The highly rated team at Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is ‘extremely attentive, helpful, available and very knowledgeable of tax matters’. Cross-border and domestic tax advice is a core part of the workload, which predominantly features mandates concerning direct and indirect tax, as well as customs. The team’s advisory arm is complemented by an equally strong litigation offering that is active in a wide range of administrative and judicial claims at the municipal, state and federal levels. Litigator Daniella Zagari Gonçalves, who often represents clients from the TMT, pharmaceutical, industrial and financial services, oversees the practice, where Raquel Novais and Fernando Tonanni are names to note for consulting matters involving local and international tax. Indirect tax and foreign trade specialist Fernanda Sá Freire Figlioulo and Marco Antonio Gomes Behrndt are also noted. Non-contentious partner Fernando Colucci is highlighted for his ’promptness and business knowledge’. The ‘super proactive’ disputes partner Camila Galvão Anderi Silva is skilled in administrative proceedings.

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‘Extremely attentive, helpful, available and very knowledgeable of tax matters.'
‘The team always seeks and is willing to provide better client assistance. It is proactive and focused on innovation.'
‘ Camila Galvão - Dedication and greater interactivity with the client. Super proactive, values personal meetings to better understand the company's operation and apply it according to the clients needs.'
‘Fernando Colucci - promptness, business knowledge, and application of legislation to practice.'

Key clients

Acciona Energia Chile Spa
ADCOS
Olist
Estrella Gallicia
Ouro Fino
Gurgelmix
B3
Apple
BRF
Mercado Livre

Work highlights

Advised TotalEnergies on the tax aspects of a joint venture (JV) with Casa dos Ventos (CDV) to develop, build, and operate a renewable portfolio of products.
Assisted IG4 Capital in the analysis of the alternatives for the acquisition structure and the reorganisation that will be implemented to enable the tax amortisation of the goodwill paid upon its acquisition of EPSA .
Advised Lojas Le Biscuit on the tax structure of a corporate transaction involving a large retail store.

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