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Silveiro Advogados

Tax: Rio Grande do Sul

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Silveiro Advogados

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Tax: Cassiano Menke ([email protected])


The Tax Area is formed by professionals with extensive business experience and outstanding academic training, and performance. Technical excellence associated with focus on customer’s business. A service track record for large industries, retailers, and service providers across the country, offering consistent legal solutions in the advisory, and litigation areas (administrative and judicial).

In the field of consultancy, it works with mastery of accounting and auditing practices, with legal and tax advice on economic operations with diverse degrees of complexity. It advises clients on strategic business transactions (merger, acquisition, sale, corporate restructuring, investment, or financial and capital market operations), aiming to provide security and predictability regarding their tax effects. Acts in the strategic management of taxes, aiming at security in taxation operations, as well as in the presentation of preventive and corrective advice regarding compliance with tax legislation.

In the field of litigation, the firm has solid experience in solving hard cases, through specific legal strategies, on a case-by-case basis, always based on the formulation of legally consistent theses and on the dialogue and presence of our lawyers before the courts (STF, STJ, TRF, TJ, Carf, Tarf, Tart, etc.)

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Tax: Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Porto Alegre-based Silveiro Advogados maintains a respected tax department advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Its client roster includes companies from the real estate, retail and energy sectors, which rely on the team to assist with tax planning and structuring. The team remains active undertaking administrative and judicial fiscal disputes, including those related to corporate income tax, IPI and ICMS issues.

Work Highlights

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  • Silveiro Advogados represented Lojas Quero-Quero S.A. in a USD1.209 million tax dispute arising from a social security contributions assessment.

Strengths

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  • The seniority and experience of the Silveiro Advogados team in tax matters allow them to identify appropriate strategies and assess associated risks.

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  • Silveiro is distinguished by its multidisciplinary team with extensive technical knowledge and easy access to partner-level lawyers.

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  • Silveiro's direct contact with partners and technical expertise are significant assets.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2Cassiano Menke
    Band 2Cassiano Menke

    Cassiano Menke

    Cassiano Menke is a remarkable tax practitioner leading a wide range of substantial cases, such as administrative proceedings and litigation.

    • Cassiano has a good academic profile and is very well prepared, with a growing reputation in the market.

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    • We like working with Cassiano. He is well connected, skilled and brings a positive approach to matters.

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    • Cassiano Menke is an exceptional professional, combining strong technical skills with consistent availability.

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  • Up and ComingLivia Stumpf
    Up and ComingLivia Stumpf

    Livia Stumpf

    Lívia Stumpf is active in tax litigation concerning matters such as compulsory energy loan enforcement, social security contributions, ICMS credits, IRPJ/CSLL, PIS/COFINS and IPTU assessments.

    • Livia Stumpf is an excellent lawyer and an extraordinary litigator, with strong knowledge of procedure.

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