Alessandra Machado > Trench Rossi Watanabe > Porto Alegre, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Trench Rossi Watanabe
AV. SOLEDADE, 550, ED CARLOS GOMES CENTER
CONJUNTOS 402, 403 E 404 90470-340
PORTO ALEGRE, RS
Brazil
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Work Department

Compensation, International Trade, Tax

Position

Consultant

Career

Alessandra Machado Villas Boas joined the Firm in 1996 and became partner in 2007. She integrates the Tax Planning practice group, with focus on international trade, customs compliance and indirect taxes. Ms. Machado has a wide breadth of experience in international trade agreements, structuring import and export transactions, special customs regimes and taxation of the information technology sector.

Education

She graduated from Universidade de São Paulo with a degree in Law.

Leisure

Alessandra Machado Villas Boas joined the Firm in 1996 and became partner in 2007. She integrates the Tax Planning practice group, with focus on international trade, customs compliance and indirect taxes. Ms. Machado has a wide breadth of experience in international trade agreements, structuring import and export transactions, special customs regimes and taxation of the information technology sector.

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > International trade

Trench Rossi Watanabe is well placed to advise on a host of trade and customs mandates, from WTO law to cases involving anti-dumping, subsidies, safeguards and public interest analysis proceedings. The department also fields a sub-group dedicated to supply chain arrangements, commercial contracts compliance and other contractual issues. The practice is under the joint leadership of six practitioners: Francisco Niclós Negrão is sought after for his experience in anti-dumping investigations; Rafael Gregorin and Horácio Veiga de Almeida Neto bring tax and customs knowledge to the table; Paulo Casagrande focuses on antitrust matters; Alessandra Machado brings expertise in the technology sector; while Marcia Calafate specialises in supply chain matters.