Tax Advisers - Deloitte

Portugal
Fernando Castro Silva
Garrigues Portugal
Av Engº Duarte Pacheco, Torre 1 – 15º
1070-101 Lisbon
Portugal
Tel: (351) 213 821 200
Fax: (351) 213 821 290
Email: fernando.castro.silva@garrigues.com
Website: www.garrigues.com
Fernando Castro Silva is the head of the tax practice of Garrigues in Portugal, where
he joined in February 2006 as a partner.
He has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1984, where he holds
the degree of expert in tax law (2005). He is a former member of the Portuguese
Chartered Public Accountants Association.
Fernando Castro Silva specializes in tax, advising domestic and multinational groups,
especially in the areas of tax planning, mergers, acquisitions and restructurings,
transfer pricing and global tax minimization; he is also recognized as an expert in tax
litigation and compliance. Some of his clients are major Portuguese and international
banks and finance companies, multinationals and real estate-related entities.
He was a member of the Tax Reform Commission (1999-2001), which introduced a
large number of reforms in tax law, namely the new legal framework of transfer
pricing, and also a member of the Tax Reform Commission for the Reform of Tax
Incentives (2006) both by appointment of the Minister of Finance.
He is member of the jury for the aggregation of tax experts in the Portuguese Bar
Association.
He has spoken at several seminars and conferences on Portuguese tax law and has
published several tax studies.
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