• Advice on tax law issues in general, including all federal, state and municipal taxes levied on the operations of companies and their assets, such as Income Tax (IR), Social Contribution on Net Profit (CSLL), Contribution for the Social Integration Program (PIS), Contribution for the Social Security Funding (COFINS), State Value-Added Tax (ICMS), Excise Tax (IPI), Service Tax (ISS), Tax on Financial Transactions (IOF), Contribution for Intervention in the Economic Domain (CIDE), Tax on Urban Properties (IPTU), Inter Vivos Transfer Tax (ITBI), and so on.
   
• Assessment of tax impacts on transactions carried out by companies, and advice on the use of tax credits and compliance with main and ancillary tax liabilities, also regarding their accounting effects.

• Assistance in structuring and restructuring business operations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other forms of business association, asset deals, sales of commercial establishments and/or lines of business, corporate reorganizations, and transfer pricing rules, always aiming at lawful tax efficiencies and to prevent contingencies. 

• Assistance for Brazilian companies to expand overseas, by assessing the best legal structure to set up new businesses in other countries, from a corporate, tax, labor and accounting standpoint, and also guiding companies as to the best use of the applicable provisions of the various international double taxation avoidance agreements entered by Brazil. 

• Assistance for Brazilian and foreign individuals in all matters related to Income Tax and full assistance in preparing and/or reviewing income tax returns.
   
• Performance of tax-related procedure reviews.
   
• Follow-up and advisory for compliance with federal, state and municipal tax-related inspections.

Tax Litigation

• Tax litigation at all levels of the Judiciary Branch, including before the Federal Supreme Court and the Superior Court of Justice, in proceedings questioning tax liabilities or aiming at the recovery of unduly paid taxes.

• Administrative tax litigation at the federal, state and municipal levels before the relevant administrative courts in proceedings related to defenses against tax assessments, as well as proceedings related to refund, reimbursement and offsetting of taxes.