Mrs Raquel Novais > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados Offices
Ed. Seculum II - Rua José Gonçalves de Oliveira, nº 116, 5th floor
Itaim Bibi
São Paulo
01453-050
Brazil
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Mrs Raquel Novais
Work Department
Tax, Automotive, Pulp and paper, Oil and gas, Telecommunications, Technology, Infrastructure and energy
Position
Partner
Career
Specialist in tax consulting involving the interpretation of local and international tax legislation, structuring of new investments, operational and corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, tax modeling of several business models, taxation of several contractual arrangements. Raquel has a strong presence and experience in tax litigation, both in the administrative and the judicial spheres. Her experience covers several sectors of industry, commerce and finance, reaching regulated sectors, such as natural resources and energy.
Languages
Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Memberships
Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association. Member of São Paulo Lawyers Association, Brazilian International Fiscal Association Board, American Bar Association and Tax Committee of IBA.
Education
Received her LL.B from Faculdade de Direito de Franca and master degree in Tax Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Tax > Tax advisory
(Hall of Fame)The highly rated team at Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is ‘extremely attentive, helpful, available and very knowledgeable of tax matters’. Cross-border and domestic tax advice is a core part of the workload, which predominantly features mandates concerning direct and indirect tax, as well as customs. The team’s advisory arm is complemented by an equally strong litigation offering that is active in a wide range of administrative and judicial claims at the municipal, state and federal levels. Litigator Daniella Zagari Gonçalves, who often represents clients from the TMT, pharmaceutical, industrial and financial services, oversees the practice, where Raquel Novais
and Fernando Tonanni are names to note for consulting matters involving local and international tax. Indirect tax and foreign trade specialist Fernanda Sá Freire Figlioulo and Marco Antonio Gomes Behrndt are also noted. Non-contentious partner Fernando Colucci is highlighted for his ‘promptness and business knowledge’. The ‘super proactive’ disputes partner Camila Galvão Anderi Silva is skilled in administrative proceedings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- TMT: Telecoms
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Transport: Aviation
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Wealth and succession planning
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
- Life sciences
- White-collar crime and investigations
- TMT: Telecoms
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax