Maria Norton dos Reis
Maria works in several different areas of tax law, focusing primarily on national and international taxation related to foreign investment in Portugal.
She has broad experience in direct taxation, particularly regarding IRS (Personal Income Tax) and IRC (Corporate Income Tax), with a special emphasis on the real estate and corporate sectors, as well as in areas of indirect taxation.
Simultaneously, Maria has been advising private clients on asset restructuring and estate planning.
Additionally, her experience in tax litigation is noteworthy, involving procedures and tax processes concerning individuals both national and multinational companies, as well as issues related to IRS and IRC, double taxation, VAT, Stamp Duty, IMI (Property Tax), IMT (Property Transfer Tax), tax crimes and administrative offenses, and also matters related to municipal taxes.
She has been coordinating the Tax Law practice area at PARES since 2023.
- Portuguese
- English
Career Path
- Coordinating Associate in the Tax Law practice area at PARES since 2023
- Associate Lawyer at PARES since 2018
- Associate Lawyer at TFRA - Law Firm (2017-2018)
- Tax Consultant at KPMG Portugal in the Indirect Tax department, particularly VAT and estate (2015-2017)
- Associate Lawyer at PLMJ Lawyers (2014-2015)
- Trainee Lawyer at PLMJ Lawyers (2011-2014)
Academic Training
- Accounting Course for Lawyers at the Institute of Economic, Financial, and Tax Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon (2011)
- ALMEDINA training in “Arbitral Jurisprudence in IRC” and “Tax Procedure” (2018)
- Attended courses as part of the Postgraduate Specialization in Tax Law at the University of Lisbon – Institute of Economic, Financial, and Tax Law (2016)
- LL.M. Master of Laws – Law in a European and Global Context (2011-2012)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Portuguese Catholic University (2007-2011)
