Tauil & Chequer Advogados

Ivan Tauil is the founding partner and Head of the tax law practice of Tauil & Chequer in association with Mayer Brown and serves on Mayer Brown's Partnership Board.

He has extensive experience in local and international taxation. He is also the author of several articles and is often a lecturer at a number of legal and corporate events in Brazil and abroad. Ivan holds an LL.M. in constitutional law and theory of the state from PUC-RJ. He is the Chairman of the National Oil & Gas Law Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association, Director of the Brazilian Tax Law Academy, and a member of the Brazilian Finance Law Association, the International Fiscal Association and the International Bar Association. In addition, Ivan is also a member of the Editorial Board of Revista Tributária e de Finanças Públicas – Ed. Revista dos Tribunais. In 2016, both Global Chambers and Chambers Latin America recognized him as one of the “Leaders in their Field” for his legal work in the tax sector.

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Chairman, National Oil & Gas Law Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association

Former Chairman, Oil & Gas Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Chapter

Director, Brazilian Tax Law Academy

Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)

Member, Association for Real Estate Project Development in Brazil (ADIT)

Chairman, Science Board of the Brazilian Academy of Tax Law

Member, Editorial Board of Revista Tributária e de Finanças Públicas, edited by Revista dos Tribunais

Member, Brazilian Institute of Constitutional Law (Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Constitucional)

Member, American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)

Member, International Bar Association

Member, International Fiscal Association

Member, Brazilian Finance Law Association

Universidade de Coimbra, Specialization degree in European Law, 1996

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, LLM in Constitutional Law and Theory of the State, 1989

Universidade Federal Fluminense, Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent), 1987

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Bachelor of Social Science, 1987