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Mrs Diana Lobo

+ 55 61 2155-5575 dlobo@machadomeyer.com.br View profile

Work Department

Tax / Agribusiness / Automotive / Chemicals and Petrochemicals / Retail and Consumer

Position

Partner

Career

Lobo is specialist in tax disputes, engaging activities before administrative and judicial courts in the defense of the taxpayers’ interests in several tax matters. Her practice encompasses the definition of strategy, drafting and conducting litigations and offering administrative defenses on a range of tax subjects (state tax benefit, transfer price, Social Integration Program – PIS and Tax for Social Security Financing – COFINS credits, and social security contribution). She further develops activities related to tax consultancy, mainly drafting memorandums to respond to questionings on the application of the federal, state and municipal legislations. Her experience in foreign law firm reinforces her knowledge in the field of International Tax Law, above all in the application of treaties to avoid double taxation. Lobo has previous experience in the areas of knowledge of industries (pneumatics, food, chemicals, pharmaceutical), trade (retail and wholesale), and informatics.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Memberships

Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association. Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Tributário (IBDT).

Education

Received her LL.B from Law School of Universidade Federal de Alagoas and a post-graduation degree in Tax Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Also a Specialization course in Tax Law in IBDT and Master degree in Tax Law from Université Paris 1 Sorbonne.