Sónia Fernandes Martins
Legal Director – Head of Tax Controversy & Dispute Resolution Law
PwC Portugal
Sónia Fernandes Martins is a Legal Director at PwC Portugal. She develops her activity in the area of Tax Dispute Law and Dispute Resolution. Recognized in the category of “Best lawyers in Portugal” in the Tax Law area, by the prestigious International Best Lawyer Directory.
Sónia Fernandes Martins focused her activity in Tax Law, notably in the Tax Litigation Area, assisting national and foreign clients in all administrative (tax inspections, administrative claims, hierarchical appeals, etc.) and judicial instances (judicial claims, including tax arbitrations, enforcement proceedings, appeals, etc.).
At a glance
Areas of focus
- Tax
- Tax Ligation
Professional background
Before joining PwC’s Legal services (previously CCR Legal), from 2006 to 2017 she worked as a Principal Associate at Cuatrecasas, in the Tax Department.
Education
- Law Degree, Law Faculty of University of Lisbon (2003)
- Post-Graduation in Legal Practice and Corporate Advice, Portuguese Catholic University’s Law School (2004)
- Post-Graduation in Public Law, University of Lisbon’s Law School (2006)
- Post-Graduation in Tax Law, Instituto Superior de Gestão (2007)
- Post-Graduation in Non-contractual Liability of the State and the Public Entities, University of Lisbon’s Law School (2008)
- Scholar phase of the Master’s Degree in Public Law at the Nova University of Lisbon Law School (2009)
- Short Course on Tax Procedure and Tax Process, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (2013)
- Short Course on Tax Legal Practice, Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2015)
- Post-Graduation in Public and Tax Litigation, University of Lisbon Law School (2016)
- Post-Graduation in Tax Law – Application of Anti-abuse Rules, University of Lisbon Law School (2016)
- Accounting and Finance Course for Lawyers, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics (2017)
- Short Course on Digital Taxation, Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal (2018)
- Intensive Course on Cryptoassets, Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon – IDEFF (2022)
- Arbitrator at the Administrative Arbitration Center since 2019
- Member of the Bar Association since 2005
- Member of the Portuguese Tax Association
