Cuatrecasas announces new Tax partner in Portugal

Cuatrecasas has just expanded its Tax Practice Area in Portugal with the addition of partner José Maria Cabral Sacadura (pictured), who has over 16 years’ experience as a lawyer in the country and abroad. José Maria Cabral Sacadura has advised major national and international groups, especially in the asset management and private equity sector. He has worked at leading law firms and consultancies in Portugal, Luxembourg, and the US. He joined Cuatrecasas from Telles, where he had been a partner since 2023.

Cuatrecasas in Portugal

Cuatrecasas’s tax team in Portugal now has 28 lawyers, four of whom are partners. “The addition of José Maria Cabral Sacadura enhances our focus on the most complex and innovative transaction market segment and the most important clients in the market. This addition is perfectly in line with the growth strategy that we have outlined and been implementing”, states Nuno Sá Carvalho, Cuatrecasas’s managing partner in Portugal.

The new addition

Serena Cabrita Neto, coordinating partner of the Tax Practice Area, emphasizes that “with this new addition, who brings great technical quality, the Cuatrecasas tax team reinforces its commitment to the transactional and financial areas”. José Maria Cabral Sacadura holds an LLM in International Taxation from New York University, a master’s degree in Law & Business from Universidade Católica de Lisboa, and a bachelor’s and post-graduate degree in Corporate Income Tax from the Universidade de Lisboa Law School. He is the author of numerous legal articles on tax matters published in Portugal and abroad.