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Key contacts
Managing Partner: Samuel Almeida
Tax Partner: Joana Heitor
Quick facts
Number of partners

4

Number of advisors

14

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Spanish

Key practice areas
General corporate tax
Private client
Tax
Tax controversy
Firm overview

MFA Legal is an independent Portuguese law firm with an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to integrated risk management, with a strong specialisation in the areas of tax law, criminal and administrative law, compliance, technology, digital and regulatory law.

Our team is made up of lawyers with recognised competence and high seniority, accumulating more than 20 years of experience in providing legal advice to large companies, multinationals from various economic sectors, SME and individual clients. We are a team focused on the needs of our clients, with a customized and focused approach to the creation of value.

We are committed in delivering top notch legal services, anchored in  reputation, technical skills and the complementarity of our teams, offering an innovative set of services, alongside with a customized approach aimed in creating value.

We privilege the excellence of the legal services we provide, innovation, proximity, speed in response and full focus on our Clients' business.

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Key practice areas
  • Corporate tax matters: Cross-border project management
  • Corporate tax matters: Restructuring
  • Compliance management: Policy design
  • Corporate tax matters: Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Corporate tax matters: Transactions
  • Corporate tax matters: Corporate taxes
  • Corporate tax matters: Technology
  • Corporate tax matters: Value chains
  • Dispute resolution: Audit defence
  • Dispute resolution: Audit support
  • Dispute resolution: Dispute resolution
  • Dispute resolution: Pre-litigation
  • Dispute resolution: MAPs/ADRs
  • Dispute resolution: Litigation
  • Dispute resolution: Arbitration
  • Dispute resolution: Controversy management
  • Dispute resolution: State aid
  • Tax advisory: Tax consulting
  • Tax advisory: International tax advisory
  • Transfer pricing: International Tax Planning
  • Transfer pricing: Cross-Border Project Management
  • Transfer pricing: Business Restructuring
  • Transfer pricing: Audit Defence
  • Transfer pricing: Audit Support
  • Transfer pricing: TP Risk Management
  • Transfer pricing: Dispute Resolution
  • Transfer pricing: Litigation
  • Transfer pricing: Arbitration
  • Transfer pricing: Controversy Management
Sector expertise
  • Financial services
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Oil and gas
  • Insurance
About us
Tel:+35 12 1137 2676 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.mfalegal.pt
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Overview

MFA Legal was founded in November 2023 as an independent tax boutique. The firm represents clients in complex cases in the energy, financial and insurance, telecoms, distribution, and health sectors. Tax litigation and arbitration are thematic strengths. The managing partner is Samuel Fernandes de Almeida. Fellow partner Joana Lobato Heitor is the incumbent litigation specialist in residence.  

The firm acted for ANA Aeroportos de Portugal tax proceedings regarding the application of stamp duty exemption on cross-border cash-pooling arrangements with provision for territorial applications. It also advised CCCA on tax audits pertaining to real estate depreciations under IFRS 16 rules. A private client was advised on operational restructuring.  

Senior associate Catarina Gomes Correia arrived from SRS Legal in September 2024.

Client feedback

‘’They are excellent at identifying clients' needs and deliver work of good technical quality.’’

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