences groups at Caiado Guerreiro. His practice covers a wide range of contentious and non-contentious patent, trademark and other Intellectual Property related rights, such as trade secrets and unfair competition, in particular in the pharmaceutical, home care, food and insurance sectors, passing off, copyright, database right, design rights, denominations of origin and geographical indications, variety rights and others. Mr...

Pedro is the founding partner and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the firm. He has been a distinguished Lisbon corporate lawyer for more than 25 years now and has led the firm’s outstanding growth since its formation in 2001. Pedro’s knowledge of the Portuguese corporate and commercial system is among the deepest in the market. He is currently President of the Portuguese Task Force on Green Economy at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and has held a host of oth...

Founding Partner of RSA LP President of the Lisbon District Council of the Portuguese Bar Association for the 2005-2007 period Member of the Advisory Council for Justice of the Ministry of Justice by appointment of the Bar Association in 2002 Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1989 Practice Areas: (i) Public Litigation and Arbitration; (ii) Real Estate Law; (iii) Investment Projects and Vehicles; (iv) General Litigation; (v)Corporate Governance; (vi) Business Revitalization and Re...

Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes has a vast experience in the labour area giving day-to-day advice on all matters pertaining to labour issues as well as related litigation before the labour courts to many companies, including many multinational companies. Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes has developed expertise in those areas that are increasingly important to clients, such as employee benefits, flexibility of employment contracts, organisation of work time, wage structure, pensions and other models of retirem...

João Valadas Coriel co-founded Valadas Coriel & Associados (VCA) in 2001. Currently managing partner, he coordinates across all VCA departments. His expertise and decisiveness are sought to break deadlocks, close deals and generally to get things to the next level. He comes across as a solution minded savvy lawyer. He has worked on many transactions and is a trusted adviser to many private clients, family offices, foundations, and corporations. João excels in leading teams a...

Joao Vieira de Almeida joined Vieira de Almeida & Associados since 1985. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of M&A, Corporate Finance, where he has been active in several operations in Portugal and abroad, particularly in Brazil, Focusing on the structuring and negotiation of joint venture operations and acquisitions. Has been involved in private equity transactions. In addition to working in this area, he devotes part of his time to project finance operations, having ...

Inês Grácio is a lawyer in VCA’s Private Wealth & Tax Department , specializing in tax advisory and litigation . She assists national and multinational clients across diverse sectors, providing strategic guidance on tax structuring, international investment, private equity, and corporate reorganizations , including mergers and acquisitions . Her expertise spans both national and international tax matters , from consultancy to representing clients in complex tax proceedi...

Rita Maia is a member of VCA’s Civil Litigation Department since March 2022. Rita began her career as a paralegal at ERSAR, focusing on water supply regulations and addressing various legal issues in the water supply and waste management sector. Her bar association internship started in 2016, working with two lawyers in individual practice, where she worked on criminal, administrative, and family law cases, gaining hands-on experience and actively contributing to her cases. From 2018 to...