MFA Legal announces the launch of a new line of services focused on the prevention and management of criminal tax risk. The coordination of this project, which is part of the firm's core areas, will be under the responsibility of Rui Costa Pereira (Managing Associate in the Criminal Law, Misdemeanours and Compliance area) and Catarina Gomes Correia (Senior Associate in the Tax Law area).
According to Samuel Fernandes de Almeida, MFA Legal' s Managing Partner, "From the outset, MFA Legal presented to the market as a boutique specialising in risk and crisis management, with a particular focus on tax and economic crime. A little over a year later, we felt it was time to create a team specifically dedicated to tax crime, with a 360º approach, offering our clients a highly differentiated and specialised set of services." He adds: "The management and prevention of tax risk, the definition of socially responsible tax policies, the growing complexity of international taxation and compliance with ancillary obligations, as well as the management of possible crises, are concerns that cut across all sectors and economic agents, SMEs and individual investors."
Samuel Fernandes de Almeida emphasises: "Criminal tax law requires very solid technical knowledge of substantive and procedural tax law, as well as the expertise of a criminal lawyer. MFA Legal is proud to have top professionals in both areas."
The Managing Partner concludes: "The creation of this integrated line of services is just another step towards our goal of being recognised as one of the first law firms in Portugal to specialise in risk management and crisis management."
This initiative is designed to offer comprehensive and personalised solutions in preventive consultancy, with identification of risk matrices, definition of tax policy and audits, management, with monitoring of tax inspections and the entire investigative phase in criminal proceedings, and litigation response in a crisis scenario.
MFA Legal's tax team will be available in the markets where it operates, including Portugal and the PALOP countries, namely Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde.
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