J Legal Team - Junqueira Ie Advogados

Managing Partners: Lavinia Junqueira, Cristiane Meitin Ie

Number of Partners: 2

Number of other Fee-earners: 6

Office: São Paulo

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +55 (11) 4550-2784

FIRM OVERVIEW: JLegalTeam is a young law firm formed around the concept of first looking at the client’s needs. Between family and successions, tax consultancy, corporate and governance, to the firm’s team the different practices of law merge and complement each other to ultimately care for people – whether they are looking for legal solutions for themselves or for the companies that they represent. The firm offers a full understanding of the clients’ day-by-day, beyond the legal inquiries, which includes tailoring the language to match each unique identity, whether they are an individual, a company, or from the financial market.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:

Individuals: Succession planning, tax consultancy, international mobility advice and various other services for persons seeking solutions for family businesses.

Clients retain the firm’s advice when assessing their alternatives to preserve asset security and achieve an appropriate asset allocation from a family, civil, corporate and tax perspective on the occurrence of a succession event. Based on the diagnosis of the client’s profile, the firm designs, implements, manages, and reviews corporate structures, in Brazil and worldwide.

In tax lawsuits, the firm guides and advises its clients, presenting the best strategies and measures to be taken, putting them into practice once approved, whether in an administrative or a judicial proceeding, considering the characteristics of each scenario. The firm provides permanent advice to clients and accounting professionals on tax filings, tax calculations and inspections.

Finally, clients also retain the firm to assist them in obtaining visas, citizenships, permit fiscal residence, in addition to domestic exit procedures, planning their move abroad, real estate consultancy, and creation and management of structures and trusts for tax and financial security.

Companies: General tax consultancy and advice on corporate governance, risk management, compliance, and corporate and business matters in general.

Clients retain the firm to help them analyze their business models to identify risks and opportunities from a legal and tax perspective. The firm also assists foreign clients in setting up their business in Brazil, from the design their legal organization to search for the most suitable tax and labor structures.

Entrepreneurs and investors retain the firm for advice on the incorporation of start-ups, investment vehicles, and the drafting of their governance and compliance documents.

Corporate clients retain the firm’s advice to resolve succession matters and improve their compliance policies and framework. For clients who need additional support for certain legal issues or who do not have an in-house legal team, the firm also provides general business legal advice.

Financial Market: Advising on tax matters and on incorporation of start-ups and fintech companies, as well as general consultancy in all areas related to the capital market and the innovation ecosystem.

The firm offers daily support in corporate tax consultancy for resident and non-resident investors in the country, focusing on (i) financial institutions, brokerages, securities distributors, insurance and leasing companies, managers and other financial market companies; (ii) factoring companies; (iii) service providers, including credit card operations companies; (iv) technology and fintech companies; and (v) investment funds; assisting these clients in effectively organizing their companies, obtaining licenses, defining financial partnerships, and implementing the most appropriate business model from a regulatory and tax point of view.

Clients also retain the firm to provide specialized advice to monitor and develop the necessary conditions so that all the requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS) are met.

International Work: The firm has developed an extensive network of correspondent offices in Brazil and worldwide to carry put multidisciplinary work, which is the key to render projects involving corporate, contractual, tax aspects, as well as finance and accounting elements.

Clients: JLegalTeam provides specialized legal services for capital markets players and wealth management sector, as well as for companies. The firm is also known for its expertise in advising local and foreign individuals, mutual funds, asset managers, institutional and investors.

Languages: English, German, Portuguese, Spanish.

CONTACT

Financial Market, M&A & General Tax: Lavinia Junqueira

Individuals & Wealth Management: Cristiane Meitin Ie

General Corporate, Governance, Risk & Compliance: Lavinia Junqueira