Mr Mauro Berenholc > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
RUA HUNGRIA, 1100
SÃO PAULO, SP 01455-906
Brazil
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Mr Mauro Berenholc
Work Department
International Trade and Customs, Tax.
Position
Partner.
Career
Mauro Berenholc advises domestic and international companies and associations from different economic sectors on issues related to international trade, tax and customs law. Mauro has extensive experience in conducting complex administrative and judicial proceedings in these areas. He represented the interests of domestic industry clients in a litigation case before the WTO dispute settlement body, and also served as tax expert witness in an administrative proceeding with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
International experience: Linklaters, England.
Languages
Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Memberships
International Bar Association (IBA): Chair of the International Trade & Customs Law Committee (2012-2013).
Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/SP): Member of the Executive Group of the Foreign Trade and International Relations Committee (2004 to 2009).
Education
LL.M. in International and European Business Law from University of Kent;
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP).
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > International trade
(Leading individuals)Pinheiro Neto Advogados has a solid track record in trade remedies investigations dating back to the early 1990s. This ensures an ‘unparalleled knowledge of the legal framework, process and practice, with a 360 degrees view’. Major exporters and manufacturers rely on the firm for key trade-related matters including sunset reviews, public interest proceedings, and safeguarding investigations. This extends to WTO disputes, as well as customs and international trade litigation in the administrative and judicial courts. Clients, including trade associations, come from a range of industries, such as energy, natural resources, chemicals, manufacturing, automotive, food, and fashion. Mauro Berenholc and Renê Medrado jointly lead the team, which includes an experienced team of counsel and associates.
Brazil > Tax > Tax advisory
Rated for providing a ‘dynamic and efficient service’, Pinheiro Neto Advogados fields a team of ‘excellent professionals‘ ‘who are always up-to-date with tax issues’. A popular destination for major domestic and international clients, the practice sees a strong flow of advisory work, courtesy of the firm’s market-leading corporate finance and M&A group. Luciana Rosanova Galhardo handles complex non-contentious tax matters and litigation (at the judicial and administrative levels) on behalf of clients from the pharmaceutical, automotive, financial, healthcare and cosmetic industries. Giancarlo Chamma Matarazzo specialises in local and international law issues, and Emir Nunes de Oliveira Neto is skilled in transactional matters, tax planning and high-end litigation cases. Customs work is handled by specialists such as Mauro Berenholc, while Cristiane Ianagui Matsumoto and Marcos de Vicq de Cumptich have strong expertise in social security. The litigation arm is also extremely strong: Ana Carolina Fernandes Carpinetti has a particular focus on the technology sector, which is also a notable area of expertise for Luiz Roberto Peroba Barbosa; Tércio Chiavassa is another contact for high-profile disputes before the administrative and judicial courts. Carlos Henrique Tranjan Bechara is ‘an excellent professional, prepared to face complex tax issues’ in the context of litigation, while the recently promoted João Rafael L. Gândara de Carvalho is knowledgeable of direct and indirect tax, social security, and customs.
Lawyer Rankings
- International trade Brazil
- Leading individuals Brazil > International trade
- Tax advisory Brazil > Tax
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- International trade
- Life sciences
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Wealth and succession planning
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Transport: Shipping
- White-collar crime and investigations