Tiago Espellet Dockhorn

Experience

With a solid knowledge of corporate and accounting law, he has more than 25 years of expertise in tax law, having worked for renowned national and international law firms. He specializes in tax consultancy, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, financial products, structuring foreign investments and Brazilian investments abroad, judicial and administrative proceedings. He also works in estate and succession planning. He has experience in the automotive, agricultural, banking, logistics, capital market, pharmaceutical, energy, retail, infrastructure, services, commodities, sports and media and entertainment sectors.

Track Record

• Advising clients on various privatizations such as CTEEP, Eletrosul, Gerasul, Banco Meridional, Banespa, CEEE, among others.
• Advice on tax law matters to a number of infrastructure and civil construction enterprises, including utilities and government projects.
• Advising a client in the automotive industry on setting up a factory in Rio de Janeiro, responsible for negotiating various tax benefits with the state government.
• Tax advice to port services concessionaires, telecommunications services companies, generation, transmission and distribution of energy.
• Tax advice to banks, investment banks, private assets, family offices and funds in product structuring.
• involvement in multiple mergers and acquisitions involving the sale and purchase of businesses in Brazil and elsewhere that operate in the widest range of industries.
• Advising on national and international succession and estate planning structures for different Brazilian families.

Academic background

• Bachelor of Laws from the Law School of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Activities

• Tax Law
• Tax consultancy
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Investment structuring
• Estate and succession planning

National and international recognition

• The Legal 500 – Tax
• Notable practice by Chambers High Net Worth guide,
• Notable practice by the IFLR guide
• Latin American Corporate Counsel Association – LACCA in the Tax Area
• Latin Lawyer 250 in the Tax Area and in the Property and Succession Planning Area
• The Legal 500 in the Tax Area
• Highly recommended by Leader`s League in the Property and Succession Planning Area
• Recognized by Who`s Who Legal in the Tax Area
• Recognized by The Best Lawyers in the Tax Area