Prior Experience

  • 2003 - present, Partner, DLA Piper ABBC (previously ABBC)
  • 1997 - 2003, Lawyer, DLA Piper ABBC (previously ABBC)

Recognitions

  • Distinguished by Best Lawyers 2021 in Transportation Law
  • Distinguished by International Tax Review 2017 and 2021 as Leading Lawyer in Portugal
  • Distinguished by Best Lawyers 2020 in Aviation law, Tax Law and Transportation Law - Specific Focus: Aviation
  • Distinguished by International Tax Review 2017 as leading lawyer in Portugal
  • António is ranked as Star Individual in Aviation (Portugal) by Chambers and Partners and distinguished as leading lawyer in Tax
  • Legal 500 classifies António among the best Transport lawyers in Portugal (tier one) and also as leading tax lawyer
  • Antonio has been acknowledged by other publications as leading lawyer in Portugal for aviation and tax matters (Who’s Who, ILO and Best Lawyers)
  • He has also been awarded the Sousa Franco Award (CTOC), 2009, for the best book on tax and accounting matters and was one of the winners of the "Forty under Forty" Award (Iberian Lawyer), in 2011

Education

  • Lisbon University Law School, Masters in Legal-Business Science, 2003
  • Coimbra University Law School, Law Degree, 1996

Memberships

  • Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association
  • President of Jurisdictional Committee of the Portuguese Basketball Federation
  • Executive Director of RENA - Association of Airlines in Portugal
  • Editor of the aviation section of Revista de Concorrência e Regulação
  • Member of the editorial committee of several tax magazines
  • Member of the Portuguese Tax Association
  • Member of the Portuguese Tax Consultants Association