About

Provided by Mannrich e Vasconcelos Advogados

Our tax litigation practice stands out as a highly technical team, dedicated to solving disputes in depth, but with a practical bias, focused on the clients’ business.

We are currently representing clients regarding relevant tax matters before the Supreme Court, as (i) levy of social security contributions on the one-third extra holiday pay; (ii) taxation of intellectual services provided by legal entities; (iii) mandatory completion of the tax proceeding to proceed with criminal prosecution; (iv) penalty of 50% on the value of rejected tax refund and offset requests; and (v) the abrogation of the casting vote in the Administrative Court of Tax Appeals (CARF).

We are dedicated to the development of innovative arguments for our clients. We highlight the exclusion of sales tax from the PIS/Cofins calculation base, a discussion that for a long time was considered inapplicable to ethanol and gasoline companies, but based on public data obtained by our team, we were able to obtain favorable decisions.

Our team frequently seeks new opportunities for clients, through monitoring of legislation and case law. We have been dedicated to the development of technologies to identify judgment trends and the best arguments to be used in lawsuits. Large companies seek our assistance in these projects, which aim to create a strategic and proactive view of tax litigation, mitigating conflicts and reducing costs.

Chambers Review

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Tax Litigation: Highly Regarded - Brazil
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Band 2
What the Team is Known For

Mannrich e Vasconcelos Advogados is a respected firm frequently retained by clients in the healthcare sector to represent them in administrative and judicial disputes relating to federal and state taxes such as PIS and COFINS and ICMS. The team has additional capabilities in handling disputes involving social security contributions, corporate income tax, goodwill tax amortisation and transfer pricing.

Work Highlights

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  • Mannrich e Vasconcelos Advogados represented Instituto Sou da Paz in the Action Against the Violation of a Constitutional Fundamental Right before the Supreme Court against the reduction of the customs duty on the import of firearms by Resolution No. 126/2020 of the Executive Committee of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Breno Ferreira Martins Vasconcelos
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Breno Ferreira Martins Vasconcelos
Head of Tax: Litigation
3
Band 3

Breno Ferreira Martins Vasconcelos enjoys a solid reputation in the market for his tax litigation skills. He advises companies on a range of administrative and judicial disputes, including those before the higher courts.

"Breno is an expert on tax law, with incredible work quality. He's very active in São Paulo and Brasília and is also involved in academic activities. I feel very comfortable working with him."

"Breno is technically great and does excellent work for us."

"He's very proactive and up to date, as well as highly skilled in all of the areas he handles for us. He has great technique and a strong academic side."

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Tax: Litigation

Breno Ferreira Martins Vasconcelos
3
Breno Ferreira Martins Vasconcelos
Head of Tax: Litigation
3
Band 3

Members

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Caio Cezar Soares Malpighi

Carla Mendes Novo

Daniel Franco Clarke

Gabriela Jurema Nardy

Josy de Oliveira Almeida

João Victor Emile Andrade Safieh

Leticia Rodrigues Sugahara

Maria Raphaela Dadona Matthiesen

Nina Pencak

Thais Veiga Shingai

Head of Department

Thiago Pereira Braga de Morais

Industries

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Agribusiness

Beverage Industries

Chemical

Healthcare

Payment Systems