Mauricio Faro
Brazil Guide 2023
Band 5 : Tax: Litigation
About
Provided by Mauricio Faro
Practice Areas
Tax
Insurance
Agribusiness
Energy
Career
Maurício Faro is one of BMA’s tax partners. He concentrates his practice on tax litigation, both at the administrative level (federal and state tax appeals boards) and before the courts, acting in precedent-setting cases before the state and federal appeal courts. He is regularly involved in constitutional challenges and other major cases before Brazil’s highest courts, the Supreme Federal Court and the Superior Court of Justice
Maurício also has significant experience in advising clients during tax audits related to investigations into tax crimes.
His clients are national and international companies from a variety of sectors such as oil and gas, retail distributors, retail chains, pharmaceuticals, power concessions, beverages, and insurance and reinsurance, and agribusiness.
Maurício is part of the faculty of the Continuing Education Programs at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica – PUC/RJ and Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV/RJ law schools.
He has served four times as the tax law specialist on the examining committee in examinations for admission to the State of Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecution Service, and is a frequent speaker on tax law and tax procedure law at legal conferences and events throughout Brazil.
Publications
Questões atuais sobre os juros sobre o capital próprio (JCP): o JCP retroativo e a implementação da ATAD 2 pela União Europeia. In Novo RIR: Aspectos Relevantes do Regulamento do Imposto de Renda 2018. Coord: Jimir Doniak Jr. Co-authored with Thais de Barros Meira. São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2019.
Renegociação de Dívidas: Reflexos do IRPJ e da CSLL sobre os Valores Justos na Troca de Passivos. In Controvérsias Jurídico-Contábeis (Aproximações e Distanciamentos). Coord: Alexandre Evaristo Pinto; Fabio Pereira da Silva; Fernando dal-Ri Murcia; Gustavo Gonçalves Vettori. Co-authored with Thais de Barros Meira. São Paulo: Atlas, 2019.