João Velez de Lima

João Velez de Lima joined VdA in 2021. He is Partner of the Tax practice and Head Partner of the Porto office.

He particularly focuses his practice on corporate taxes, providing regular tax advice to national and international clients on a wide range of taxes as part of the (national and international) tax planning of corporate and international groups, and within the context of tax litigation.

João regularly supervises tax compliance, which includes the review of tax returns, audit and provision of tax support to close Portuguese companies’ accounts, and tax due diligences.

He has coordinated and managed the tax part of many M&A and corporate restructuring processes of corporate groups across different economic sectors and provided tax support to national companies going global and in family succession processes.

He often provides support within the context of structuring international investment in Portugal, particularly in the new technologies and real estate sectors.