Founded in 2002, the tax team at Dias Carneiro specializes in indirect tax, transactional tax, and most notably, customs. Its clients vary in sector, but include pulp, forestation, and reforestation, pharmaceutical, technology, machinery, sugar and biofuels, insurance, telecommunications, and real estate. The tax department is led by Antonio Amendola.
During the research period the firm aided and represented Rio Bravo against a series of Notice of Infraction. Other details of cases and clients are confidential.
Renan Castro left the firm in November of 2022. However, the team welcomed five new associates:
Julie Maciel Rozani from Machado Nunes, Lucas Barcellos from Rivitti e Dias Advogados,
Ana Paula Chaves from Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice Advogados,
Samantha Peloso from Mercado Bitcoin, and Júlia Figueiredo Laviola from Santos Neto Advogados.
Client feedback
“Full service firm with tailor made approach. 3 great tax partners.”
“Proactive, assertive in their advisory and diligent. They support several tax discussion in our operation and already bring relevant victories representing more than USD 2M.”
“The team offers us confidence in the legal foundation and in the actual tax calculations, as well as security and smoothness in the procedures with the government departments.”
“Rodrigo Maito and his team demonstrate strong technical skills on Brazilian tax matters (particularly realted to real estate topics) and were extremly avalilable to long discussions on structuring alternatives. Specifically, Rodrigo Maito combines a solid technical and academic basis with a desirable business driven view.”
“The office has a robust structure to attend to tax demands, with nationally recognized lawyers. In relation to the Rio Bravo case, Mauricio is always available to assist with any demand and closely monitors the process.”
