Mrs Angélica Santos > CGM Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
CGM Advogados Offices
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 1663 - 5º andar
Brazil
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Mrs Angélica Santos
Work Department
Tax
Position
Partner. Specialized in Tax Consultancy and Tax Litigation, with emphasis in corporate restructure operations, tax planning and international transactions.
Career
Angélica, a tax partner at CGM, brings over 20 years of expertise as a tax attorney, with a focus on comprehensive tax planning, business structuring, and corporate reorganizations. She is highly skilled in navigating complex mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions. Angélica supports foreign companies with their investments in Brazil, offering strategic advice to optimize their market entry and growth. Angélica also advises Brazilian companies on international expansion strategies, providing in-depth guidance on tax treaty analysis, transfer pricing, and maximizing global tax opportunities.
Her broad expertise in accounting, corporate law, and foreign exchange regulations equips her to deliver a holistic approach to clients’ business operations.
She is a professor of Tax Law.
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
Angélica is a member of the Brazilian Association of Financial Law (ABDF), the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (IBDT) and the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
Education
Master’s Degree in Tax Law, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). (Ongoing)
Specialization in Tax Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 2006.
Bachelor of Laws, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2000.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Tax > Tax advisory
The ‘responsive, efficient and pragmatic team‘ at CGM Advogados specialises in non-contentious tax mandates, often acting for companies from the automotive, pharmaceutical, technology, life sciences, entertainment and luxury goods sectors. Its wide-ranging expertise covers international taxation, indirect taxes, direct taxes and transfer pricing. In addition to advising clients on the impact of the recent Brazilian consumption tax reform, the group is also active in M&A transactions, tax planning, and import and export issues. The team is jointly led by a capable trio: José Antonio Martho regularly handles foreign investments and indirect tax matters; Angélica Santos is the name to note for direct taxes, double taxation issues, transfer pricing and tax planning, and also stands out for her experience in wealth planning; and Ricardo Marletti Debatin da Silveira concentrates on indirect taxes and transactional tax mandates.