Bárbara Miragaia
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Bárbara Miragaia

Senior Associate Tax
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Portuguese, English and Spanish
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Bárbara Miragaia
*National landline call
Portuguese, English and Spanish
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Bárbara is a lawyer in the firm's Tax Law area, with extensive experience in resolving tax disputes and tax litigation - both in the judicial/arbitral and administrative phases - as well as monitoring tax inspections, representing a significant number of national and multinational companies.

In addition to tax litigation, Bárbara also provides tax advice on direct and indirect taxes to companies in various sectors of activity, including energy, telecommunications, retail, modern distribution, banking and insurance.

Bárbara also has international experience, with a special focus on tax planning, double taxation and import and export customs procedures, in jurisdictions such as Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde, where she has had the opportunity to monitor the implementation and development of major projects.

Before joining MFA, Bárbara worked for the last eight years with Vieira de Almeida e Associados in the tax practice area, having previously worked for Miranda and Eduardo Paz Ferreira e Associados.

Bárbara has represented major clients in structuring large-scale transactions, as well as in highly complex tax litigation cases:

  • Representation of several insurance companies and banks in IRC and Stamp Duty lawsuits in Portugal, as well as several pension funds in cases of violation of EU legislation
  • Representing a large multinational sportswear company in various tax cases in Portugal (corporate income tax and VAT)
  • Representing a major telecoms operator in multiple tax cases before arbitration and tax courts
  • Advising the world's leading company in stamp duty concessions and structuring cash pooling and financing instruments in Portugal
  • Representing a large individual investor in a VAT dispute concerning the customs value of a large pleasure boat when it was imported into Portugal
  • Advising sponsors on a USD 40bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the Rovuma Basin in Mozambique
  • Tax structuring of sponsor investment in a 3bn electric dam in Mozambique
  • Advising a large multinational in the beverage sector in Cape Verde on tax disputes

Barbara is the author of several articles on tax issues in specialised journals, including:

  • Exporting nationalised goods from Angola - understanding the rules in force, WTS Global Africa Regional Newsletter, July 2023
  • Key topics for investing in Mozambique, WTS Global Africa Regional Newsletter, April 2023
  • Tonnage tax special regime & new ships registration framework, Lexology, March 2019
  • Does Portuguese tax law discriminate against EU pension funds?, International Tax Review (ITR), January 2019
  • Corporate Tax 2018 | Laws and Regulations | Portugal, ICLG, November 2017
  • VAT on dental implants: do I really have to pay, or can I complain?, Oral Health Magazine, June 2015

  • Recognised by Best Lawyers for 2021, 2022 and 2023

  • Law degree from the University of Lisbon Law School (2009-2013).
  • Master's Degree in Company Law - Specialisation in Commercial Companies from ISCTE-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2013-2015)
  • Advanced Customs Practices Training by APAT - Association of Portuguese Freight Forwarders (2016)
  • Postgraduate in Taxation from the Portuguese Catholic University Law School (2017-2018)
  • Short Course in Crime and Taxes at the Catholic University of Lisbon Law School (2019)
  • Short Course in Introduction to Accounting at the Catholic University of Lisbon Law School (2022)

  • Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.