Our Team

Before founding TFRA Law Firm, she was a legal adviser to the Vice Presidency of the Regional Government of Madeira.

At MCS, she has been a board member of several international service companies operating in the Madeira International Business Center throughout her career.

She graduated from Lisbon University Law Faculty in the field of legal sciences.

She has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1990.

She is fluent in Portuguese, English, French and Italian.

He has specialized in the support and ongoing advice to foreign investors in Portugal and the support and consultancy in the internationalization of Portuguese companies.

He has sat on the Board of several multinational companies operating within the institutional framework of the Madeira International Business Center.

Ambrosio Jardim is a law graduate from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2001 and a member of the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA).

Ambrosio Jardim is fluent in English and Portuguese.

Before joining MCS, he was Project Management Director in the medical devices/pharmaceutical field, tax consultant (Personal Income Taxation) in a Big Four and technical adviser on Small Island Economies and Jurisdictions to a Member of the European Parliament.

Miguel is also a columnist for regional and (inter)national news outlets.

He is fluent in Portuguese and English.

She joined MCS’s legal team in 2003, providing support to the legal department in corporate and shipping. Having interrupted her functions between 2007 and 2013, when she was City Councilor for Machico municipality.

Lília is fluent in English and understands French and Italian.

She is a Member of the Portuguese Lawyer’s Bar since 2005.

Since 1995 she has been a member of the Order of Certified Accountants (Ordem dos Contabilistas Ceritificados), the Portuguese board of chartered accountants. In 1999 Laurinda obtained the Diploma of Quality Auditor from the Agesfal Management Institute. In the following year, she became a Certified Real Estate Agent through the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Laurinda joined the MCS team in 2011.

She is fluent in Portuguese, English and Afrikaans.

Iolanda Almeida holds a bachelor degree in Management from Universidade da Madeira.

Her entire career has been linked to accounting, having held several in other management companies companies.

Iolanda has joined MCS in 2018 as a Certified Public Accountant and is fluent in Portuguese and English.

Rute has more than 20 years of experience in financial accounting. Throughout her career as an accountant, she has always been linked to Madeira’s International Business Centre and the Madeira Free Trade Zone.

In 2011 she joined the MCS team after completing her accounting and tax update course during the previous year.

Rute holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from Instituto Superior de Administração e Línguas, is fluent in Portuguese and English and knows Italian.

Arrived in Madeira in 2000, from South Africa. Started working as accountant assistant , as from 2002 have worked for 3 international companies in the Zona Franca of Madeira as assistant to the Chartered Accountant.

Completed an accounting course in 2012, fluent in English and speak Portuguese.

In addition to the role above, Pedro liaises with couriers, posts, Tax Authority and Social Security assuring that our clients comply with their obligations, paperwork deadlines and archiving.

During his studies he worked as a volunteer for the Académica da Madeira, the student’s union of University of Madeira, as a translator in the literary department.

His work experience ranges various areas from retail and music to publicity.

He is fluent in Spanish and English.