Our Team

Rosana Rodrigues is a co-founder and partner of TFRA Law Firm. Her work mainly involves advising foreign investors in Portugal, particularly in areas of Corporate and Tax law. She has also worked extensively in Shipping law.

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.

Ambrosio Jardim has, since 1998, worked mainly in the areas of commercial law (corporate, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring and planning), national and international tax law and real estate.

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.

Lília has graduated in 2002 with a law degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

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.

Catarina graduated in Law in 2021 from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.

She has been a member of the Bar since 2023.

Before joining MCS, she completed an international market analysis internship in Barcelona.

Catarina is fluent in English and Spanish.

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.

Fátima Silva has a degree in Management from the University of Madeira.

Her entire career has been linked to accounting, having held various roles in other management companies, as well as companies in the mining and oil sectors.

She joined MCS in 2024 as a Certified Accountant and is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

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.

Ricardo holds a bachelor degree in management from Instituto Superior de Administração e Línguas and has been working at MCS for more than 20 years. Due to its professional and academic background he is charged with providing independent and objective evaluations of the company’s financial and operational business activities, in cooperation with the departments for Strategic Development and Accounting.

Apart from the role mentioned above Ricardo oversees, together with the Financial & Compliance department all transactions and payments.

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.