Tax Litigation: The Elite
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 4
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Our team is made up of specialists who complement each other’s areas in all tax matters, offering solutions to our clients in their tax advisory and litigation needs and providing the highest level of expertise in all types of taxes and social security contributions.
We serve a diversified client base: domestic and international companies involving different areas of the economy, in addition to financial institutions and private equity funds, for whom we act in tax analyses involving M&A operations, inspections, negotiations and interactions with the tax authorities, as well as in conducting judicial and administrative processes.
Chambers Review
Full-service powerhouse Demarest Advogados has a well-recognised tax litigation practice covering a wide remit of taxes. The team regularly represents pharmaceutical, energy and automotive companies in judicial and administrative litigation relating to the full range of federal, state and municipal taxes, including PIS and COFINS, ICMS and IPTU. It demonstrates additional expertise in representing clients in transfer pricing and tax immunity mandates.
Work Highlights
- Demarest represented Bayer and Monsanto in a tax claim related to the calculation of IRPJ & CSLL, regarding investment subsidy discussions for the calculation of such taxes.
Strengths
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"Demarest addressed complex issues, providing the necessary support."
"They have a qualified and up-to-date team and the partners are always available to help."
"All the discussions are always very well founded and productive, bringing great tax benefits to our business."
"Demarest addressed complex issues, providing the necessary support."
"They have a qualified and up-to-date team and the partners are always available to help."
"All the discussions are always very well founded and productive, bringing great tax benefits to our business."
Notable Practitioners
Marcelo Salles Annunziata has experience representing clients from the energy, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors in judicial and administrative tax disputes involving indirect and direct taxes.
"He's a good lawyer whose work I really like."
"An excellently skilled lawyer. I trust his work a lot."
Priscila Faricelli de Mendonçais a practitioner often seen handling judicial and administrative cases, including those reaching the high courts.
"A very qualified, skilled and approachable professional."
"I really like her work in the Superior Courts. She assists us very well due to her technical prowess."
"Priscilla has excellent communication skills, is extremely approachable and conveys great confidence. Her analyses are assertive and her team management is also remarkable."
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