Rui is head of Tax in the firm’s Lisbon Office, specialising in international tax planning, the tax aspects of public and private M&A, corporate reorganisations, intellectual property, structured and hybrid finance, and tax litigation, as well as providing standalone advice on clients’ key tax requirements.
Rui has extensive experience in structuring a wide array of inbound and outbound investment projects in Portugal, Angola and Mozambique.
Before joining Linklaters in 2007, Rui spent nine years working for major global consultancies, including heading a team as an international tax manager.
Rui has acted for major clients on the tax aspects of some of the most complex and sophisticated transactions. These include advising:
Rui heads community investment initiatives in the firm’s Lisbon office.
Rui Has been a member of Amnesty International for more than 25 years and he conducts training programmes for school children on human rights.
Rui lectures at the Lisbon Catholic University and also writes regularly for trade and learned journals on tax matters. His articles include
“The practical protection of taxpayers’ fundamental rights”, IFA Branch Report (Portugal), Basel Congress, 2015
“European Tax Treatment of Additional Tier 1 Capital Instruments”, Tax Notes International, Special Reports, 2014
“Åklagaren v Hans Åkerberg Fransson: Charter(ing) new territory”, British Tax Review, 2013
“X Holding: A Flawed Judgment or yet Another Lesson in Consistency?”, EC Tax Journal, Vol. 12, 2011-2012
“An Overview of the Protection of Taxpayer Rights in Portugal”, European Taxation, 2010, and, in Chinese, Taxation Translation Journal, 2010
Rui studied law at the University of Lisbon Law School and for a master’s in taxation at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
He speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and German.
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