Meet the founder

Joana Lança

Joana Lança is a founding partner of LANÇA Legal Advice Boutique, LAB, a Portuguese legal boutique, based in Lisbon and specialized in the areas of Tax, Business and Wealth Management.

The LAB has collected several prestigious international recommendations, namely Women in Tax Leaders, promoted by the International Tax Review and Best Lawyers and is recognized by the main international directories – Chambers and Partners, of the Tax Expert Guide.

career
  • In 2017 Joana founded Lança & Associados
  • Between 2014 and 2017, Joana was Coordinating Partner of the Tax Law practice area of AAMM – Sociedade de Advogados
  • Between 2006 and 2014, Joana was a lawyer in the Tax Law practice area of PLMJ Law Firm. She was a Senior Associate in this Practice Area until August 2014.
  • Between 2003 and 2006, she was a tax consultant at Ernst & Young in the areas of International Tax and Corporate Tax
education
  • Intensive Course “Taxation of Corporate Reorganizations and Restructurings”, IDEFF, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Direito, 2013
  • Post-graduate in Accounting and Taxation at Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2012
  • Advanced Post-Graduation in Tax Law on “The New Accounting Standardization System and the IRC Code”, IDEFF, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Direito, 2010
  • Post-graduate in Fiscal Management, Overgest/ISCTE, 2005
  • Accounting course for non-specialists, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, , Faculdade de Ciências Económicas e Empresariais, 2004
  • Law Degree, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Direito 2003
PROFESSIONAL AND BAR ASSOCIATION
  • Member of the List of Arbitrators of CAAD – Center for Administrative Arbitration, in tax matters, since 2014.
  • IFA – “International Fiscal Association”
  • AFP – Portuguese Fiscal Association
  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association, since 2006