Daniel & Diniz Advocacia Tributária > São Paulo, Brazil > Firm Profile

Daniel & Diniz Advocacia Tributária
Rua Paes Leme, 215,
conjunto 706 - Pinheiros,
Brazil

+55 (11) 3032-4452

Tax > Tax advisory Tier 7

Daniel & Diniz Advocacia Tributária has a ‘very prepared and super updated’ tax team, which is commended for its ability to combine academic knowledge with ‘creative and innovative solutions’ for commercial clients. The firm is especially strong in contentious matters, regularly assisting companies in complex direct, indirect and customs-related claims in the judicial and administrative courts. Lead partners Diego Diniz Ribeiro and Carlos Augusto Daniel Neto have a ‘vast knowledge of tax issues’ and are ‘excellent business partners’.

Practice head(s):

Carlos Augusto Daniel Neto; Diego Diniz Ribeiro; Antonio Carlos Atulim

Testimonials

‘Very prepared and super updated team. As the partners are professors and are in the academic environment, they have a wealth of knowledge and act as true tax agents, bringing creative and innovative solutions from the classroom.’

‘Technical quality and always up-to-date. They are the best-prepared partners with the most holistic view of the issues asked.’

‘The structure is small, but the expertise is vast. The proximity of the partners to the client is exemplary, especially the ability to provide assistance at any time (availability). For the area of administrative tax litigation, I don’t know of any other firm that can offer such good expertise at the fair price charged. The firm acts as a partner to clients.’

‘Daniel Diniz Ribeiro and Carlos Augusto Daniel Neto are exemplary. They are very close to the client, have vast knowledge of tax issues and are very up-to-date on urgent matters. They are excellent business partners.’

‘All of Daniel & Diniz’s team are excellent in tax and customs matters and highly specialised in federal administrative litigation. In addition, not only are they very sharp in technique, they are extremely kind and attentive in customer service, questions, and urgent demands.’

‘I particularly recommend the partner Carlos Daniel, who is a genius in carrying out any work that is challenged, in addition to being a national highlight in the tax and customs area, either for his practice at the CARF or for his academic performance.’

‘The team has highly qualified professionals. The differentiator is that the service is carried out directly by the partners, Carlos Daniel and Diego Diniz, who are extremely qualified, very experienced and with high expertise in the tax area. We were extremely satisfied. Definitely, being able to have this direct contact with the partners is a differentiator.’

‘Partner Carlos Daniel brought us numerous clarifications in the tax area. He is a scholar of tax law; he is a very prepared and excellent professional.’

Key clients

Huawei do Brasil Telecomunicações

Lojas Americanas

TV Ômega (REDETV)

Grupo Vila Nova

SBA Torres Brasil

Indústria Dureino

Alcoa Alumínio

Clealco Açúcar e Alcool

Centro De Estudos Unificados Bandeirante

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras

Expedia do Brasil

Grupo Baggagio

Cooperativa Agroindustrial de Holambra

CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens

Accenture do Brasil

Peak Sociedade De Empréstimo Entre Pessoas

Multilog Brasil

In Glow Brasil Intermediação de Negócios (SHEIN)

Natura Comércio de Flores e Plantas

Ares Polímeros Comércio de Resinas Plásticas

Vanguarda Laranja Esportes

Salina Diamante Branco

Grupo Hussein Mourad

Belazarte – Serviços de Consultoria

Work highlights

Acting for Lojas Americanas Group before CARF in a case concerning charges of fraudulent filing of third parties, and discussing a complex arrangement of importers, wholesalers, and retailers.
Represented Huawei do Brasil Telecomunicações in a case before the Federal Courts relating to the intercurrent statute of limitation for customs fines.
Defending Tv Ômega in its major tax cases, including complex charges related to income taxes and PIS/COFINS.

Daniel & Diniz Advocacia Tributária (DDTAX) is a tax and customs boutique law firm, standing out in the market by offering an exceptional level of specialization in these matters, and delivering highly technical legal opinions and efficient strategies for litigation. The firm’s support is trusted by clients from multiple sectors, such as technology, manufacturing, foreign trade, marketplaces, financial institutions, and agriculture.

DDTAX is focused on providing a highly personalized service to its clients, with the direct involvement of partners in all activities, by fully comprehending clients’ problems and delivering a tailor-made strategy for tax litigation and a highly technical and assertive tax consultancy.

As a tax and customs law boutique, the firm is focused on complex and strategic demands. To achieve this, it has developed a culture of combining academic refinement, a pragmatic approach on the problems, closeness to the client’s reality, a profound knowledge on administrative and judicial jurisprudence, and creative thinking on the cases, being able to deliver a clinical look on strategic cases, with deep and efficient insight.

The firm was created just after its partners left the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF), the main Admnistrative Tax Court in Brazil, where they stood out for their very technical and in-depth decisions, which have had wide repercussions in the tax environment, and brought great prestige and notoriety for them. The two founding partners, Carlos Daniel Neto and Diego Diniz, have been lawyers for a long time, both are very respected by their peers in academic and professional circles, thanks to their solid academic background and their long experience in CARF, and are often invited as guest speakers at tax courses and specialized seminars. The third partner to join, Antônio Atulim, is a former (retired) Tax Auditor from the Federal Revenue Office, who worked as a Tax Judge at CARF for 13 years and joined the firm to strengthen both litigation and consultancy expertise.