Miguel Teixeira de Abreu

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Practice Areas: Corporate and M&A; Finance; Tax

Industries: Private Clients & Family Businesses

Desks: Angola Desk; Mozambique Desk

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Miguel Teixeira de Abreu is the Chairman of the Advisory Board and Founding Partner of Abreu Advogados.

Works primarily on the corporate, financial and taxation aspects of business structuring and corporate restructuring operations.

Chambers & Partners has recognized Miguel Teixeira de Abreu as an “Eminent Practitioner” well versed in advising corporate clients on tax structuring relating to M&A transactions and restructuring mandates.

In the context of corporate reorganisations, he provides support in several transfer pricing projects in various industries and, in particular, in the planning and negotiation of pre-assessment agreements with tax authorities. He has been the lead in tax litigation cases involving double taxation, breach of EU laws, and transfer pricing.

He focuses on matters relating to mergers, demergers and acquisitions, asset contributions, and exchange of shares, particularly in connection with international tax and project finance.

Additionally, he participates in investment operations in Angola and Mozambique, advising on tax issues and assisting Abreu International Legal Solutions’ lawyers in their interchange with lawyers based in Angola and Mozambique. Finally, with an Active role in some of the most relevant restructuring operations in multinational groups taking place in Portugal, Miguel has extensive experience in advising on transactions in the healthcare, telecommunications, automobile, ports and financial sectors.

Tax: Hall of Fame, 2022

Global Leader, Corporate Tax Advisory and Controversy, 2021

Recommended Lawyer, Corporate Tax (2021-2022)

Corporate Law, Portugal (2012-2022)

Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Portugal (2013-2022)

Private Equity Law, Portugal (2013-2022)

Tax Law, Portugal (2010-2022)

Tax Leading Advisor and Highly Regarded – Tax Controversy, 2022

Miguel Teixeira de Abreu is the founding partner of Abreu Advogados. He is adept at direct and indirect taxation matters, and regularly assists clients with tax disputes and with corporate taxation.

“Miguel Teixeira de Abreu is hailed by market observers as “one of the best” tax practitioners in the country, and is described by others as an “excellent lawyer.” He provides expert advice on the tax aspects of M&A transactions and corporate restructuring operations.”

Tax (Leading Individual), 2019

Experience

Advising a multinational company in the telecommunications sector on the integration of a multinational company which it acquired, including the transfer of assets, refinancing operations and tax matters;

Advising a multinational entertainment company on the organisation of its business model in Portugal, including the review of its transfer pricing policy and the adoption of a strategy to anticipate potential problems with the tax authorities;

Advising management of a leading company in the retail sector on the preparation and structure of a management buy-out that led to the company's acquisition. He participated in the restructuring which was followed by a sale to a French multinational group four years later;

Advising a multinational group in the ports sector on the refinancing of its operations in Portugal;

Advising a multinational group in the healthcare industry in connection with several tax arbitration proceedings related to the recovery of taxes withheld in Portugal in breach of European laws;

Advising a multinational group in the automobile industry on a number of tax arbitration proceedings regarding its transfer pricing policies, including the application of the arbitration convention on the elimination of international double taxation;

Advising on Generational Planning to a French family-owned group on the structuring of its estate and assets to ensure their transmission;

Advising a Brazilian group on the preparation of a significant investment in the agrofood sector in Angola.

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Miguel Teixeira de Abreu

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Faculty of Law - Lisbon

London School of Economics

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