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Our Tax practice offers sophisticated legal solutions for companies facing tax challenges.
The team is led by experienced partners recognized in the market, with international experience and technical expertise in tax law, accounting, and corporate law. This combination allows us to understand the practical implications of our clients’ tax decisions and propose strategies aligned with business objectives.
We have strong performance in administrative and judicial tax litigation, which we handle with technical excellence and a focus on results.
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Lefosse Advogados is a noted full-service firm with a wealth of experience assisting national and multinational corporations with defences in tax litigation matters. Clients from the food and beverage, technology and pharmaceutical sectors benefit from the team's strong handling of contentious mandates arising from a range of tax matters, including PIS/Cofins, goodwill tax amortisation and foreign tax credits.
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Lefosse defended ArcelorMittal in a IRPJ tax assessment, worth BRL290 million.
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Lefosse is a law firm that offers tax litigation expertise, strategic defence strategies and attention to detail in each case.
Lefosse's high technical quality and timeliness of responses are its main strengths. All the tax litigation lawyers who assisted me brought results of the highest quality.
The firm's tax litigation team are highly responsive, technical and skilled, including in accounting matters. They strive to maintain close contact with the clients and their businesses.
Lefosse provides practical tax litigation advice that is rooted in good understanding not only of the law but also of how it has been applied in similar situations. I'm very happy with their service.
Lefosse's tax litigation team is extremely technical and pro-business, always seeking alternatives and solutions for the issues we raise.
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Ana Carolina Saba Utimati is an active tax litigation lawyer, often representing major tech and entertainment companies in sophisticated judicial and administrative contentious mandates arising from a wide range of tax matters.
A professional I recommend without hesitation, Ana Carolina Utimati is incredible. She has been a great partner of ours, helping us in both our administrative and judicial tax litigation matters.
A wonderful tax litigation lawyer, Ana Carolina Utimati has a great understanding of Brazilian legislation.
Ana Carolina Utimati is a highly skilled tax litigation lawyer with excellent technique. She personally addresses the company's needs and is always attentive to industry discussions.
If there's one lawyer our company trusts, it's Ana Carolina Utimati. Absolutely all of her recommendations are followed and yield promising results in our tax litigation matters. She is constantly mentioned as a benchmark when compared to other lawyers in Brazil and abroad. Her guidance is clear and she has a clear understanding of the client's business.
Bruno Macorin Carramaschi is a tax litigation practitioner who has experience acting as counsel on tax disputes involving different taxes, including ISS, ICMS and IRPJ, as well as goodwill tax amortisation-related matters.
An extremely technical and experienced lawyer, Bruno Carramaschi addresses our sensitive tax litigation demands in a strategic manner.
Bruno Carramaschi is a lawyer who handled tax litigation cases for us in a diligent and technical way.
Bruno Carramaschi shows technical excellence and strategic vision for handling our tax litigation cases, being careful yet bold in his analyses and proposed solutions.
Gustavo L. Haddad is well-regarded in the market for his track record of advising companies on tax litigation and consultancy matters, including those related to foreign taxation, goodwill amortisation, IRPJ and withholding tax.
A highly senior professional, Gustavo Haddad has in-depth knowledge of both the legal and commercial aspects of tax litigation cases.
Gustavo Haddad can explain thorny tax litigation concepts in a practical manner to our business.
Gustavo Haddad is extremely technical and has a strong strategic understanding of tax litigation cases. He is also very didactic in his explanations, managing to convey his analyses to corporate audiences in a very accessible and simple way.
Vinicius Jucá Alves frequently assists companies with tax, administrative and judicial disputes, including before the higher courts.
Vinicius Jucá Alves always provides a solution and demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed business initiatives.
Vinicius Jucá Alves demonstrates full command of the litigation and tax areas, applying this expertise to the needs of the business.
A true trusted business adviser, Vinicius Jucá Alves is a professional we value having by our side when making all important decisions.
Tax Litigation: The Elite
Tax Litigation: The Elite
Tax Litigation: The Elite
Tax Litigation: The Elite
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Gustavo L. Haddad
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