Mr Daniel Lacasa Maya > Machado Associados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Machado Associados Offices
AVENIDA BRIGADIERO FARIA LIMA, 1656
11TH FLOOR
01451-918 JARDIM PAULISTANO, SÃO PAULO, SP
Brazil
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Mr Daniel Lacasa Maya
Work Department
Tax
Position
Partner in the tax litigation area
Career
Specialized in Tax Litigation, Daniel has been handling judicial and administrative litigation in matters of federal, state and municipal taxes, including advising on cases before the Federal Supreme Court, presenting oral arguments before the Full Session of the Court, the Superior Court of Justice, and the 1st and 2nd panels of the Court. He has also presented oral arguments before the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF) and before panels of the High Court of Tax Appeals. He is a professor of postgraduate courses in tax law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas and of Instituto Internacional de Ciências Sociais, and he has given classes in postgraduate courses in tax law at COGEAE – PUC/SP and the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários (IBET/SP).
He has started his career in the tax area in 1993, when he joined Machado Associados, and since then he has been recognized as an outstanding lawyer in the tax area in Brazil by Tax Controversy Leaders (from 2011 to 2017) and The Legal 500 Latin America (2012, 2013 and 2014).
Languages
Portuguese
Memberships
Brazilian Bar Association – São Paulo Section (OAB/SP)
Education
LL.M. in Tax Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP), 2007; Postgraduate Studies in Tax Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP), 2001;
Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU), 1998
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.