Ms Fernanda Vieira Kotzias > Veirano Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Veirano Advogados Offices
AV BRIGADEIRO FARIA LIMA ,3477
16º ANDAR – SÃO PAULO
SP 04538-133
Brazil
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Ms Fernanda Vieira Kotzias
Work Department
Tax & Customs
Position
Partner
Career
Fernanda Kotzias is a partner at Veirano Advogados and integrates the Tax & Customs practice.
Fernanda has experience in Customs Law and Foreign Trade, representing Brazilian and foreign companies in advisory and litigation matters related to strategic planning of imports and exports, tariff reductions and changes, rules of origin, bilateral and regional trade agreements, customs valuation, classification of goods, licensing and control of foreign trade operations, trade defense, tariff and technical barriers to trade and other issues related to the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Customs Organization (WCO).
Her experience also includes advisory and litigation work in cases related to indirect federal and state taxes (IPI, PIS, COFINS and ICMS).
Fernanda, who was a former Counselor at the Brazilian Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF) between 2019 and 2023, holds a PhD degree in International Trade Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), having completed a doctoral-sandwich program at Georgetown Law (Washington, DC). She has a LL.B degree and a LL.M degree in Law from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) and a B.A. degree in International Relations from UNISUL.
Languages
English; Spanish; Portuguese
Memberships
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) – Santa Catarina
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) – São Paulo
- Member and Legal Director of the Women Inside Trade – WIT (management 2021/2023)
- Member of the board of directors of the Brazil-Israel Chamber of Commerce (Regional SC)
Education
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) – Santa Catarina
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) – São Paulo
- Member and Legal Director of the Women Inside Trade – WIT (management 2021/2023)
- Member of the board of directors of the Brazil-Israel Chamber of Commerce (Regional SC)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition and antitrust
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- International trade
- Projects and infrastructure
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Wealth and succession planning
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- Public law
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Venture capital
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Life sciences
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Intellectual property