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Rafael Macedo Malheiro

Rafael Macedo Malheiro

Global 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Tax

Career

Rafael focuses his work on tax advisory (direct taxes), M&A transactions, debt restructuring, infrastructure and capital market, corporate reorganizations, wealth planning and income tax administrative litigation. Rafael has extensive expertise in complex tax structures, which allows him to provide high-level advisory services that support significant transactions and corporate strategies. He stands out for his work in direct taxation.

Malheiro is also a guest professor of extension courses at the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law – IBDT (Fundamentals and Controversies of Individual Income Tax) and at the Paulista Association of Tax Studies – APET (Taxation of Real Estate Activity – Equalization to Legal Entities), and is the author of several articles published in books and journals specialized in Tax Law.

Personal

• Specialization in Finance from the Economics and Administration School of Universidade de São Paulo

• LL.B. from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Tax: Non-contentious - Brazil

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Rafael Macedo Malheiro wields experience acting on both transactional and consultancy tax issues, including corporate reorganisations and M&A deals.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Rafael Malheiro is a very technically sound lawyer.

    Tax: Non-contentiousChambers Global Guide
  • Rafael Malheiro is a lawyer of remarkable technical quality and great interpersonal relationships.

    Tax: Non-contentiousChambers Global Guide
  • A lawyer who works very didactically, Rafael Malheiro manages to really break down the tax specifics of transactions and ground our positionings. An impeccable professional.

    Tax: Non-contentiousChambers Global Guide

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Brazil

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