Ms Ana Lucia Marra > Machado Associados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Machado Associados
AVENIDA BRIGADIERO FARIA LIMA, 1656
11TH FLOOR
01451-918 JARDIM PAULISTANO, SÃO PAULO, SP
Brazil
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Work Department

Tax

Position

Partner in the direct taxes area

Career

Ana Lucia Marra is a partner of Machado Associados, with 22 years of experience in tax consulting, acting on project and team management to assist multinational companies in Brazil and abroad in various sectors. She specializes in tax consultancy in the area of direct taxes and international taxation for Brazilian and foreign companies, working in the assessment of tax impacts of operations / structures and in identifying alternatives for tax burden optimization and tax risk mitigation.

Languages

English, Portuguese and Spanish

Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association – São Paulo Section (OAB/SP)

Education

Postgraduate degree in tax Law, Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Tributário – IBDT (2011)
Postgraduate degree in tax law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP) (2007)
Postgraduate degree in business, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) (2001)
Bachelor of laws, Universidade de São Paulo (USP) (1996)

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Tax > Tax advisory

The well-structured tax team at Machado Associados, which covers all the core disciplines, is singled out for its transactional capabilities, drawing on the firm’s strong ‘M&A professionals [who] have in-depth knowledge of Brazilian tax legislation’. Tax disputes before administrative and judicial courts also feature on the group’s workload, which is populated by instructions from clients operating in the infrastructure, energy, cosmetics and public sectors. Practice head Júlio de Oliveira, who focuses on indirect tax and tax litigation, and litigator Daniel Lacasa Maya possess a ‘deep knowledge of IPI, PIS, Cofins and ICMS legislation’. Indirect tax and customs expert Gabriel Caldiron Rezende is also considered an ‘invaluable asset to any and all clients’. Isabel Bertelotti, Ana Lucia Marra and Stephanie Makin are recommended for their expertise in non-contentious direct tax and international taxation matters.