Rafael Stuppiello > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados
Ed. Seculum II - Rua José Gonçalves de Oliveira, nº 116, 5th floor
Itaim Bibi
São Paulo
01453-050
Brazil
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Work Department

ESTATE AND SUCCESSION PLANNING / LITIGATION, ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Position

Partner

Career

Specialist in legal solutions for asset and succession planning in order to organize management and succession with legal security, business logic, and family harmony. Provides assistance in the structuring of assets with a focus on succession, taking into account tax and corporate issues, both in Brazil and abroad. His work involves the preparation of various legal instruments, such as prenuptial agreements, stable union contracts, donation contracts, wills, advance directives (for situations of incapacity), family protocols, family committees, in addition to the revision of instruments and support in the preparation of documents related to assets abroad, such as wills, trusts, and foundations, among others.

Has strong experience in the consensual resolution of highly complex inheritance and family law issues.

Memberships

  • Brazilian Bar Association.

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Wealth and succession planning

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados utilises its full-service expertise to provide nuanced corporate and asset restructuring advice to high-net-worth individuals and family-owned businesses. Clients regularly turn to the team for assistance with asset reorganisation and regularisation, wills, offshore investment structures, and inheritance taxation, among other matters. Owing to its deep knowledge of banking regulation and products, the team also works with the private wealth areas of foreign banks operating in Brazil. Department head Celso Costa, who is noted for his wealth of experience in international mandates, is regularly called upon by high-net-worth individuals, families, trustees and family offices. Fernando Colucci is highlighted for his expertise in tax planning, succession issues and the reorganisation of family assets. Associate Rafael Stuppiello is skilled in advising on the tax and corporate aspects of succession matters.