Dr Antonio Amendola > Dias Carneiro Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Dias Carneiro Advogados
AVENIDA PAULISTA, 1079
4º e 5º ANDARES
SAO PAULO, SP 01311-200
Brazil

Work Department

Tax and Customs practice

Position

Lawyer – Partner

Career

Antonio Amendola is the head of the Tax and Customs practice. With an extensive experience advising national and international companies, his work is recognized by several specialized legal directories, such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, LACCA Approved, Latin Lawyer and International Tax Review. In addition, under his coordination, the firm’s Tax practice was highlighted in the ranking published by the Leaders League group.

Responsible for developing specific solutions in the pursuit of fiscal efficiency for the business of his clients, Antonio provides assistance in matters related to direct and indirect taxes, social contributions, social security and intervention contribution. He also works on tax planning, structures and procedures used in import and export and special customs regimes, among others.

Antonio represents taxpayers in administrative and judicial disputes of a tax nature at all levels of the tax administration and the judiciary system. He was a Judicial Counselor in the Municipal Tax Board of São Paulo (CMT) from 2014 to 2018. He is a board member of the São Paulo Lawyers Association and acted as an expert in Brazilian taxation, in opinions and depositions in lawsuits in the United States.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section
  • Brazilian Financial Law Association – ABDF
  • International Fiscal Association – IFA
  • São Paulo Lawyers Association – AASP

PUBLICATIONS

  • Implications for IRPJ and CSLL of Adjustments Deriving from ICPC 22 – Possible Alternatives. W/ Rodrigo Maito da Silveira and Mateus Tiagor Campos in Controvérsias jurídico-contábeis. Alexandre Evaristo Pinto … [et al.]; organization Fernando Dal-Ri Murcia … [et. Al]. -1. Ed. – Barueri [SP]: Atlas, 2022, p. 57.
  • Tax Reform under Discussion. AMENDOLA, Antonio. Participation in response to queries asked by the Association of Lawyers of São Paulo, prepared together with Fernando Brandão Whitaker, Mário Luiz de Oliveira Costa, Roberto Timoner e Rogerio Mollica. Boletim n. 3110/AASP, 1st fifteen days of August 2020, p. 5-7. (https://bit.ly/3dyrmbS)
  • Tax Settlement: new mechanism for regularizing federal taxes. AMENDOLA, Antonio. Estadão, 2020. (https://bit.ly/2P9Zqjb)
  • Taxation and Crises under Covid-19. AMENDOLA, Antonio; LINHARES, Isabella Conte Camilo. In: Legal and Economic Impacts of Covid-19. Coordinators: Modesto Carvalhosa e Fernando Kuyven. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 2020. p. 397

Languages

English and Spanish

Memberships

Lawyer – Partner

Education

EDUCATION

  • Masters in Economic and Financial Law, University of São Paulo – USP (2010)
  • Master of Laws LL.M. – Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, United States (2000)
  • Graduation in Law, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-SP (1997)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Tax > Tax advisory

Dias Carneiro Advogados fields a well-regarded team that handles contentious and non-contentious tax and customs matters. The firm acts for a large spread of domestic and international clients, assisting them with related issues at the municipal, state and federal levels. Key partners include Antonio Amendola, the versatile Maurício Chapinoti and Rodrigo Maito Da Silveira, who is active in tax planning.