Tax
Sitting within the firm’s national tax offering, the Porto Alegre-based tax department at TozziniFreire Advogados acts for clients from a wide range of industries, including energy, infrastructure, consumer goods, agribusiness, and manufacturing, among others. ‘Distinguished by the high level of technique and the quality of the services provided’, the team offers representation in judicial and administrative proceedings at the local, state, and federal levels, demonstrating particular strength in cases concerning corporate income tax, services tax, and tax on manufactured products. On the consultancy front, the practice is active in tax planning and in the structuring of major corporate transactions. Corporate tax expert Gustavo Nygaard and Rafael Mallmann, who specialises in tax litigation, jointly head up the group, where associate Bernardo Mascarenhas Mardini is recommended for contentious matters.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Tozzini Freire takes care of tax processes with the highest quality, impeccable service, and speed.'
'Tozzini's Porto Alegre Tax team is distinguished by the high level of technique and the quality of the services provided, combined with agility and excellent returns and results in the actions they carry out. Another excellent differential is that they do not use difficult language and large texts, and their guidelines is direct and clear.'
Key clients
- Grupo Rumo
- Grupo Renner
Work highlights
- Representing CEEE-T in a group of 81 administrative proceedings and one judicial proceeding concerning the right of CEEE-T to calculate and pay PIS/COFINS considering the cumulative regime.
- Representing Processor in a judicial proceeding challenging the ISS tax liability, charged by the Municipality of Porto Alegre due to the software licensing carried out by the company.