Vieira, Rezende, Barbosa e Guerreiro Advogados fields a tax department comprised of ‘highly up-to-date and technically qualified professionals’. The practice has a strong client base working across key industries such as energy, infrastructure, logistics and mining, who benefit from the firm’s expertise in contentious and non-contentious direct and indirect tax matters. Customs law is another core focus, particularly for partner Tiago Vasconcelos Severini. Luiz André Nunes De Oliveira, who acts for major domestic and international corporations in tax regulatory issues, transactional matters and litigation, jointly leads the team with Rafael De Moraes Amorim, who focuses on tax consulting and planning. Clients also rate the ’extremely capable and available’ tax litigator Bruna Barbosa Luppi. Breno Kingma has notable strength in administrative and judicial disputes.
Testimonials
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‘They are extremely competent, analytical and detail-oriented professionals. Even the partners are always involved in the demands, contributing to the resolution of issues.’
‘Vieira Rezende's tax team has highly up-to-date and technically qualified professionals, who always seek to assist the client with questions raised in a very responsible manner and with a focus on practical results.’
Key clients
- Unimed Petrópolis
- Unimed Leste Fluminense
Work highlights
- Obtained a favourable second-level decision for Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Serviços de Petróleo - ABESPETRO and Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Exploração e Produção de Petróleo e Gás – ABEP in a leading case involving the enactment of the Legislative Decree concerning the grant of a Special Regime of REPETRO within the State of Rio de Janeiro.
- Providing legal assistance to Samarco in several tax matters involving a $9.5bn debt restructuring plan.