Alessandra Gomensoro > Mattos Filho > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Mattos Filho Offices
Praia do Flamengo, 200 11º andar
Rio de Janeiro, RJ , CEP 22210-901
Brazil
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Alessandra Gomensoro
Work Department
Tax
Position
Partner
Career
Alessandra advises and represents both Brazilian and foreign clients across various sectors (including energy, oil & gas, and retail) in administrative and judicial tax proceedings at federal, state and municipal levels, as well as in social security and customs disputes. She assists with administrative lawsuits concerning procedural issues, issuing tax compliance certificates, tax recovery program matters and tax litigation. Alessandra also works with tax leniency programs and represents clients with tax legislation and regulation issues before government agencies. She is the author of numerous publications in the tax law field.
Languages
Portuguese and English
Education
Bachelor of Laws, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Chicago
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Tax > Tax advisory
Mattos Filho fields an ‘exceptional’ tax team that is praised for being ‘technically prepared’ to advise on complex contentious and non-contentious matters involving local and cross-border tax issues. Drawing on its strong ‘tax, financial and, to some extent, accounting knowledge’, the team provides critical support to the firm’s market-leading corporate and transactional departments. Andrea Bazzo Lauletta regularly handles the tax aspects of capital markets transactions, M&A, debt deals, project finance and investment funds structures. Focused on direct taxes, Gil F. Mendes is especially active in corporate reorganisations and inbound and outbound investments. Also noted for his transactional capabilities, Flavio Mifano often assists financial institutions, insurance companies, private equity funds and Brazilian corporations with the tax implications of their deals. The firm possesses several strong customs experts, including Renata Correia Cubas and Gabriela Silva de Lemos. On the litigation front, Glaucia Lauletta Frascino has a strong track record of representing clients before the superior courts in Brazil, while Ana Paula Schincariol Lui Barreto is the key contact for Federal Administrative Court (CARF) proceedings. Other noteworthy practitioners include managing partner Roberto Quiroga Mosquera and Alessandra Gomensoro, who heads up the tax litigation group in Rio de Janeiro. Isabel Bueno is singled out for her expertise in pensions and executive compensation matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Compliance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Wealth and succession planning
- White-collar crime and investigations