Legal Support
Joao Figueira
Attorney, Gil Figueira & Devillet Lima Advogados
João Gil Figueira (JD, LLM, MMgt) is an international tax and business lawyer who advises multinational firms and high-net-worth individuals regarding taxation, investment structures, offerings, M&A deals, commercial contracts, distribution and agency agreements, corporate governance, company formation and residency/citizenship in Portugal and Portuguese speaking countries.
He is experienced in providing comprehensive and well-rounded advice to international investors and retirees on living in and investing in and from Portuguese speaking jurisdictions.
He is the appointed Managing Partner of Gil Figueira & Devillet Lima Advogados.
João lectured for several years at Portuguese universities on Taxation for Masters and Executive Masters Programs. He has authored several legal books, articles, and guides on Portuguese Business and Tax law.
João is Counsel to Boards of Directors of several companies.
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Property Support
Luis Teixeira Da Silva
Founder and Director, Senior Living Villages & Algarve Senior Living
Luis da Silva has more than 30 years of business experience. He has lived in 9 countries (including the USA, UK, Brazil and Portugal) and worked in more than 30 markets around the globe. With several years’ experience as CEO of international consulting and technology companies, he has extensive experience in the internationalization of businesses, is a specialist in emerging markets and in businesses operating in multiple regions, and has a strong understanding of cultural and regional nuances.
With almost 20 years of experience in international real estate markets as an investor and consultant, his focus during the last decade has been on senior or retirement living. He is the founder and Director of Senior Living Villages, a UK-based company dealing with fixed-income investment opportunities in the retirement sector in the UK, and co-founder and Director of Portugal Senior Living and Spain Senior Living, the business’s brands providing a broad range of solutions to the retiree/senior (50+) market in Portugal and Spain.
Luis is an expert on a range of subjects affecting international retirement migration, including real estate (purchase and rental), residency visas such as income based and Golden Visas, investment, climate, etc., with a unique ability to comment on the pros and cons of different destination markets. He is actively involved as an investor in, and has detailed knowledge of, investment opportunities in the senior or retirement living sector.
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Claudia Boto
Director, Vernon Algarve Real Estate
Portuguese nationality, born in Portimão, Algarve.
Graduated in Tourism at the Algarve Tourism School (EHTA) in 1993.
Immediately started her professional career in the hotel industry, where she learned to work in an efficient and competent professional manner with clients of all nationalities which helped her to learn several languages between English, German, French, Spanish and a little Italian.
After an internship in Germany, where she perfected the German language and got to know the culture, she joined the Vernon team in1999, where she now holds the position of manager.
Since then, gaining a lot of experience in the real estate market in the Algarve, having done several trainings and intensive courses in all areas related to Real Estate such as: Sales techniques, Marketing, Property valuations, taxation, and legislation, among others to better improve her knowledge.
Now with 22 years of experience in the Algarve real estate market, Cláudia has built a strong reputation and can of fer her professional advice to both sellers and buyers, and be sure, she will do what she knows better, which is helping you sell, or buy your dream home.
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Miguel Paninho
Private Investment Bureau
I graduated high school when I was 19, and took a break for a few years to work. I was 25 when I went to University (IADE) to study Management, Marketing, and Communication. I’ve worked in a publishing house, I’ve worked for Apple, started multiple businesses along the way, and worked in the IT department of a surfing company.
It wasn’t until sometime between 2007 and 2008, when I was hired by a broker to do consultancy, that I realized I enjoyed working in real estate. After a few years I was invited to take on a project working for one of the biggest real estate brokers in Lisbon (and the country). I was in charge of recruiting and training new members, and was the team manager. My eagerness and need to learn more helped me evolve. That’s how PIB was born.
I was attending NOVA University when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Before lockdown, I successfully concluded a course in business and entrepreneurship which I used to launch a brand-new company right during this time.
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Tax Support (U.S.A. and Canada)
George Gonzalez
Chartered Professional Accountant, George Gonzalez, CPA, CA
George Gonzalez is a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who provides international tax consulting services to individuals and small business clients. Prior to opening his own tax consulting practice, he worked for a Big Four public accounting firm and later a multi-national financial services firm. He has worked in the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, the Dominican Republic, and Canada, where he currently resides. George is a professor at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta where he teaches courses in tax and accounting.
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Vincenzo Villamena
Founder, Online Taxman
Vincenzo Villamena is the founder of Online Taxman, specializing in International Accounting & Tax Services for Expats who want straightforward and transparent solutions.
Online Taxman professional CPAs help you navigate the confusing world of Expat Taxes, ensuring you IRS compliance and maximized returns.
Vincenzo Villamena has served various roles in Financial Services and Private Equity. Starting out at PwC, he advised the firm’s premier private equity and corporate clients on their complex accounting issues, where he was able to gain first hand experience in dealing with tax implications in M&A’s and IPO’s. His experiences at PwC prepped me for the playing an integral role in at Pegasus Blue Star Fund, where he helped close $300MM in funds for healthcare technology investments. Additionally, his focuses included investment due diligence and negotiations, where he performed complex deal structure evaluations and executed transactions.
He started to do Expat Accounting & Tax Services in 2005 to help out a few close Expat Friends with their taxes. 9 years later with 700+ happy clients around the world, Online TaxMan has become the go to source for International Tax Support.
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Luis Duarte
Sales Director, Global International Relocation
At Global International Relocation, I have started right at the end of 2008, when the company was in the beginning, about 8 months from it’s start, I had just returned from the US, and had a professional Experience in the UK, but as I was settling in Portugal, and was already enchanted by my Actual Wife, got the opportunity and not knowing where I was going into, I just jumped! The BEST jump of my life! Has been now almost 12 years, and the journey has been nothing close to strait, ups, downs, lots of eorts, much, much work, and above all, LEARNING! Has been and still is a Learning process.
From a Small company with 4 to 6 people, to the actual GIR with Over 80 People and 3 delegations, we are the number 1 company in Mobility in Portugal, and the great thing about it, is that we worry about creating value to our clients, by crating inner value in our people, and this is the fundamentals of our company.
Sure, to have the experience to help, I am ready to support you, not alone but with an Amazing TEAM which will support you in anything you may need on the way!