Margarida Ramos Pereira

Deloitte Portugal

margarida.pereira@novalaw.unl.pt
Biographical Note | Pedagogical Experience

Education

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  • Post graduated in “Corporate Finance, Restructuring and Litigation” (18/20), from the UCP Law School.
  • Attendance at the postgraduate course in Business Law, at Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa, CIDP.
  • Trainee lawyer (advogada-estagiária), registered with the Ordem dos Advogados.
  • Graduated in Law (2010), from UCP.
  • Graduated in Business and Management (1992), from ISCTE.
  • PhD student in Management, specialization in accounting, being the research topic in the field of taxation.
  • Certified Accountant and member of the respective Professional Council (registration suspended).
  • Economista Conselheiro (Senior Economist), title granted by the Ordem dos Economistas (Chamber of Economists).
  • Member of the Order of Economists, in the College of Specialty “Business Economics and Management / Tax Management and Consulting”.
  • Successfully completed the exams and respective internship to access the Ordem dos Revisores Oficiais de Contas (Chamber of Chartered Accountants).
  • Participated in several courses and conferences promoted by Deloitte and other entities, not only in Portugal, but in several other countries/cities (e.g. Madrid, London, Paris, Chicago, Frankfurt and Veldhoven).

Professional experience

  • Began her professional career in 1992 as an assistant and senior in the Audit division at Arthur Andersen (now incorporated into Deloitte).
  • Tax Partner at Deloitte since 2007.
  • Since 2015, she is the Head of Tax M&A, the Portuguese, Angolan, Mozambican, Cape Verdean, and São Tomé practice;
  • As a consultant, her experience in the tax area is very extensive, including tax planning, issues related to current corporate operations, structuring business groups, compliance with ancillary tax obligations, and audit monitoring.
  • In Corporate Finance and taxation, she has cross-functional experience in all transactional phases, from the preparation and/or review of financial models, to structuring and raising capital, supporting transactions from both sell-side and buy-side perspectives, structuring purchase and sale transactions (whether share deals or asset deals), tax structuring, post-transaction integration, or any other aspects related to investment in Portugal or abroad.
  • Member of the Supervisory Board / Audit Body / Direction of several non-profit entities (e.g., Cais, CCPM, FPAK, PWF, PWN).

 

  • Holds the “CCP – Certificado de Competências Pedagógica” (pedagogic certification).
  • Head of Deloitte Executive Education (DEE), a business line responsible to develop and promote training sections for clients. She was, for 10 years, the international tax training coordinator for the Portuguese Deloitte and Andersen’s tax practice.
  • University teacher of Taxation, at ISCTE, teaching students of Business and Management degree and Finance and Accounting degree, since 2011.
  • Master and postgraduation’s jury in thesis defenses.
  • Responsible for several matters under Masters and postgraduate programs, as follows:
      • Master of Science in Business Administration – by Universidade Católica / Deloitte;
      • Principles of Tax Law and Major Corporation Taxes, under the postgraduate program “Course of Business/corporation Law “, by IDT/Universidade NOVA de Lisboa;
      • Principles and Procedures of Tax Litigation under the postgraduate program in “Accounting and Taxation”, by University of Madeira;
      • VAT + RITI, under the postgraduate program in “Tax Management”, by INDEG-ISCTE;
      • Corporate Taxation, under the postgraduate program in “Corporate Finance“, by Nova SBE (EN);
      • Tax Practice, under the Master’s in Law and Management, by NOVA School of Law (EN);
      • Tax M&A, under the Executive Program of M&A, by Nova SBE.