Nuno Cunha Barnabé

Partner | Lisbon

Practice Areas
Tax
Industries
Private Clients & Family Businesses
Desks
German Desk
Languages
  • English
  • French
Contacts

Nuno Cunha Barnabé is a Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2019, working in the tax area with a focus on Private Clients, Wealth and Succession.

With over 20 years’ experience in tax law, Nuno Cunha Barnabé is a specialist in wealth taxation and estate planning, advising private clients, family offices, private banks and asset managers in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries and cross-border Switzerland, UK and US.

Nuno is a dual qualified lawyer in Portugal and Switzerland (EU Lawyer). He is also a founder of the Portuguese Tax Arbitration Tribunal.

He is a member of the International Fiscal Association, the International Bar Association (Taxes and Private Client Tax Committees), The Society of Trust and Estate Practioners (STEP – TEP, International Client SIG), the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL), the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and the American Bar Association (ABA).

Previously in his professional career he has been involved in a significant number of M&A transactions, corporate reorganisations, debt work-outs, real estate transactions and inbound/outbound business investments. He is still frequently sought by Family Offices and Family Businesses in these areas regarding domestic and international tax and foreign investment matters.

High Net Worth Guide 2023 – Band 1 – Private Wealth Law

Chambers Europe 2022 – Band 2 – Tax

Global Leader, Corporate Tax Advisory, 2021

Recommended Lawyer, Corporate Tax (2021-2022)

Tax Law, Portugal (2012-2022)

Family Business Law, Portugal (2022)

Highly Regarded – General corporate tax and Private client”, 2022

Band 1 – Private Wealth Law
“really top lawyers dedicating a lot of time to the private wealth practice.”; “the right combination of technical and communication skills. They are very well updated technically on revenue practices in Portugal.”

Band 2 – Tax
“He is able to engage and explore other areas of law very well and can bring those elements together when working.”

Highly Regarded

Private Clients

Vencedor dos STEP Private Clients Awards 2018 com a melhor equipa dedicada Private Clients

Tax, 2019

Association

Academic

University of Lisbon Faculty of Law

Degree in Law from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (1996)