Mr Fernando Colucci > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > São Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados Offices
R. JOAQUIM FLORIANO
1052 – SÃO PAULO
SP 04534004
Brazil
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Mr Fernando Colucci
Work Department
Tax, Automotive, Oil and Gas, Infrastructure and Energy, Pulp and Paper, Financial Services, Technology, Wealth Planning
Position
Partner
Career
Specialist in providing legal and tax assistance in M&A operations, restructurings, international taxation, international treaties, transfer pricing, tax planning and international investments taxation. Has great expertise in commercial, corporate and economic law, besides strong actuation in the administrative defense of clients against tax assessments and oral presentations before different Administrative Courts.
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association. Member of the International Fiscal Association, International Bar Association, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) e Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP).
Education
Received his LL.B from Universidade de São Paulo and a LL.M in International Business and Economic Law from Georgetown University Law Center. Also a post-graduation degree in Tax Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Wealth and succession planning
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados leverages its strong tax, corporate and litigation expertise to act for wealthy individuals and family groups in the gamut of wealth management and succession matters. The practice’s main areas of strength include estate and succession planning, corporate restructurings, asset reorganisations and cross-border wealth structuring. Its deep knowledge of banking regulation and investment vehicles makes the group a popular destination for foreign investors and banks. Noted for his experience advising on transfer pricing, M&A and cross-border transactions, Celso Costa oversees the team, which features the highly endorsed tax expert Fernando Colucci and Clarissa Freitas, who is well versed in corporate matters. Tax specialist Carlos Pacheco Fernandes and succession planning expert Rafael Stuppiello stand out at the senior associate level.
Brazil > Tax > Tax advisory
The highly rated team at Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is ‘extremely attentive, helpful, available and very knowledgeable of tax matters’. Cross-border and domestic tax advice is a core part of the workload, which predominantly features mandates concerning direct and indirect tax, as well as customs. The team’s advisory arm is complemented by an equally strong litigation offering that is active in a wide range of administrative and judicial claims at the municipal, state and federal levels. Litigator Daniella Zagari Gonçalves, who often represents clients from the TMT, pharmaceutical, industrial and financial services, oversees the practice, where Raquel Novais and Fernando Tonanni are names to note for consulting matters involving local and international tax. Indirect tax and foreign trade specialist Fernanda Sá Freire Figlioulo and Marco Antonio Gomes Behrndt are also noted. Non-contentious partner Fernando Colucci is highlighted for his ‘promptness and business knowledge’. The ‘super proactive’ disputes partner Camila Galvão Anderi Silva is skilled in administrative proceedings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- TMT: Telecoms
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Transport: Aviation
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Wealth and succession planning
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
- Life sciences
- White-collar crime and investigations
- TMT: Telecoms
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax