Filipe de Vasconcelos Fernandes joined VdA in 2016. He is Counsel of the Tax practice area.
Degree in Industrial Management and Engineering by the University of Lisbon (2011).
Degree in Law by the University of Lisbon (2012).
Postgraduate in Economic Regulation by the Institute of Economic, Financial and Fiscal Law (IDEFF) of the University of Lisbon School of Law (2012).
Postgraduate in Tax Law from the Institute of Economic, Financial and Tax Law (IDEFF) of the University of Lisbon School of Law (2014).
Postgraduate Course in Energy Management by the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon (2016).
Advanced Course on Hydrogen Technologies and Economics by INEGI - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (2020).
Msc. in Tax and Constitutional Law by the University of Lisbon School of Law (2017).
PhD Candidate in Tax Law at the University of Lisbon School of Law, with research on the subject "Net Income and Deductibility of Expenses in Corporate Income Tax (2018-2023), awaiting public defense.
Guest Assistant at the University of Lisbon, School of Law – practical classes of Economics, Public Finance and Tax Law.
Guest Lecturer in the Advanced Course on Hydrogen Technologies and Economics by INEGI - Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, modules of Regulation of the Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Auction Theory and Hydrogen Market.
Guest lecturer in Energy Economics at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and at the Católica Lisbon of Business and Economics (MBA courses or MSc/PhD seminars)
Guest lecturer at the Advanced Postgraduate Course on Tax Compliance at the Instituto de Formação Bancária (Portuguese Banking Association) - Special Taxes in the Banking Sector.
Before joining the firm, Filipe worked as a Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young SA, developing intense legal and tax advisory activity from several public and private entities, particularly in the energetic, pharmaceutical and telecommunications sectors.
Additionally, Filipe developed multidisciplinary consulting activity in Tax Policy, Public Finance and Economic Law.
Author of several articles namely:
Admited to the Portuguese Bar Association (Registered as a Lawyer of Recognized Merit for the Practice of Legal Advice.
Member of the Associação Portuguesa para a Promoção do Hidrogénio (Ap2H2).
Founder of H2Tax.
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