Finocchio & Ustra (FIUS) is a full-service law firm focused on understanding and improving its clients’ businesses. Placing the client at the center and harnesses multidisciplinary efforts to mitigate risks and deliver strategic, innovative, reliable, and effective solutions. FIUS is incredibly proud to have an extremely talented team with approximately 250 individuals who operate within an ethical and collaborative environment, continually preparing for upcoming corporate challenges. The firm's core values revolve around respect, innovation, and excellence. Established in Campinas for 22 years, with additional branches in Ribeirão Preto, São José dos Campos, and São Paulo, FIUS has a strong presence in the state of São Paulo, as well as associates throughout Brazil and abroad.
Mannrich e Vasconcelos’ highly specialized lawyers use their legal expertise to add value to clients’ businesses, positioning the practice of law as a tool for sustainable economic development.
Our tax litigation practice represents clients with a creative and strategic approach, considering case law, cost-benefit, and extralegal factors such as economic impact data.
In the administrative sphere, our practice is led by Carlos Henrique de Oliveira, former president of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF), whose experience encompasses complex topics, including social security disputes, income tax issues, and other intricate matters.
We also maintain a dedicated team in Brasília for representation before the Superior Courts, which includes a former clerk at the Supreme Court (STF). In São Paulo, our office is strategically located near the Federal Courts, enabling our team to engage proactively.
In the tax advisory domain, our team provides comprehensive support across the routine operations of companies, including tax planning and the structuring of new business. We also structure compensation plans in collaboration with our labor practice, including stock options and restricted stock units, for example.
Our key clients include leading companies in the healthcare sector, the chemical and beverage industries, agribusiness, and payment systems.
This firm is a WTS Global member.
After a long time serving as tax and customs judges in the CARF, the main Administrative Tax Court of the country, our partners decided to constitute the law firm, having a very unique perspective and standing out with technical nd in-depth decisions which have had wide repercussions in the tax and customs environments.
The firm was created to excel as a tax and customs law boutique. To achieve this, they have developed a culture f combining academic and professional development of all its members, being recognized for the clinical look on trategic cases and the depth of their insights.
Another characteristic of the firm is the direct and in-depth involvement of its partners in the cases in which they ork, which has generated excellent results for our clients.