Professional Experience
- Lawyer, founding partner at RFF & Associados – Law Firm, SP, RL, since 2012
- Fiscal Commission member of Banco Espírito Santo SA, (appointed by Bank of Portugal), 2014‑2018
- Lawyer, Tax Law specialist, registered in Portuguese Bar Association, since 1989
- Lawyer, registered in Brazilian Bar Association, since 2015
- Board Member of the Portugal-US Chamber Of Commerce in New York, since 2016
- Tax arbitator of the Administrative and Tax Arbitration Board, since 2011
- “Tax correspondent” of the International Bureau Fiscal Documentation (IBFD), since 2015
- Coordinator of the work group about Procedures, Process and relation between Tax Administration and taxpayers, Department of Finances, 2008-2009
- President of the Commission for the Reform of Public Real Estate Assets, Ministry of Finances, 2005-2006
- Member of the work group for the Reform of the State Budget Legal Framework, Department of Finances, 1997-1998
- Member of the Committee Studying the Taxation of Financial Institutions and Products, Ministry of Finances, 1998-1999
- Member of the Legislation Committee within the Portuguese Bar Association, 2005
- Lawyer, partner and coordinator of the tax practice area in PLMJ – Law Firm, 2004-2012
- Member of the Committee for the Presentation of Reform Proposals on the Taxation of Lawyers and Law, 2004
- Tax Law Specialist for the Portuguese Bar since 2004
- Lawyer and Partner in Sérvulo Correia & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, 2001-2002
- Secretary of State in charge of Tax Affairs within the XIVth Constitutional Portuguese Government , 2001-2002
- Member of the Tax Offences Committee, Ministry of Finances, 1999
- Chairman of the Portuguese Fiscal Association, since 2008, Portuguese branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and of the Latin American Institute of Tax Law
- Member of the Tax Affairs Committee within the Portuguese Bar Association, 1991-1992
- Consultant for the Portuguese Insurance Institute (current Financial Supervision Authority), 1990-1999
- Lawyer by own account (Fernandes Ferreira – Advogados), 1989‑2000
Academic Career
- 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