Pinheiro Guimarães

Pinheiro Guimarães has an active tax team that is best known for its non-contentious advice. The firm’s reputation for high-end corporate finance work ensures a steady flow of domestic and cross-border M&A, capital markets and restructuring-related tax planning mandates. Rio de Janeiro-based Daniela Viana Cordeiro de Melo Fassheber, a key relationship partner for major investment banks and energy clients, jointly oversees the practice with Rafael Xavier Vianello in São Paulo. Other key individuals include Estevan Leal, who regularly advises companies from the forestry, pharmaceuticals and telecoms industries, and senior associate Thiago Paranhos Neves, who coordinates the firm’s tax litigation work.