Mr Fernando Colucci > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados leverages its strong tax, corporate and litigation expertise to act for wealthy individuals and family groups in the gamut of wealth management and succession matters. The practice’s main areas of strength include estate and succession planning, corporate restructurings, asset reorganisations and cross-border wealth structuring. Its deep knowledge of banking regulation and investment vehicles makes the group a popular destination for foreign investors and banks. Noted for his experience advising on transfer pricing, M&A and cross-border transactions, Celso Costa oversees the team, which features the highly endorsed tax expert Fernando Colucci and Clarissa Freitas, who is well versed in corporate matters. Tax specialist Carlos Pacheco Fernandes and succession planning expert Rafael Stuppiello stand out at the senior associate level.

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.