Isaque Ramos > PLMJ > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
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Isaque Ramos
Work Department
Tax
Position
Partner
Career
Isaque is a partner in the Tax practice. He has over 15 years’ professional experience focusing on tax advice and project management in Portugal and in Africa. He has acted for both Portuguese and foreign private clients, and clients from the public sector.
Isaque has actively participated in M&A transactions, structuring of domestic and international investments, tax due diligence, and tax litigation.
He has a law degree from the University of Lisbon and completed postgraduate courses in commercial law at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and in international taxation of companies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. He also attended the master’s in tax law and the professional master’s in financial law, both at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
Isaque is an arbitrator at the CAAD – Administrative Arbitration Centre and works with the Institute of Financial and Tax Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
Before joining PLMJ, Isaque was a Tax and Legal Specialist at McKinsey International, an assistant to the Secretary of State for Tax Affairs of the Ministry of Finance of the 19th Constitutional Government, and a consultant at E&Y and KPMG.
In 2020, Isaque won the prestigious “Forty under 40 – Lawyer of the Year” award, in the category of Tax. This award is given by the magazine Iberian Lawyer.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Education
Law degree in legal-economic sciences from the University of Lisbon
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2005
Postgraduate course in business law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Postgraduate course in international taxation from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon
Master’s in financial law (curricular part) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon
Master’s in tax law (curricular part) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Tax
Noted for its ‘excellence in the national legal market’, the team at PLMJ advises on the full scope of tax matters, including banking and real estate transactions, M&A, wealth management, estate planning, and tax litigation. A mix of blue-chip companies, Portuguese and international banks, family offices and HNWIs turn to the team for its capabilities in complex cross-border transactions. Practice head Isaque Ramos boasts an an impressive track record advising on transaction-related taxation matters in Portugal and Africa, showcasing notable experience in coordinating and assisting with M&A, real estate deals and internationalisation processes. Another name to note for transactional tax mandates, Dinis Tracana is well versed in cross-border deals, while Priscila Santos is often instructed by energy, industrial and financial services companies in tax disputes. Associate Carolina Campos Dias is praised for her ‘unwavering work ethic and contagious dynamism’. Serena Cabrita Neto is no longer at the firm.
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