Founder & managing partner

Rogério Fernandes Ferreira

Member of theLexunion - International Legal & Notarial Strategies board, since 2022
Member of the Executive Committee of the International Network of Law Firms (IURISGAL), since 2021
Member of the list of individuals referred to in directive (EU) 2017/1852, of 10 October, on Tax Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in the European Union, Ministry of Finance, since 2021
Member of the Supervisory Board of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), since 2021
Chairman and member of the Fiscal Council of Tabaqueira and Tabaqueira II, since 2017
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fundação PRO-DIGNITATE, 2016-2021
Member of the Board of the Portugal-US Chamber of Commerce in New York (PTUSC), since 2016
Tax Correspondent of the International Bureau Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), since 2015
Lawyer, member of the Brazilian Bar Association, since 2015
Member of the Supervisory Committee of Banco Espírito Santo SA, (appointed by the Bank of Portugal), 2014-2018
Lawyer, equity partner and founder of RFF & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL, in 2012
Arbitrator on the list of the Centre for Administrative and Fiscal Arbitration (CAAD), since 2011
Coordinator of the Working Group on Procedure, Process, and Relations between the Tax Authorities and Taxpayers, Ministry of Finance, 2008-2009
President of the Portuguese Fiscal Association (AFP), Portuguese branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and of the Instituto Latinoamericano de Derecho Tributario (ILADT), since 2008
President of the Commission for the Reform of the Public Real Estate Regime, Ministry of Finance, 2005-2006
Member of the Legislation Committee of the Portuguese Bar Association, 2005
Lawyer, equity partner, and coordinator of the tax practice area of PLMJ - Sociedade de Advogados, 2004-2012
Member of the Commission for the Presentation of Reform Proposals on Taxation of Portuguese Lawyers and Law Firms, Portuguese Bar Association, 2004
Specialist in Tax Law recognised by the Portuguese Bar Association, since 2004
Lawyer and equity partner of Sérvulo Correia & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, 1999-2001 and 2002-2004
Secretary of State for Tax Affairs of the XIV Constitutional Government of Portugal, 2001-2002
Member of the Commission of Fiscal Infractions, Ministry of Finance, 1999
Member of the Commission for the Study of the Taxation of Financial Institutions and Products, Ministry of Finance, 1998-1999
Member of the Working Group for the Reform of the State Budget Framework Law, Ministry of Finance, 1997-1998
Member of the Commission for Fiscal Affairs, Portuguese Bar Association, 1991-1992
Consultant to the Insurance Institute of Portugal (now the Financial Supervisory Authority), 1990-1999
Lawyer of the Portuguese Bar Association, since 1989
Lawyer in individual practice (Fernandes Ferreira - Lawyers), 1989-2000

King's College London Diploma in Law Firm Management, Academy for Leaders, 2022
Harvard Law School (Executive Education) Diploma in Leadership in Law Firms (RFF), 2019
Invited Professor (and founder) in the International Tax Course of the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, since 2014
Guest Associate Professor and co-coordinator, of the Master's Degree (1st year) in Tax Management, at the Instituto Superior de Gestão, 2009‑2014
Guest Lecturer in Post-Graduate Program of the Universidade Agostinho Neto (Luanda, Angola)
Guest Lecturer in Financial Instruments Post-Graduate Program of the Law and Justice Foundation (Cidade da Praia, Cabo Verde)
Professor and guest lecturer for Tax Law Post-Graduate Progams in Tax Law and in Taxation within the Law Faculty of the Universidade de Lisboa and within the Business and Economic Faculty of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Professor and guest lecturer for Tax Law Post-Graduate Progams in Tax Law and in Taxation within the Instituto Superior de Economia et Gestão, since 2000
Assistant Professor in Legal and Economic Sciences area within the Law Faculty of the Universidade de Lisboa, 1987-2000 and in Public Finances I,Tax Law I and II, and Portuguese Economy , 1987-2000
Admitted in PhD programm in law, Legal and Economic Sciences with Tax Law specialisation, from the Law Faculty of the Universidade (Clássica) de Lisboa, 1997
Master degree in Tax Law from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Lisboa, 1991
European Studies post-graduation, 1990
University lecturer Tax Law (Tax litigation and Arbitration) Post-Graduate Program in the Law Faculty of the Lisbon University (Clàssica), since 1997
Law graduate by the Human Sciences Faculty of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa of Lisbon, 1987

The International Academy of Estate and Trust law (TIAETL)
American Bar Association (ABA)
Alliance Française of Lisbonne
European Association of Tax Law Professors
Portuguese Fiscal Association (Chairman), Portuguese branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and of the Latin American Institute of Tax Law
Inter-university Association of European Studies (co-founder)
Economic and Social Development Association (SEDES)
Portuguese Association of Tax Consultants (co-founder)
Portuguese Association of International Law
European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)
European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL)
International Bar Association (IBA)
International Fiscal Association (IFA)
Geographical Society of Lisbon
Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) – Full Member da STEP
International Client SIG Steering Committee
International Network of Law Firms (IURISGAL)
Lexunion - International Legal & Notarial Strategies
Private Client Global EliteUnion Internationale des Avocats (UIA) - tax commission member
Instituto dos Advogados de Pernambuco (IAP) - Lisbon correspondent member