Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Tax, agribusiness, energy, technology, retail and consumer, foreign trade and customs duty

Partner

Provides consultancy on indirect taxes (Value-Added Tax on Sales and Services – ICMS, Tax on Manufactured Services – IPI, Tax on Services – ISS, Program of Social Integration – PIS, and Social Security Financing Tax – COFINS) and municipal, state and federal administrative litigation. Has participated in large corporate structuring and reestructuring operations, indicating the best options considering the indirect taxes. In litigations, his emphasis is the administrative area, drafting defenses to tax assessments, administrative appeals and oral argument before the state and federal administrative courts. Also drafts statements of claim of writs of mandamus and civil actions. His work concerns the strategical analysis of tax issues; legal opinions on municipal, state and federal rules’ construction; consultations with tax authorities on the construction of the tax legislation and tax classification of goods; concession requests for special regimes and tax incentives to taxation and finance departments; processes and balance sheets analysis in legal due diligence; analysis of tax impacts on the reestructuring of companies; examination for the opening of new companies in Brazil and analysis of the procedures for indirect taxes assessment.

Brazilian Bar Association (OAB)

 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC-SP), Brazil (Postgraduate in Tax Law, 2009)  Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (United Metropolitan Faculties ‐ FMU), Brazil (Bachelor of Laws, 2005)