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Mattos Filho

Tax: Litigation

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Mattos Filho

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Our work covers diverse aspects of taxation, providing efficient, personalized solutions to obtain the best possible outcomes.

Our expert team works in coordination with professionals from the firm’s other practice areas to meet highly complex tax demands from local and international clients.

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Tax: Litigation - Brazil

What the Team is Known For
Powerhouse Mattos Filho boasts a distinguished tax team with a vast amount of experience assisting major domestic and international clients from a variety of industries with sophisticated contentious mandates. Corporate heavyweights often point out the firm's expertise in a range of taxes, including PIS and COFINS, ICMS and IRPJ, including representation before CARF and at all levels of the judicial system. The team additionally draws upon the firm's strong corporate and M&A background to defend clients in goodwill tax amortisation disputes.
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Work Highlights

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  • Mattos Filho represented Instituto de Desenvolvimento do Varejo – IDV before the Supreme Court (STF) as an amicus curiae in a landmark case where the STF ruled certain provisions of the State VAT Law unconstitutional.

Strengths

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  • The firm has partners prepared at the highest level to deal with complex, sophisticated topics, not only in the abstract field, but adopting feasible premises applicable to the company.

    Tax: Litigation respondentGlobal

  • Mattos Filho's flexibility and broad understanding of businesses allows them to give the correct addressment of any dispute. They have a track record of success in complex litigations.

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  • The firm is very renowned and quite available to support the client, always offering consistent and well-founded views.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Roberto Quiroga Mosquera
    Roberto Quiroga Mosquera

    Roberto Quiroga Mosquera

    Roberto Quiroga Mosquera has a stellar reputation and continues to be praised for his market-leading tax litigation practice, being particularly noted for his expertise in administrative litigation before CARF.

    • We are very much satisfied. All the results we wanted were achieved. I can recommend Roberto Quiroga.

      Tax: Litigation respondentGlobal

    • Quiroga is quite admired in the tax practice. He is an academic and very experienced lawyer. He has broad command of the procedures and one of his strengths is his participation in hearings.

      Tax: Litigation respondentGlobal

    • Roberto Quiroga Mosquera is a respected lawyer. I have a high opinion of him.

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  • Glaucia Maria Lauletta Frascino
    Glaucia Maria Lauletta Frascino

    Glaucia Maria Lauletta Frascino

    Glaucia Maria Lauletta Frascino is admired for her skills in handling big-ticket judicial and administrative tax disputes involving a wide range of taxes, including goodwill tax amortisation, ICMS, PIS and COFINS.

    • She is a very skilled professional.

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  • Ana Paula Schincariol Lui Barreto
    Ana Paula Schincariol Lui Barreto

    Ana Paula Schincariol Lui Barreto

    Ana Paula Schincariol Lui Barreto is frequently mandated by important clients to handle tax litigation involving corporate income tax and Social Contribution on Net Income. She is noted for her work in administrative tax disputes.

    • Ana Paula is on a rising path. She works a lot and is a great lawyer.

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    • Ana Paula is an excellent lawyer in administrative disputes. She holds great experience.

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  • Paulo Camargo Tedesco
    Paulo Camargo Tedesco

    Paulo Camargo Tedesco

    Paulo Camargo Tedesco can act on judicial matters involving higher courts and discussions about social contributions, as well as corporate taxes.

    • Paulo reaches success in several taxation-leading cases before the Supreme Court, revealing creativity and a strategic approach.

      Tax: Litigation respondentGlobal

    • Very intelligent lawyer. Beyond the law, he knows about accounting, which is an added value when dealing with the mandates.

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