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Cuatrecasas Offices
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 6
Lisbon 1050-121
Portugal
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Gonçalo Bastos Lopes
Position
Partner
Career
Specialist in advising on setting up foreign companies in Portugal, as well on M&A transactions, corporate restructuring, loan financing and debt issues.
Gonçalo Bastos Lopes is an expert in direct and transactional taxation (national and international). He advises multinational groups, institutional investors and investment funds on structuring their investments in Portugal, particularly in the real estate and debt sectors.
He started his career as a tax consultant in 1996, and over the course of 10 years he worked in international auditing companies, two of which were based in Spain.
From 2001 to 2002, he lectured on the International Taxation module in the Postgraduate studies in Finance (distance learning) at Instituto Superior de Gestão in Lisbon.
He speaks regularly and offers training at various seminars and workshops on taxation in Portugal and abroad.
He has published several articles and contributed to many national and international publications on tax matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Tax
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Real estate and construction
- Transport