Mello Torres

Brazil

World Tax Reviews

Overview

The Tax Department at Mello Torres is led by Renata Ribeiro Kingston and Ana Carolina França, two seasoned lawyers with a particular focus in tax services. The team is further composed of four skilled associates and has a particular expertise in designing tax efficient and compliant structures, conducting comprehensive risk assessments, and developing tax risk mitigation strategies. The firm offers the following services: M&A, project finance, capital markets transactions, transfer pricing, cross-border investments, and restructuring.  

During the research period, Mello Torres advised SAS Shipping Agencies Services in a transactional tax case involving complex acquisition-oriented work. The firm also worked with Suzano Papel e Celulose in a cross-border deal involving several relevant and complex tax matters such as incidence and calculation work. 

In the last year, the following practitioners departed the firm: Name: Bruno Sartori, Daniel Nocetti, and Giulia Kohl Abdalla.

Tax

The tax department at Souza Mello & Torres Advogados is supported by a strong team of partners and associates. The department specialises in transactional tax, litigation, general corporate tax, and indirect tax. It is active in the pharmaceutical, technology, oil and gas, telecommunications, retail, engineering, energy, mining, and industrial sectors.

During the research period. The team advised the 129 billion reais (US$21 billion) merger of local health insurance companies Hapvida and Notre Dame, marking the country’s largest corporate tie-up in more than a decade.

The firm welcomed three new associates, Bruno Ippolito from Mariz de Oliveira e Siqueira Campos Advogados and Bruno França Poggianella from Maneira Advogados. Giulia Kohl Abdalla was promoted in January 2023.

Client feedback

“Strong technical experience. Use of useful market benchmark for our business. Engaged professionals and a differentiated customer-oriented approach. Efficient monitoring of the entire process.”

“Good service, avalibility and outstanding techinical knowledge.”

“Deep knowledge of the Brazilian market. Provide clear alternative, risk and opinion. Good relationship, flexable and adaptive.”

“Knowledge and accessibility.”

“SM&T is a highly qualified law firm, with a proactive attitude and focused on results, his contributions were a differential for the smooth running of the work.”