Raquel Barbosa is a senior manager in the Tax Litigation area at our Rio de Janeiro office. She has built a solid career with over 15 years’ experience in the law and focuses on administrative and judicial litigation at the municipal, state and federal levels. She represents Brazilian and international clients in cases and supervises a team of professionals, giving guidance and reviewing their work. She performs outstanding work before appellate courts in Rio de Janeiro (Federal Regional Appellate Court for the Second Region and the Rio de Janeiro State Appellate Court) and São Paulo (the São Paulo State Appellate Court) and before the federal administrative appeals board (CARF).
Her clients include companies from a range of industries, particularly energy and retail.
Ana Luisa Siqueira is partner in the Tax Consulting area in our Rio de Janeiro office. She focuses on tax and customs law, international tax law and Regulatory (Oil & Gas). She has over 15 years’ experience and advises companies on tax matters.
Ms. Siqueira works with companies from a broad range of industries, particularly navigation, petroleum and gas and infrastructure.
Raphael Andrade is partner in the Tax Consulting area at our Rio de Janeiro office. He takes a multidisciplinary approach and has over five years’ experience working in the administrative tax litigation area at the state level and in tax consulting with a focus on indirect taxes, particularly concerning the brick-and-mortar and e-commerce retail sale of merchandise. He also works with the analysis and application of new business methods conducted over the Internet, such as the use of marketplace platforms, content available through download and transactions with digital currencies.
Mr. Andrade’s main clients are companies from the retail, e-commerce, energy and manufacturing industries in the Rio de Janeiro region.
Valéria Amante is a manager in the Tax Litigation area in our Rio de Janeiro office. She has over 16 years’ experience and focuses on administrative and judicial tax litigation at the municipal, state and federal levels. She advises major Brazilian and international companies on taxes and performs outstanding work at the administrative and judicial appellate levels.
Ms. Amante’s main clients include companies from the electric power, pharmaceuticals, retail and mining industries.
Ms. Amante is a member of the Brazilian Association for Financial Law (ABDF) in Rio de Janeiro.
Sandra Siqueira advises in the Tax Consulting area in our Rio de Janeiro office. She has over 20 years’ solid experience working in the area of tax consulting, with a focus on direct, indirect and social security taxes. She takes a multidisciplinary approach, also advising clients in matters related to administrative litigation, including before the CARF. Her main clients are companies from the pharmaceuticals, retail, electric power, construction and manufacturing industries.
Ms. Siqueira is a member of the Accounting Law Commission (OABRJ) and lectures at various organizations and universities.
Leonardo Gusmão advises in the Tax Litigation area at our Rio de Janeiro office. He focuses on administrative and judicial litigation at the municipal, state and federal levels and has over 14 years’ experience in this area. He represents his clients with a high level of dedication before administrative appeals boards such as the CARF and has broad experience with oral arguments before the main courts, such as the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice and the Federal Regional Appellate Court for the First and Second Region.
Mr. Gusmão’s clients include companies from the natural gas, petroleum, navigation, retail and cooperative industries.
Mr. Gusmão is a member of the Special Committee for Tax Matters of the Rio de Janeiro Section of the Brazilian Bar Association, of the Brazilian Association for Financial Law (ABDF) and of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). He also teaches tax law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation and is coordinator of the tax law courses at the Higher School for Associates of the Rio de Janeiro Section of the Brazilian Bar Association.
Leonardo Gusmão is recognized for his work Tax Law byThe Legal 500 Latin America.
Samir Dahi is a senior manager in the Tax Litigation and Consulting area in our Rio de Janeiro office. He has over 12 years’ experience and focuses on administrative litigation at the municipal and state levels. He also represents clients before the Treasury Secretariats and before various administrative appeals boards, including the Rio de Janeiro State Taxpayers’ Board (CC/RJ), the São Paulo State Taxes and Fees Appeals Board (TIT/SP) and the State Tax Administrative Appeals Board (TATE/PE). He provides tax consulting, particularly regarding the ICMS, ISS and IPI taxes.
Mr. Dahi works with companies from various industries, including pharmaceuticals, retail, e-commerce and electric power.
Leonardo Ribeiro advises in the Tax Consulting area in our Rio de Janeiro office. He has over 14 years’ experience and focuses his work on structuring, restructuring and modeling businesses, with an emphasis on corporate and tax planning, aligned with enterprise business planning. He also provides legal advice on making investments feasible (angels, funds, private equity, etc.) and on partnership agreements and operating agreements, including multilateral ones, with parties in Brazil and/or abroad.
Mr. Ribeiro has a particular focus on serving technology companies and new businesses, with a focus on innovation activities, in their various applications, whether in products, processes or services.
Mr. Ribeiro is recognized for his excellent work in Startups & Innovation areas in by Leaders League Brasil.
Marcelo Pereira is a partner in the Tax Consulting area in our Rio de Janeiro office. He has over 13 years’ experience in tax law and focuses on the petroleum and gas, navigation, shipbuilding and infrastructure industries. He works frequently with issues involving tax and customs advising, tax planning and tax litigation.
Mr. Pereira teaches tax law in the MBA and LLM courses at Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro and is a member of the Petroleum and Derivatives Committee of the Rio de Janeiro Section of the Brazilian Bar Association, the Tax Committee of the Dutch Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (DUTCHAM), of the Brazilian Association for Financial Law (ABDF) and of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
Ruy Vasques advises clients on tax law matters. He has over 40 years’ experience in this area, with a focus on tax litigation and tax planning. His work is dynamic and includes corporate law areas such as corporate restructuring, corporate litigation, business valuation and reorganization in bankruptcy.
Mr. Vasquez frequently represents companies in the shipbuilding, construction, banking, insurance, chemical, pharmaceutical, wholesale, retail, navigation and petroleum and gas industries.
