Joana Lobato Heitor

Joined Vieira de Almeida & Associados in August 2015. She is managing associate at the tax practice where she has been actively involved in tax litigation issues, international tax planning and tax consultancy.

As a managing associate at VdA’s Tax Practice and focusing on tax litigation she represents major Portuguese and international clients in more than 200 tax proceedings before the Portuguese tax authorities, the tax courts, the arbitration court and the European Court of Justice. She counsels major Portuguese corporations in the course of tax inspections procedures, enforced collection procedures and tax claims.

She focuses mainly on disputes regarding CIT, VAT, Stamp Duty and regulatory/municipal charges.

She holds several victories in the arbitration courts.