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Tax Non-contentious: Highly Regarded

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Our team works with an innovative mindset and a focus on transactions. Under the leadership of partners with renowned experience and market recognition, we operate with a multidisciplinary approach, anticipating trends and preventing conflicts. We advise clients on tax, social security, and customs consulting, as well as corporate structures and tax issues related to a wide range of transactions.

Our team includes partners and lawyers with strong legal backgrounds and additional qualifications in finance and accounting. They have experience working at major law firms, consulting companies, international audit firms, and boutique offices in Brazil and abroad. In tax litigation, we represent clients at all administrative and judicial levels across Brazil, offering preventive and reactive representation in all phases of tax dispute decision-making. Our legislative and case law monitoring technologies allow our clients to make agile, well-informed decisions. Our tax litigation team is fully prepared to act swiftly in both collective and individual actions.

Chambers Review

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Tax Non-contentious: Highly Regarded - Brazil

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados is a full-service firm frequently retained by companies from a range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, energy and consumer goods, to provide counsel on the fiscal aspects of transactional mandates. The team draws upon its market-leading corporate practice to assist clients with the tax issues arising from IPOs, corporate reorganisations and M&A. It boasts additional capability handling sector-specific tax matters.

Work Highlights

  • Cescon Barrieu advised Lesaffre on the tax aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in Biorigin.

Strengths

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A really good firm when it comes to helping us devise tax efficiency strategies. Cescon Barrieu brings attention to detail and jurisprudential knowledge to its analyses.

Tax Non-contentious: Highly Regarded respondent
Brazil

Cescon Barrieu's deep expertise in indirect taxes is impressive. Its ability to interpret thorny scenarios and propose practical and safe solutions is one of the firm's great assets.

Tax Non-contentious: Highly Regarded respondent
Brazil

Cescon is a law firm with very experienced and well-prepared lawyers, who are ready to meet the demands of our business.

Tax Non-contentious: Highly Regarded respondent
Brazil

Notable Practitioners

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Roberto Barrieu
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Roberto Barrieu
Head of Tax: Non-contentious
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Band 3

Roberto Barrieu holds experience in tax matters related to transactions such as M&A. He also provides assistance regarding tax regimes and benefits involving, for instance, ICMS and PIS/COFINS.

Ricardo Lacaz Martins is a really good and accessible lawyer who's fantastic in corporate and tax planning.

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Maurício Barros
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Maurício Barros
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Band 4

Maurício Barros is a partner who is often seen advising clients on matters regarding indirect taxes, including ICMS and PIS/COFINS. He is also able to act on cross-border transactional matters, including those involving acquisitions.

A skilful lawyer, Maurício Barros always brings excellent insights to our business.

Maurício Barros is a great lawyer who has a strategic vision and with whom we work a lot.

In addition to his refined diplomacy, which allows him to handle a wide range of working relationships, Maurício Barros also has notable technical abilities.

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Tax: Non-contentious
Roberto Barrieu
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Roberto Barrieu
Head of Tax: Non-contentious
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Band 3
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Maurício Barros
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Maurício Barros
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Band 4
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Members

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André Melo

Camila Bacellar

Henrique de Palma

Hugo Leal

Roberto Barrieu

Roberto Barrieu

Head of Department

Rodrigo Bevilaqua

Clients

Provided by Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados

3R Petroleum

Azul Linhas Aéreas

CFL Participações

Casas Bahia

Grupo Mateus

Grupo Pão de Açúcar

Herbalife

MegaPharma

Raízen Energia

V.Tal (BTG Group)

Industries

Provided by Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados

Aviation

Car Rental

Education

Energy

Financial Services

Healthcare

Industrial

Logistics

Mining

Oil and Gas

Pharmaceutical

Retail

Technology

Water and Sewage