Tax

Founding Partner and General Coordination.

Founding partner of the Rafael Pandolfo Advogados Associados law firm. Practice Areas: tax litigation, tax advisory, tax planning regarding domestic and international tax law, corporate tax, M&A taxation.

Chief lawyer in the drafting of defence strategies in tax cases in the judicial and administrative spheres, with active participation in trials before the Courts of Appeal (administrative and judicial) and Superior Courts (Superior Court of Justice and Supreme Federal Court).

He has extensive experience in counselling retail chains, especially food, appliances and construction material retail.

Mr. Pandolfo has in his curriculum vast expertise in consulting for the Federation of Commerce of Goods and Services of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FECOMERCIO/RS), which brings together large, medium and small enterprises in retail, wholesale and service.

He has a seat in the Technical Council of Tax, Legal and Civil Affairs of the Federation of Industry of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (CONTEC/FIERGS), where he provides tax advice and assistance to the industrial sector.

As a PhD in Tax Law and a former judge at CARF, a judging body of the Ministry of Finance, he aligns the experiences acquired in conducting the technical alignment of all the content produced by the firm.

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Coordinator of Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários - IBET (Brazilian Tax Studies Institute) in RS (State of Rio Grande do Sul). Coordinator of the LLM Program in Tax Law at Fundação Escola Superior do Ministério Público (Foundation-School of Higher Education of the Public Prosecution Office) (FMP). Lecturer Professor at the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET) throughout Brazil. Member of the Special Committee on Tax Law of the Federal Council of OAB (Brazilian Bar Association). Technical, Tax and Legal Affairs Advisor (Contec/FIERGS - Federation of Industries of the State of Rio Grande do Sul). Tax Consultant of the Federação do Comercio de Bens e Serviços (Federation of Commerce of Goods and Services) (FECOMERCIO). Editorial Advisor of the Fundação Escola Superior de Direito Tributário (Higher Education Foundation of Tax Law) (FESDT). Member of Instituto de Pesquisas Tributárias - IPT (Tax Researches Institute). Member of Instituto de Estudos Tributários - IET (Tax Studies Institute). Member of the Fundação Escola Superior de Direito Tributário (FESDT). Lecturer of Associação Paulista de Direito Tributário (Tax Law Association of São Paulo). Author of several articles and books on Tax Law. Speaker at various institutions.

Bachelor's degree in Law from  Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Master and Doctor in Tax Law from Pontifical Catholic University of the State of São Paulo (PUC-SP).