Paulo joined FCLaw Lawyers & Private Notaries in 2016 and leads the “Tax and Cross-Country Investment” department.
Paulo was a tax partner at Abreu Advogados, one of the major law firms in Portugal and before that, he was the head of the tax department at Albuquerque & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, also a leading law firm in Lisbon.
He has also worked as legal adviser for a leading bank in Luanda, Angola. Paulo has been working in tax law since 1992 and his practice includes tax litigation in the Macanese, Portuguese, Angolan and Equatorial Guinean jurisdictions (mostly related to the oil & gas sector in the last two jurisdictions).
Paulo contributes to a large circulation local newspaper with monthly articles on Macanese tax-related matters.
Education
- Graduated in Law at the Faculty of Law of the Lisbon University in 1992.
- Post-graduated in Business Management and Tax, Institute of Higher Financial and Tax Studies in 1993.
- Completed the coursework for the post-graduation programme in Intellectual Property at the Faculty of Law of the Lisbon University and Portuguese Intellectual Property Association in 2014.
Membership
- Macau Lawyers Association (admitted in 2016).
- Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 1994).
