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CORPORATE TAX LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR WINNER


ABOUT GALICIA ABOGADOS SC


Mattos Filho enjoys a reputation for providing the highest quality legal services to both Brazilian and foreign clients in support of a full range of business activities across every major industry and business sector.


Our firm has a dedicated group of 53 partners and 267 lawyers who are bound together by the same commitment to professionalism and ethical conduct that motivated our founding partners.


We are headquartered in São Paulo and maintain additional offices in three major cities: Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and New York. Mattos Filho is recognized for the high quality of


TAX • Defense of clients in trial and appellate


proceedings brought by tax authorities in administrative courts, and the initiation of judicial proceedings on behalf of clients in municipal, state, federal, and social security courts to challenge the legality of tax assessments.


• Advice with regard to direct, indirect, and social security taxes and benefit matters, and the interpretation and application of tax legislation generally.


• Preventative tax planning and monitoring of proceedings pending before municipal, state and federal tax authorities.


• Tax planning and entity structuring for corporate and financial transactions.


CONTACT São Paulo


Al. Joaquim Eugênio de Lima, 447 01403-001 São Paulo SP Brasil Tel: +55 11 3147 7600 Fax: +55 11 3147 7770


São Paulo - Faria Lima Rua Campo Verde, 61 - 3º andar 01456-010 São Paulo SP Brasil Tel: +55 11 3035 4050 Fax: +55 11 3035 4067


20 Latin Corporate Legal Awards 2013


its services across a wide variety of practices. The firm represents domestic and foreign businesses, financial institutions, investors, non-profit organizations, governmental bodies and multilateral agencies. We offer leading practitioners in each practice area and provide a full range of legal services meeting the highest standards of expertise and efficiency.


We are renowned for our extensive experience serving Fortune Global 500 and other large foreign enterprises. A significant portion of our engagements involve clients located abroad.


• Tax planning for many of Brazil’s largest infrastructure projects in the energy, telecommunications, oil, gas, and sanitation sectors.


• Preparation of training events and other in-house seminars about tax issues affecting specific clients and industries.


• Monitoring of important legislative developments and decisions of administrative and judicial courts about taxation and provision to clients of updates about same.


• Advice about tax treaties (double taxation, information exchanges), foreign tax credits, transfer pricing, withholding rules, and other laws affecting repatriation of investments and cross-border fund transfers.


Rio de Janeiro


Praia do Flamengo, 200 - 11º Andar 22210-901 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil Tel: +55 21 3231 8200 / 55 21 3850 5250 Fax: +55 21 2262 6675


Brasília


SHS Quadra 06 Conjunto A, Bloco C - Sala 1901 70322-915 Brasília DF Brasil Tel: +55 61 3218 6000 Fax: +55 61 3218 6090


AREAS OF PRACTICE


• Administrative and Regulatory • Antitrust


• Banking, Finance and Investment Funds


• Capital Markets • Commercial


• Corporate – Mergers and Acquisitions


• Energy • Environmental • Estates and Family Law • Ethanol and Biofuels • IT and E-Commerce


• Infrastructure and Project Development


• Insurance, Reinsurance and Pension • Intellectual Property • Labor and Employment – Executive • Compensation • Litigation and Arbitration • Mining


• Non-profit and Exempt Organizations – Corporate Social Responsibility


• Oil and Gas • Private Pension Funds • Project Finance • Real Estate • Restructuring and Insolvency • Tax • Telecommunications


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