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Ayres Westin Advogados

Tax: Minas Gerais

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Ayres Westin Advogados

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Tax: Minas Gerais - Brazil

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

The tax department at Ayres Westin Advogados is recognised for its work advising and representing clients in contentious and non-contentious tax matters. The law firm stands out for its tax litigation and regulatory capability, regularly assisting corporate clients with relevant mandates. Based in Belo Horizonte, the team maintains a notable presence in the Minas Gerais market and has experience advising clients from sectors including automotive, mining, and pulp and paper.

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Work Highlights

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  • Ayres Westin Advogados represented Bem Brasil Alimentos in a tax dispute regarding exclusion of presumed ICMS credits from IRPJ and CSLL bases.

Strengths

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  • Ayres Westin Advogados is excellent. We have frequent contact with the team, and they are very accessible and responsive to clients.

    Tax: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil

  • The firm has a team with extensive knowledge of legal, accounting and tax regulations, employing a very clear and didactic approach to presenting contexts and scenarios inherent to the topics under discussion, which greatly contributes to the progress of the issues.

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  • The professionals at Ayres Westin Advogados are highly skilled and know how to handle new situations, such as the tax reform and taxation of profit distributions, which was changed recently and they already had the direction we needed to take to minimise the impact.

    Tax: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil

  • Ayres Westin Advogados is a firm I really like. The team is very supportive and proactive, delivers excellent work and is always available to talk.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Victor Castro
    Victor Castro

    Victor Castro

    Victor Castro handles tax disputes and strategic tax advisory, with work dealing with ICMS, PIS/COFINS, IRPJ, CSLL, ITR, SENAR-related contributions and tax-credit matters before judicial and administrative courts.

    • Victor Castro is an excellent professional.

      Tax: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil

    • Victor Castro is a highly competent professional with in-depth knowledge of the tax area, very easy to work with and demonstrated great professionalism and interest in understanding our problems to help us with the issues we need in our business.

      Tax: Minas Gerais respondentBrazil
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