Stocche Forbes Advogados

Tax; Foreign Investment

Partner

Paulo is the partner responsible for the ​​indirect taxation (consumption) and customs practice area, having extensive experience in several business transactions, whether national or international. Due to its experience, it is one of the national references in complex chains and transactions in regulated sectors, such as oil and gas, automotive, health and its equipment, beverages, medicines, cosmetics and energy, as well as international supply chain structures for foreign or national companies with business abroad.

​Abroad, he worked at Ernst & Young and KPMG, both in Munich. In Brazil, he was a partner for more than a decade in a firm specializing in Tax and Foreign Investment. He also accumulates experience at the Attorney General's Office of the National Treasury and at the Federal Revenue Service.

​Paulo is a technology aficionado and is a sponsor at the office for the development of technological solutions for the tax world, which improves and brings accuracy and quality to the work developed by the team.

​He is the author of the books “Double Tax Treaties Policies of Brazil”, “The Economic Double Taxation of Business Profits”, “A Chat with Young and Future Lawyers”, “So Geht's... Dienstleistungen in Brasilien” (trans. That’s how it’s done ... taxation of services in Brazil”), in addition to numerous co-authored books and dozens of articles.

​In addition to his work in law, Paulo also dedicates part of his life to philanthropy, being a member of the Board of Directors of the Institution Aldeias Infantis SOS Brasil (part of SOS Children’s Villages International), which focuses on children and adolescents in situations of vulnerability. He also assists several other institutions in their activities.

​He is the Executive Coordinator of the International Taxation Project at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas Tax Studies Center (NEF / FGV), a trusted lawyer at Advantage Austria, ABA Austria and the Austrian Consulate in Brazil, and a member of several professional institutions and business’ chambers.

Portuguese, English, German and French

Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Tributário (IBDT), AssociaçãoBrasileira de Direito Financeiro (ABDF), International Fiscal Association (IFA) and Deutsch-BrasilianischeIndustrie-und Handelskammer (Brazil-Germany Chamber of Commerce and Industry – AHK Brasil).

PhD in Economic Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) with thesis in “Double Tax Treaty Policies of Brazil”.

Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.) from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich.

Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B.) from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG).