Áreas de Atuação

Tax

The practice focuses on resolving a wide range of tax disputes, whether advisory or contentious, providing comprehensive advice to national and multinational companies. Our team carries out complex tax analyses on direct and indirect taxes, social security contributions and foreign trade, taking into account legislation and case law from administrative and judicial courts. The members of the practice work together with the other areas of the firm to propose multidisciplinary solutions that boost business activity.

In advisory, we work with planning, structuring and conducting business in order to mitigate tax risks and increase tax efficiency. We have expertise in taxing new business models and products, especially in the digital economy. Our professionals also work on M&A operations, investments and financial funding and corporate restructuring in general, conducting full due diligence to support these operations.

In litigation, the firm works on everything ranging from drawing up procedural strategies, conducting inspections and interfacing with the government on special regime requests, to sponsoring cases in the administrative and judicial spheres, at municipal, state and federal level, including the Supreme Courts.

We are also specialists in:
  • Judicial litigation (individual actions, collective actions, class actions, public civil actions) and administrative litigation (labor infraction notices before the Ministry of Economy; notices of fact, investigative or preparatory procedures and civil inquiries before the Labor Prosecutor’s Office; and administrative proceedings before the Administrative Council for Economic Defense – CADE in matters related to labor issues);
  • Arbitration in labor matters (executive dismissals, variable remuneration, labor liabilities in M&A operations);
  • Labor consultancy: opinions, memos, employment contracts (employees and directors or officers), service and commercial representation contracts, variable remuneration programs (hiring bonuses, premiums, commissions, stock options, phantom stock, etc.), company by-laws and internal investigations into violations of labor compliance rules;
  • Due diligence of labor aspects in M&A transactions;
  • Collective bargaining with unions and advising on related litigation (collective bargaining and prohibitory injunctions);
  • Reduction of liabilities through the implementation of a settlement policy or direct negotiation of settlements in labor cases.
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