Luiz Augusto Teixeira de Freitas is one of the founding partners of TFRA. He is experienced in tax law, particularly restructuring planning and international fiscal law. He has also worked in the area of Corporate law.
He graduated in Law from the University of Rio de Janeiro in 1986.
He has been a Member of the Brazilian Bar Association since 1986 and the Portuguese Bar Association since 1992.
He worked first in Brazil and then in Portugal with Professor Alberto Xavier (1984-1991). He was a foreign intern lawyer at Skadden Arps in 1989 and at Grant, Hermann, Schwartz & Klinger (New York) in 1990.
He is a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA).
Since 1992 he has engaged in important work on issues related with Madeira International Business Center (CINM), belonging to the boards of several companies on the Forbes 500 list operating in the CINM.
Since 2009 he is a member of the TFRA Angolan Desk. He is also a consultant at LGA – Legal Group Africa, an Angolan law firm that specializes in international investment.
He is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian.
E-mail: luiz.augusto@tfra.pt