ABOUT ROSA AREIAS
Rosa Areias leads the Tax practice of PwC, with a team of over 500 professionals who assist our clients from our offices based in Luanda, Cidade da Praia, Maputo, Lisbon, Porto and Funchal.
Rosa joined PwC in 1999, as Tax Assistant, and became a Tax Partner in 2012.
With over 20 years’ experience, during her career Rosa has been focusing in international tax advisory, restructuring projects, tax consulting, dispute resolution and arbitration, assisting large national and multinational groups, mainly in consumer goods and services, industrials, energy, tourism, tech and telecoms sectors.
Rosa has an extensive know-how in corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions and family businesses, as well as in assisting clients with tax litigation in audits undertaken by the tax authorities.
She is a guest speaker at seminars and conferences on taxation, and regularly collaborates with the press on the same topic. She is a guest lecturer at several universities.
Rosa is an Arbitrator at the Portuguese Tax Arbitration Court (CAAD).
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Administration by Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto (ISCAP).
• Degree in Economics by Faculdade de Economia do Porto.
• Post-graduation in Management and Taxation by IESF - Instituto de Estudos Superiores Financeiros e Fiscais.
• MBA in Finance by Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto.
• Degree in Law by Universidade Lusófona.
• Advanced Management Programme by Católica Lisbon School of Business | Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University.
• Post-graduation in Business Intelligence and Analytics by Porto Business School.
FIRM PROFILE
PwC has been present in Portugal for over 60 years with more than 60 partners and more than 2,700 permanent employees spread across offices in Lisbon, Oporto, Coimbra, Funchal, Luanda, Cidade da Praia and Maputo.
The vast majority of professionals have a degree in business management, finance, economics, accounting, law, engineering or social sciences, all of whom are given the opportunity to complement their academic training, in addition to often receiving specific professional training.
