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TIM Brasil is the Brazilian subsidiary of Telecom Italia Mobile, an Italian telecommunications company. As the fastest growing mobile phone company in Brazil with currently more than 13,000 employees, the company is known throughout the country for delivering innovative and quality services in mobile, fixed and broadband internet. The tax team, which has an “end-to-end concept” involving legal, litigation, consultancy, planning and compliance in the tax field, acts as a core pillar of TIM Brasil’s operations. Gusatvo Alves as tax director leads approximately 140 outstanding professionals including around 30 lawyers that were all praised by nominators, and he explains how ‘any decision in the company is supported or based on our advice, not as a mandatory issue but as a partnership view. The CEO, CFO, CTO, CMO, all of them, count on us as partners’. Ronaldo de Moura Estevão, responsible for tax litigation and tax audit stands out for developing and implementing relevant tax planning, and is responsible for the policies and action that allows the company to obtain clearance certificates. One nominator adds: ‘Estevão plays an important role in the relationship with state authorities, which leads to successful negotiation of tax debts and credit recovery’. Another outstanding member of the team is Victor de Almeida P. Furtado de Mendonça, currently the senior manager of tax audits, with over 11 years of experience working in the tax area of telecommunication companies with a focus on planning and consulting, tax audits and tax litigation. ‘He is known for his negotiation and interface skills with government representatives and experience with multicultural and multidisciplinary teams’. Additionally, Roberta Rodrigues Font, head of indirect tax planning and consulting SOx and budget manager also stands out for her tax consultancy to huge projects and management of SOx controls regarding tax procedures. Kristal Heine Schneeweiss as manager of direct taxes and is responsible for consulting, planning and compliance and provision of technical tax support concerning any direct taxes impacts regarding the operations performed by TIM Group in Brazil and its foreign entities. Bruno Justo and Alexandre Pieroni, executive managers of consultancy and planning and tax operations matters respectively, are also highly recommended for their contributions to this outstanding function.