Career
Hermano Barbosa is a partner of BMA, practicing in the areas of Tax Law and Wealth Management and Succession Planning. He is also an university professor and a member of leading tax associations.
Hermano provides tax advice to clients from various economic sectors on M&A transactions, reorganizations, financial and capital markets, international investments. He assists individuals, their families and advisors (banks, wealth managers and family offices) with legal and tax aspects of wealth and succession planning. He also represents clients in tax litigation before the courts and administrative authorities.
Hermano has lectured on tax law and related subjects in undergraduate, postgraduate, and specialization courses at some of Brazil's most prominent universities (UERJ, PUC/Rio, FGV/Rio, and UFF). He was a guest lecturer in courses organized by Brazil's securities regulator, the CVM, and by the Public Accounts Tribunal of Rio de Janeiro. Invited speaker in courses and seminars offered by the most relevants associations of his field (ABDF, IFA/Latam, IBDT, Step, IBRAPP, CCIFB, CCIBF). He is the author of books and articles published in specialized periodicals, in Brazil and abroad.
Hermano is a director of the Brazilian branch of the International Fiscal Association (Associação Brasileira de Direito Financeiro - ABDF). Board member of the France Brazil Chamber of Commerce (CCIFB-RJ), where he is also founder and head of the Tax and finance committee.
He has been recognized by the main international and national legal directories of his fields of work.
Publications
Hermano is the author of the book "O poder de não tributar: benefícios fiscais na Constituição" (São Paulo, 2012), co-author of the books “L’autonomie financière territorial” (Paris, 2014) and “Direito Tributário e Políticas Públicas” (São Paulo, 2008) and frequently publishes articles on legal subjects of his practice in specialized law reviews.
