Trench Rossi Watanabe

Commercial Contracts, Wealth Management and Family Law, Tax

Partner

Thales M. Stucky joined the Firm in 2004 and became partner in 2015. He integrates the Tax Planning & Controversies practice group, with focus on tax litigation (judicial and administrative), as well as tax planning in general for Brazilian and foreign companies. Thales has a wide experience in tax issues related to the automotive and IT industries. He has worked in the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie as foreign associate as part of the North American Tax Practice Group, occasion in which Thales was involved in a series of projects assisting US companies investing in Brazil, especially on dealing with repatriation strategies, as well as Brazilian companies with business in the US.

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Member of the OAB/RS, IET and IBDT.

He graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul with a degree in Law and from Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET) with a specialization in Tax Law in 2005. He also holds a master’s degree (LL.M) in International Taxation from New York University.

He holds a JD from PUC/RS, a Specialist in Tax title from IBET and a LL.M in International Taxation from New York University (Wallace Scholarship).