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Position: Senior Lawyer
Rating:
  • Highly Regarded
  • Women in Tax Leader
Practice Areas:
General corporate tax
Tax controversy
Jurisdictions:
Association memberships
  • Portuguese Administrative Arbitration Center (CAA)
Biography

Maria Gouveia joined Morais Leitão in 2016. She is a member of the firm’s tax team. Maria has diversified experience in advising domestic groups and multinational companies, tax structuring, national and international tax consultancy, tax proceedings and tax compliance. Currently, she is a member of the Portuguese Administrative Arbitration Center (CAA). Previously, she worked in the tax division of the international audit and consulting company PwC, where she was Tax Manager, and at the law firm Advogados José Pedro Aguiar-Branco & Associados. Maria Gouveia was also an intern at the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Committee.

Bar admissions
  • Portuguese Bar Association
Address:
Avenida da Boavista, 3265 – 5.2
Edifício Oceanvs
4100-137 Porto, Portugal
Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.mlgts.pt/en/