Ms Leandra Guimarães > Azevedo Sette Advogados > Belo Horizonte, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

High-net-worth individuals and family businesses routinely seek Azevedo Sette Advogados‘ assistance in wealth and estate planning matters, succession litigation, cross-border asset reorganisations and tax issues. Fernando Azevedo Sette and Rafael Bassoli offers strategic advice on succession planning and corporate transactions. Tax planning and litigation are key areas of expertise for Leandra Guimarães and Mauricio Pernambuco Salin. Other noteworthy individuals include Alessandra Ganz and Henrique Antonelli.

Azevedo Sette Advogados is routinely instructed by domestic and international companies in the mining, oil and gas, steel, agribusiness, automative and real estate segments seeking assistance in a variety of contentious and non-contentious tax matters. Litigation and administrative disputes constitute a key strength for the group, whose non-contentious offering covers tax planning, periodic tax reviews and due diligence relating to foreign investment projects in Brazil. The department is jointly led by seasoned tax and corporate practitioner Leandra Guimarães and Clarissa Cerqueira Viana Pereira, who handles tax planning and litigation matters. Partner Bruno Felippe Almeida is another name to note for strategic tax matters.

The well-balanced tax team at Azevedo Sette Advogados supports an impressive range of international clients in their tax planning and litigation issues. Typical instructions include advising on tax compliance and optimisations, the recovery of tax credits, the tax treatment of foreign investments and interstate trade. Social security issues and special regimes are other areas of expertise for the practice that also regularly represents clients in state, municipal, and federal litigation. Leandra Guimarães heads up the Belo Horizonte-based tax team, where Clarissa Cerqueira Viana Pereira is a name to note for tax consulting, planning and litigation matters. Mauricio Pernambuco Salin handles non-contentious work from São Paulo, while Rodrigo Badaró de Castro leads on tax litigation from Brasília.