Mr Francisco de Sousa da Câmara > Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados Offices
RUA CASTILHO, 165
1070-050 LISBOA
Portugal
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Mr Francisco de Sousa da Câmara
Work Department
Tax.
Position
Represents major corporations and multinationals in tax restructuring operations dealing with different types of taxes, both domestically and in an international context, as well as with family offices, inheritance planning and HNWI.
He has been involved in tax litigation for several decades, with a very impressive experience, where he has acted essentially as a lawyer, but also as an arbitrator with the scope of the Tax Arbitration Centre (CAAD).
Francisco was a member of several Committees of experts in charge of drafting tax legislation.
He was also a Visiting Professor of International Tax Law at Nova University of Lisbon (2000-2013) and has been teaching a postgraduate course on taxation at Universidade Católica Portuguesa for many years.
Career
Qualified (1988). Partner (1991).
Languages
Portuguese, English and French.
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 1988). Portuguese Association of Tax Consultants (Chairman). Portuguese Tax Association. International Fiscal Association. European Association of Tax Law Professors. Conféderation Fiscale Européenne.
Education
Law Degree (Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University, 1986). Postgraduate Studies in EU Law (Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University, 1987). Master’s Degree in Tax and Financial Law (Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University, 1992).
Specialist Lawyer in Tax, title awarded by the Portuguese Bar Association in 2004.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Tax
(Hall of Fame)Francisco de Sousa da Câmara
– Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Lauded for its ‘in-depth technical knowledge’, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados‘ tax practice is routinely engaged by private equity firms, large banks, private clients, public sector entities, and Portuguese listed companies on the full scope of transactional, advisory and litigation tax maters. With expertise spanning the telecoms, energy, agribusiness and real estate sectors (among others), the team is also well placed to assist with complex cross-border transactions. The practice, which is split across the Lisbon, Porto and Madeira offices, is jointly led by António Pedro Braga and Bruno Santiago . Braga is noted for his focus on national and international corporate taxation, while Santiago boasts extensive knowledge of the tax systems in Angola and Mozambique. Francisco de Sousa da Câmara is a key port of call for large national and multinational companies on corporate taxation and restructurings. António Lobo Xavier recently left the firm to become the chairman of EDP’s General and Supervisory Board.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Planning law
- Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
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