Partner

Rua Castilho, 165
1070-050 Lisboa
Portugal




Highly Regarded


Jurisdictions:

Portugal

Practice areas:

General corporate tax
Tax controversy


Francisco de Sousa da Câmara joined the firm in 1986 and became a partner in 1991. He coordinates the tax teams of our Lisbon and Madeira offices.

Francisco represents major corporations and multinationals in tax restructuring operations dealing with different types of taxes, as well as matters related to the application of Double Taxation Treaties and EC tax law.

He has also actively worked in the areas of transfer pricing, in both the drafting of agreements and litigation before the Tax Authorities and Tax Courts; the taxation of derivatives and financial products, securitisation, and the structure of international operations using the International Business Center of Madeira.

Tax litigation also plays a significant role in his professional activities, where he leads a team of lawyers with over two hundred judicial and administrative cases, dealing with a wide range of tax issues.

Francisco de Sousa da Câmara was a member of several Committees of experts in charge of drafting tax legislation.

Visiting Professor of International Tax Law at Nova University of Lisbon (2001/2013) and author of several articles published on tax subjects. Correspondent in Portugal for the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, Tax Analysts and the EU Tax Journal.