We always put you in touch with the best companies and services that meet your specific needs. Belim is a Portuguese law firm specializing in corporate, tax and customs matters. We offer our clients versatile support that includes convenient and comprehensive legal, tax and customs advice, litigation representation, and active compliance, reporting, billing and licensing support. Catarina is a renowned tax specialist who has been successively appointed Head of Indirect Taxation for Portugal by International Tax Review since 2012. At the international level, Catarina participates in specialized organizations such as the IVA and the GLCA and participates in specialized trainings to be at the forefront of legal and tax issues. „Catarina Belim is practical, astute and proactive. We trust their advice and entrust BELIM with the legal structuring of our day-to-day activities and our long-term transactions and tax disputes. We take our role in the legal community very seriously by sponsoring and participating in various pro bono initiatives and interacting regularly with the authorities to constructively advocate for improvements to the Portuguese tax and customs system and contribute to a better and fairer tax system. „BELIM is a boutique company that has expanded and consolidated its presence in the Portuguese legal market, with active participation in the tax community, publication of opinion pieces and participation in the most important debates on taxation.“ We also advise law firms, tax advisors and customs brokers seeking tax and customs advice and/or legal representation for their clients.
The result has been very positive with eternal and growing relationships. „Knowledge, proximity, excellent service, transparency.“ „Belim is highly specialised in tax matters and relies on cooperation with highly competent lawyers with many years of experience in tax law in general. Catarina Belim is an extremely talented lawyer, dedicated and committed to serving the client in the best possible way. Our goal is to clearly and quickly decipher the Portuguese law on taxes and customs so that you can be informed in a timely and appropriate manner of the tax implications of your business, so that at the end of the day you can pay the taxes and other duties due on time and fairly, as determined by law and market practices. We are very proud to help small, medium and large companies, non-profit organizations and private clients on a daily basis to decipher Portuguese tax and customs legislation and interact with authorities and courts to ensure that taxes are paid on time and fairly when due, as determined by law and market practices. Within our network, we are also able to help our clients with their VAT, PIT and CIT deposits. Our business partners are carefully selected: in addition to diplomas and scientific training in the best schools, they have gained their professional experience in leading companies and provide fast and effective answers in their specific areas of work. „Catarina Belim`s unique technical capacity, particularly in the areas of VAT, customs and other indirect taxes, sets her apart in the market.“ „This project has developed thanks to the personal confirmation of Catarina Belim as an exceptional lawyer, recognized in Portugal and abroad as a specialist in indirect taxes.“ Catarina has extensive experience working on tax issues covering Portugal, other EU Member States and other Portuguese-speaking countries such as Angola, Mozambique and East Timor. Catarina began her career in Deloitte`s indirect tax department. She left Deloitte to join the tax division of the vdA, which she had been part of for nearly a decade. Catarina was one of the youngest lawyers to be appointed managing partner of the firm.
In 2016, Catarina founded her own law firm Belim with a focus on corporate and tax issues. Since 2015, Catarina has been a certified arbitrator for VAT and excise matters at the Portuguese Administrative and Tax Arbitration Centre of the Ministry of Justice. Our accumulated experience and responsiveness make us a trusted service provider at national and international level, especially in the field of VAT and indirect taxes, where we are considered one of the leading companies in Portugal.