LAWYER PROFILE

Rodrigo Brunelli Machado

Brazil 2026

Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Tax: Non-contentious

Brazil

16 years ranked

Tax Litigation: Highly Regarded

Brazil

12 years ranked

About

Provided by Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados

Brazil: Contentious

Practice Areas

Tax, especially administrative tax litigation, consulting, transactions involving acquisition and sale of companies and international tax planning.

Career

Member of Ulhôa Canto since 1995 and partner since 2011. Judge of the Administrative Tax Court of São Paulo (2004-05). Professor of Tax Law at Insper, Leiden University ITC, FIPECAPI.

Professional Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association, (1998). Founding Member of the Institute of Tax Research. Director of Brazilian Association of Financial Law.

Personal

LLB from Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC (1997). Post-Graduate Course at Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (1999-2000). LLM in International Tax Law at Leiden University (2002-03).

Brazil: Transactional

Practice Areas

Tax, especially administrative tax litigation, consulting, transactions involving acquisition and sale of companies and international tax planning.

Career

Member of Ulhôa Canto since 1995 and partner since 2011. Judge of the Administrative Tax Court of São Paulo (2004-05). Professor of Tax Law at Insper, Leiden University ITC, FIPECAPI.

Professional Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association, (1998). Founding Member of the Institute of Tax Research. Director of Brazilian Association of Financial Law.

Personal

LLB from Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC (1997). Post-Graduate Course at Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (1999-2000). LLM in International Tax Law at Leiden University (2002-03).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Brazil: Transactional

Tax: Non-contentious - Brazil

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Rodrigo Brunelli Machado has skills in dealing with the fiscal ramifications of corporate mandates, including M&A, IPOs and reorganisations.

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Chambers Brazil: Contentious

Tax Litigation: Highly Regarded - Brazil

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Rodrigo Brunelli Machado is a practitioner with experience in tax assessments and infraction notices.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Always available and attentive, with great technical knowledge, Rodrigo Machado participated in the discussions of tax reform. He is admired by the market.
Tax: Non-contentiousChambers Brazil: Transactional
Rodrigo Machado is an extraordinary tax lawyer. His advices are always comprehensive and clear, showing great knowledge of thorny matters.
Tax: Non-contentiousChambers Brazil: Transactional
Rodrigo Machado shows both technical and practical knowledge of tax law. He communicates quite well with internal stakeholders and I never had any problems getting in touch with him.
Tax: Non-contentiousChambers Brazil: Transactional
Rodrigo is an excellent partner who has experience in tax litigation matters.
Tax Litigation: Highly RegardedChambers Brazil: Contentious