Ayres Ribeiro Advogados
Ayres Ribeiro Advogados has an ‘excellent and collaborative, technical team’ of ’highly qualified and helpful professionals’. Clients appreciate the ‘direct involvement of partners in discussions’, and the team’s coverage of ’practically all taxes and contributions’. With offices in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, the practice provides legal support in direct and indirect tax-related risk assessments, planning and optimisations, and often represents clients in judicial and administrative cases before the local, state and federal courts. Based in São Paulo, Gilberto Ayres Moreira and Claudia Cristina Dos Santos Abrosio are ‘excellent professionals and stand out in handling strategic issues’. In the Belo Horizonte office, Fernando Westin leads on tax litigation matters, while associate Marcelo Correa oversees non-contentious work.
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Testimonials
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‘They know the details of our area of expertise very well, bringing many inputs, opportunities and legal certainty. Always very up-to-date. The firm has a very dedicated team, with assertive professionals who know our business and area of expertise very well. Direct involvement of partners in discussions, which does not occur in all firms.’
‘Fernando Westin knows the topics very well from a technical point of view, finding excellent solutions and bringing viable alternatives with legal security. Very proactive and with new ideas. Gilberto Ayres Moreira also knows our business very well, bringing good recommendations for the proposed challenges. Claudia Abrosio is an excellent professional, who delivers the best results.'
‘Excellent, collaborative, and technical team.’
‘Gilberto Ayres and Claudia Abrosio are excellent professionals and stand out in handling strategic issues.’
‘Highly qualified and helpful professionals.’
‘I have a lot of contact with Marcelo Correa who always assists with enthusiasm and professionalism.'
‘Excellence and speed in service, with great knowledge of tax aspects, covering practically all taxes and contributions.'
‘Claudia Abrosio has a great academic knowledge, and a great vision of finance, business and accounting, which helps a lot in deliveries. Fernando Westin, a specialist in tax litigation, has great knowledge of the subject and business, which helps a lot in defences and searches.’
Key clients
- SEB do Brasil
- SAGA Medição
- Mene e Portella Publicidade
- B.E.M. Brazilian Eletric Motors
- Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
- Sendas Distribuidora
- Tieer
- Companhia de Locação das Américas (Locamerica/Unidas)
- Lógica Engenharia
- Capricórnio Têxtil
- Fator Seguradora
- Algar Telecom
- Empiricus Research
- Yamaha
- Zurich Santander Brasil Seguros
- Spraying Systems Do Brasil
- CSI Leasing
- Corcan Tecnologia
- Empresa 1
- PIF PAF
- EssilorLuxottica
- CENIBRA
- NSK
- Forvia
- Rima
- Globalbev
- Coca-Cola FEMSA
- Idemia
- Heineken
- Fortaleza de Santa Teresinha Agricultura e Pecuária
- Sequoia Properties
Work highlights
- Assisting IDEMIA with a tax infraction notice issued by the Federal Tax Authorities to collect Corporate Income Tax, Social Contribution on Net Income ( CSLL).
- Defending EssilorLuxottica in a motion filed by the Municipality of Barueri (São Paulo) to reverse a previous decision that allowed the client to not pay tax on franchise services.
- Representing Cenibra in a lawsuit filed against the Brazilian Tax Authorities to recover taxes imposed on exported products.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gilberto Ayres Moreira