Tax Litigation: The Elite - Brazil
What the team is known for
Well-regarded firm Schneider, Pugliese, Sztokfisz, Figueiredo e Carvalho is regularly retained by domestic players from an array of sectors, including food and beverages, cosmetics and banking, to represent them in the full range of tax contentious mandates. The team demonstrates experience defending clients in tax assessment disputes aiming at the collection of ICMS, IPI and social security taxes. It is skilled in acting before administrative and judicial tribunals, including the superior courts.
Strengths
"The team has multiple professional profiles, so they are able to explore the cases under judicial and administrative perspectives, with high technical quality."
"I think their work is excellent. They have very good partners and associates. They are close to the client."
Notable practitioners
Eduardo Pugliese has expertise representing companies in judicial and administrative mandates relating to a range of taxes, including ICMS and PIS and COFINS. "Eduardo has the brilliant ability to make complex operations or grounds of defence clear and objective so that they seem easy and logical." "He is didactic and has profound knowledge of tax litigation. He is a very respected professional in the legal sector and before the courts."
