International Tax Review is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2026

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement


Key contacts
Head of Practice Partner: Francisco Cabral Matos
Quick facts
Number of advisors

26

Network memberships

WTS Global

Languages

English, French, Spanish

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

With over 40 years of experience, Vieira de Almeida (VdA) is an international law firm noted for top-quality legal advice and cutting-edge innovation. A profound business know-how coupled with a highly specialised cross-sector legal practice enable the firm to effectively meet the increasingly complex challenges faced by clients. VdA offers robust solutions based on consistent standards of excellence, ethics and professionalism, and is acknowledged as a leading provider of legal services by the most reputed professional organisations, international publications and research institutions.

VdA has a highly specialized tax practice team with an in-depth knowledge of both the Portuguese and Portuguese speaking countries tax environment. The firm is known for playing the lead role in coordinating advisors in several jurisdictions thus providing clients with a full added-value service. The team advises both national and multinational economic groups, listed companies and other major corporations, financial institutions and investment funds operating in the Portuguese markets, including foundations and private equity investors and work closely with other practice areas across the firm, to offer efficient and creative tax solutions in all areas of business. VdA advises on tax optimization, international tax planning, tax structuring of mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions and restructurings, tax planning of financial transactions and products, property taxation and estate planning, fees, customs duties, value added tax and indirect taxes, tax disputes and litigation, and has a high degree of expertise in the field of transfer pricing – firm’s clients are major groups of companies operating in the local market.

For a comprehensive list of the services provided both internationally and in Portugal, please visit VdA’s website for more details: http://vda.pt/en

Key practice areas

Compliance management

  • Business model optimisation
  • Policy design
  • Technology services

Corporate tax matters

  • Cross-border project management
  • Restructuring
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • APAs
  • Transactions
  • M&A
  • Environmental
  • Financial services
  • Corporate taxes
  • Technology
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Value chains

Dispute resolution

  • Audit defence
  • Audit support
  • Competition/anti-trust cases
  • Dispute resolution
  • Pre-litigation
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Controversy management
  • State aid

Tax advisory

  • Tax consulting
  • International tax advisory

Indirect tax

  • VAT
  • Customs
  • Supply chains
Sector expertise
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Oil and gas
  • Real estate
  • Tech and telecoms
Address:
Rua Dom Luís I, 28
Lisboa 1200-151
Tel:+35 1 21 31 13 400 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://www.vda.pt
2026 Edition
General corporate tax
Tier 1
42 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

Cuatrecasas
6 practice areas
View full profile
Deloitte
7 practice areas
View profile
EY
7 practice areas
View profile
Garrigues
7 practice areas
View full profile
KPMG
7 practice areas
View full profile
Uría Menéndez
7 practice areas
View profile
VdA Vieira de Almeida & Associados
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 2

Abreu Advogados
7 practice areas
View full profile
CCA Law Firm
6 practice areas
View profile
CMS Portugal
5 practice areas
View full profile
DLA Piper ABBC
6 practice areas
View profile
Durham Agrellos & Associados
7 practice areas
View full profile
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
6 practice areas
View profile
Linklaters
4 practice areas
View profile
PLMJ
6 practice areas
View full profile
PwC
7 practice areas
View profile
TELLES
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 3

Antas da Cunha ECIJA
3 practice areas
View profile
Baker Tilly
7 practice areas
View profile
CCSL Advogados
6 practice areas
View profile
Espanha & Associados
4 practice areas
View profile
MFA Legal
4 practice areas
View full profile
Manuel Simões de Carvalho
6 practice areas
View profile
MdME
5 practice areas
View profile
Pérez-Llorca
3 practice areas
View full profile
Ricardo da Palma Borges & Associados
7 practice areas
View profile
pbbr
6 practice areas
View profile

Tier 4

Andersen
6 practice areas
View profile
Grant Thornton
6 practice areas
View profile
J+Legal
6 practice areas
View profile
Nexia Santos Carvalho & Associados
7 practice areas
View profile
RFF Lawyers
6 practice areas
View profile
SRS Legal
6 practice areas
View profile
Sérvulo & Associados
6 practice areas
View profile

Other notable

Belim
6 practice areas
View profile
Caiado Guerreiro & Associados
2 practice areas
View profile
Campos Ferreira Sá Carneiro & Associados
2 practice areas
View profile
Castilho
3 practice areas
View profile
Eversheds Sutherland
5 practice areas
View profile
Galhardo Vilão Torres
2 practice areas
View profile
Lança & Associados
2 practice areas
View profile
Indirect tax
Tier 1
26 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

Belim
6 practice areas
View profile
Cuatrecasas
6 practice areas
View full profile
Deloitte
7 practice areas
View profile
EY
7 practice areas
View profile
Garrigues
7 practice areas
View full profile
KPMG
7 practice areas
View full profile
PLMJ
6 practice areas
View full profile
Uría Menéndez
7 practice areas
View profile
VdA Vieira de Almeida & Associados
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 2

Baker Tilly
7 practice areas
View profile
CCA Law Firm
6 practice areas
View profile
CMS Portugal
5 practice areas
View full profile
DLA Piper ABBC
6 practice areas
View profile
PwC
7 practice areas
View profile
Ricardo da Palma Borges & Associados
7 practice areas
View profile
Sérvulo & Associados
6 practice areas
View profile
pbbr
6 practice areas
View profile

Tier 3

Abreu Advogados
7 practice areas
View full profile
Andersen
6 practice areas
View profile
CCSL Advogados
6 practice areas
View profile
Durham Agrellos & Associados
7 practice areas
View full profile
J+Legal
6 practice areas
View profile
RFF Lawyers
6 practice areas
View profile
SPCA - Sociedade de Advogados
3 practice areas
View profile
SRS Legal
6 practice areas
View profile
Private client
Tier 1
28 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

Abreu Advogados
7 practice areas
View full profile
Cuatrecasas
6 practice areas
View full profile
Durham Agrellos & Associados
7 practice areas
View full profile
RFF Lawyers
6 practice areas
View profile
Ricardo da Palma Borges & Associados
7 practice areas
View profile
TELLES
6 practice areas
View full profile
Uría Menéndez
7 practice areas
View profile
VdA Vieira de Almeida & Associados
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 2

CCSL Advogados
6 practice areas
View profile
CMS Portugal
5 practice areas
View full profile
EY
7 practice areas
View profile
Garrigues
7 practice areas
View full profile
Manuel Simões de Carvalho
6 practice areas
View profile
PLMJ
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 3

Andersen
6 practice areas
View profile
Antas da Cunha ECIJA
3 practice areas
View profile
Belim
6 practice areas
View profile
Dower Law Firm
1 practice area
View profile
J+Legal
6 practice areas
View profile
Kore Partners
3 practice areas
View profile
MFA Legal
4 practice areas
View full profile
SRS Legal
6 practice areas
View profile

Other notable

Baker Tilly
7 practice areas
View profile
Eversheds Sutherland
5 practice areas
View profile
Forvis Mazars
4 practice areas
View profile
MdME
5 practice areas
View profile
Sérvulo & Associados
6 practice areas
View profile
Tax controversy
Tier 1
31 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

Cuatrecasas
6 practice areas
View full profile
DLA Piper ABBC
6 practice areas
View profile
Durham Agrellos & Associados
7 practice areas
View full profile
Garrigues
7 practice areas
View full profile
RFF Lawyers
6 practice areas
View profile
Uría Menéndez
7 practice areas
View profile
VdA Vieira de Almeida & Associados
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 2

Abreu Advogados
7 practice areas
View full profile
CCA Law Firm
6 practice areas
View profile
CCSL Advogados
6 practice areas
View profile
EY
7 practice areas
View profile
KPMG
7 practice areas
View full profile
PLMJ
6 practice areas
View full profile
Ricardo da Palma Borges & Associados
7 practice areas
View profile
SRS Legal
6 practice areas
View profile

Tier 3

AFDO
5 practice areas
View profile
Andersen
6 practice areas
View profile
Baker Tilly
7 practice areas
View profile
Belim
6 practice areas
View profile
CTSU - Sociedade de Advogados (Deloitte)
3 practice areas
View profile
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
6 practice areas
View profile
J+Legal
6 practice areas
View profile
MFA Legal
4 practice areas
View full profile
PwC
7 practice areas
View profile
Sérvulo & Associados
6 practice areas
View profile
TELLES
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 4

MdME
5 practice areas
View profile

Other notable

CMS Portugal
5 practice areas
View full profile
CRS Advogados
1 practice area
View profile
Eversheds Sutherland
5 practice areas
View profile
Transactional tax
Tier 1
29 firms ranked
View full list

Tier 1

Cuatrecasas
6 practice areas
View full profile
Deloitte
7 practice areas
View profile
EY
7 practice areas
View profile
Garrigues
7 practice areas
View full profile
KPMG
7 practice areas
View full profile
PLMJ
6 practice areas
View full profile
PwC
7 practice areas
View profile
Uría Menéndez
7 practice areas
View profile
VdA Vieira de Almeida & Associados
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 2

Abreu Advogados
7 practice areas
View full profile
DLA Piper ABBC
6 practice areas
View profile
Durham Agrellos & Associados
7 practice areas
View full profile
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
6 practice areas
View profile
Linklaters
4 practice areas
View profile
Pérez-Llorca
3 practice areas
View full profile
TELLES
6 practice areas
View full profile

Tier 3

Andersen
6 practice areas
View profile
Baker Tilly
7 practice areas
View profile
CCA Law Firm
6 practice areas
View profile
Espanha & Associados
4 practice areas
View profile
J+Legal
6 practice areas
View profile
Manuel Simões de Carvalho
6 practice areas
View profile
Pares Advogados
4 practice areas
View profile
SRS Legal
6 practice areas
View profile
Sérvulo & Associados
6 practice areas
View profile
pbbr
6 practice areas
View profile

Other notable

Eversheds Sutherland
5 practice areas
View profile
MdME
5 practice areas
View profile
Overview

Vieira de Almeida & Associados features a large Portuguese tax team, presiding over the largest market transactions. It is experienced in all aspects of M&A, including corporate tax, tax structuring and indirect tax. Francisco Cabral Matos leads the department. Transaction specialist João Velez de Lima oversees the Porto office. Practitioner Joaquim Pedro Lampreia is the corporate tax contact. Senior counsel Conceição Gamito is known for indirect engagements. Real estate partner Tiago Marreiros Moreira is the group executive partner 

The firm advised First Sentier Investors on the purchase of the entire share capital of NOAE Investments involving transaction structuring and a share purchase agreement. It also assisted Galp Energia in tax efficient structuring for the decommissioning of energy infrastructure. Tage Studios received structuring advice on a sustainable film studio project valued at over € 600M 

Client feedback

‘’VdA was very innovative and knowledgeable. They were very clear in explaining that an arbitration case would be the best solution (cost-effective in the sense that it would be the fastest solution and with high probability of winning, which was the case).’’ 

‘’VdA promptly and proactively raised this opportunity. Carefully collected the case-law and other relevant information for our specific case. The teams was always available, responsive, proactive, organized. The way the opportunity was raised and explained paved the way for us to get it approved by the board.’’

Linked Reviews
Tax

Vieira de Almeida & Associados holds a large Portuguese tax team, involved in some of the largest market transactions. It is experienced in all aspects of M&A, including corporate tax, tax structuring and indirect tax. Francisco Cabral Matos leads the department. Transaction specialist João Velez de Lima oversees the Porto office. Practitioner Joaquim Pedro Lampreia is the corporate tax contacts. Senior counsel Conceição Gamito is known for indirect engagements.

The firm advised ANPM on the establishment of a tax regime for petroleum activities in the Greater Sunrise fields. It also acted as legal counsel to Greenvolt on the issuance of share capital. The firm provided guidance to a consortium comprising EDF Energy and Total on the construction of a hydroelectric plant in Mozambique.

Client feedback

“They are well known in the market for dealing with hot topics.”

“VdA Oporto tax team, led by João Velez de Lima are the best tax team in Oporto.”

11 results11 results
Sponsored

Sponsored

ITR Sponsored

should have bg #f6f8fb but is leaving an artifact

World Tax Sponsored