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Cuatrecasas Offices
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 6
Lisbon 1050-121
Portugal
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Serena Cabrita Neto
Position
Partner
Career
Specialist in tax litigation, representing national and international companies in important cases before the tax courts.
Serena Cabrita Neto is acknowledged by the Portuguese Bar Association as a specialist in tax law. She exclusively focuses tax litigation, representing many national and international companies in important cases before the tax courts.
Before joining Cuatrecasas, she worked at three other law firms in Portugal (1996-1999, 1999-2012 and 2012-2023).
She has been an arbitrator for tax at CAAD – Centro de Arbitragem Administrativa since 2011.
She is a guest lecturer at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where she has lectured on tax law in the Bachelor of Laws. Since 2009, she has been in charge of the subjects Advanced issues relating to Personal Income Tax and Tax Proceedings in the postgraduate studies in Taxation and is co-director of the subject Litigation and Arbitration in the Master in Taxation.
She is the author of various articles and publications in her specialty, including co-author of Manual de Contencioso e Arbitragem (2017).
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Tax
(Leading individuals)Counting market-leading corporates, banks and financial institutions among its key client roster, the team at Cuatrecasas is praised for its ‘deep technical knowledge of both substantial tax implications and procedural ones.’ The team is well-versed in big-ticket transactional work, as well as contentious matters at the judicial and administrative levels. Spearheading the team is Serena Cabrita Neto who stands out for her ‘great ability to find solutions to all problems’. Neto, who joined from PLMJ in July 2023, succeeds the previous practice head Pedro Vidal Matos, who is singled out for his focus on tax audits and tax litigation, representing clients both in domestic and international courts. Gonçalo Bastos Lopes is recommended for his knowledge of tax matters related to M&A, corporate restructuring, financings and capital markets deals. Ana Helena Farinha is noted for her experienced in corporate income tax, while Marta Duarte Silva focuses on private clients work, and financial and income tax. Susana Estêvão Gonçalves is no longer at the firm.
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