VCA - Valadas Coriel & Associados

Private Wealth and Tax

Managing Partner

João Valadas Coriel is a lawyer and managing partner at VCA – Valadas Coriel & Associados, a firm he founded in 2001 with a clear focus on advising private clients, family offices, and companies through a strategic, cross-disciplinary, and international approach.

He is frequently called upon to lead teams in complex, multijurisdictional matters. Over the years, he has become a trusted advisor to individuals, families, foundations and corporations, known for his ability to seek practical solutions to complex deals and problems.

João is a TEP member of STEP – the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and a certified tax expert by ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management.

He currently serves as Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Senior Lawyers’ Committee and Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association ILS’s International Private Client Committee.

French, Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian

• Portuguese Bar Association

• Portuguese Tax Association

• International Bar Association (IBA)

• International Fiscal Association (IFA)

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

• American Bar Association (ABA)

• Degree in Law (Faculty of Law, Universidade de Lisboa, 1992)

• Master in Public Health (Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1998)

• International Trade and Shipping Law Course (London Guildhall University / Lloyds, 1999)

• Postgraduate in Management and Tax Law (ISEG, 2007)

• Law Management Program (IE, Madrid / London, 2012).