Tax: Minas Gerais

About

Provided by William Freire - Advogados Associados

Overview

WFAA’s Tax practice delivers integrated consultancy and litigation services, offering strategic and technically rigorous solutions to national and international companies, particularly in mining, steel, agribusiness and energy sectors. The team combines regulatory expertise, market understanding and business-oriented tax strategies.

Specialisations

On the advisory work, WFAA advises on tax planning, corporate restructuring, M&A taxation, international structuring, compliance and credit recovery. The team also prepares legal opinions on complex tax matters, including mineral royalties and cross-border operations.

In litigation, the firm represents clients at all judicial levels and before key administrative bodies such as CARF and ANM, with a strong track record in high-value disputes.

Recent Work Highlights

• Advised Gerdau on tax structuring in a BRL 2 billion corporate and asset reorganisation.
• Represented Samarco in a USD 2 billion court-supervised reorganisation, focusing on royalty-related tax liabilities.
• Secured a USD 100 million credit recognition for Vallourec.
• Recently advised Porto Sudeste on Brazil’s new transfer pricing rules and the Ricardo Brennand Group on constitutional challenges to new investment subsidy taxation.