Rogério Fernandes Ferreira was the only Portuguese shortlisted in the "Advocate of the Year" category at the STEP Private Client Awards of 2019/2020. The awards ceremony will take place at the annual dinner on 25 September at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel, in London.

The founding partner of RFF & Associados is one of STEP's "Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) - Full member", since 2018.

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) is a global professional association with more than 20,000 members in over 90 countries and has promoted, annually, since 2012, the "Private Client Awards", which recognize the excellence of lawyers and their peers in the private clients' area.