Trench Rossi Watanabe

Tax

Partner

Maria Rita Ferragut joined the Firm in 2019. With 30 years of experience, she is the lead partner of the Tax Law group, acting with a focus on Tax Litigation, at the federal, state and municipal levels.

Portuguese and English.

Former Vice-Chairman of the Tax Litigation Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association – OAB/SP. Vice-President of the Tax Law Commission of São Paulo Lawyers Institute – IASP. Counselor of WIT – Woman in Tax Brazil and of Women & Tax.

Full professor in Tax Law at Universidade de São Paulo (USP), holds a doctorate and a master’s degree in Tax Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP) and graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP) with a degree in Law.

She is a Law professor at Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET) and Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC/COGEAE). She has already taught at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP), INSPER and Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA/SP). She was an assistant professor in the master’s and doctorate in Tax Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP) and Universidade de São Paulo (USP) for 12 years. Participates in several congresses and seminars in the country.