Mr Marcelo Correa > Ayres Ribeiro Advogados > Belo Horizonte, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Ayres Ribeiro Advogados has an ‘excellent and collaborative, technical team’ of ‘highly qualified and helpful professionals’. Clients appreciate the ‘direct involvement of partners in discussions’, and the team’s coverage of ‘practically all taxes and contributions’. With offices in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, the practice provides legal support in direct and indirect tax-related risk assessments, planning and optimisations, and often represents clients in judicial and administrative cases before the local, state and federal courts. Based in São Paulo, Gilberto Ayres Moreira and Claudia Cristina Dos Santos Abrosio are ‘excellent professionals and stand out in handling strategic issues’. In the Belo Horizonte office, Fernando Westin leads on tax litigation matters, while associate Marcelo Correa oversees non-contentious work.

Singled out for its experience in tax litigation, Ayres Ribeiro Advogados is regularly sought out by clients from the food and beverage, paper and pulp, telecoms and automotive industries. Noted for its ‘deep knowledge of tax matters‘, the group also advises on tax risk assessments and optimisation, tax planning and regulatory issues. Founder Gilberto Ayres Moreira handles both contentious and non-contentious tax mandates. Other key partners include Fernando Westin Marcondes Pereira, who specialises in tax litigation, Victor Castro, who stands out for his knowledge of ICMS and related litigation, and Marcelo Correa, who focuses on non-contentious tax issues.