Nuno Cunha Barnabé

Nuno Cunha Barnabé is a Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2019, working in the tax area with a focus on Private Clients, Wealth and Succession.

With over 20 years’ experience in tax law, Nuno Cunha Barnabé is a specialist in wealth taxation and estate planning, advising private clients, family offices, private banks and asset managers in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries and cross-border Switzerland, UK and US.

Nuno is a dual qualified lawyer in Portugal and Switzerland (EU Lawyer). He is also a founder of the Portuguese Tax Arbitration Tribunal.

He is a member of the International Fiscal Association, the International Bar Association (Taxes and Private Client Tax Committees), The Society of Trust and Estate Practioners (STEP – TEP, International Client SIG), the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL), the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and the American Bar Association (ABA).

Previously in his professional career he has been involved in a significant number of M&A transactions, corporate reorganisations, debt work-outs, real estate transactions and inbound/outbound business investments. He is still frequently sought by Family Offices and Family Businesses in these areas regarding domestic and international tax and foreign investment matters.