Mr Giancarlo Chamma Matarazzo > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
RUA HUNGRIA, 1100
SÃO PAULO, SP 01455-906
Brazil
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Mr Giancarlo Chamma Matarazzo
Work Department
Tax, Capital Markets, and Corporate, M&A.
Position
Partner.
Career
Giancarlo Chamma Matarazzo advises domestic and international clients from different industries. Giancarlo concentrates his practice in domestic and international tax law, with significant experience and expertise in tax, estate and succession planning; international treaties; administrative and judicial proceedings, non-resident taxation; individual and corporate income taxation; federal taxes; taxation of M&A transactions; taxation of financial and capital market transactions; and accounting.
In 2005 he worked as Assistant Professor of the University of Leiden in the LL.M focused on International Taxation. Also in 2005 Giancarlo acted as foreign associate at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Rotterdam).
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Education
LL.M. in Tax Law from the Leiden University – 2005;
MBA in Business Administration and Finance from the Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais (IBMEC) – 2004;
Specialization Degree in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) – 2000;
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) – 1998.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Wealth and succession planning
Full-service law firm Pinheiro Neto Advogados is trusted by high-net-worth individuals and families in a wide range of private client matters, including estate planning, gifts and donations, offshore investment structuring and asset restructurings. With notable strength in corporate governance and IPOs, the ‘formidable estate and succession planning practice‘ is also popular among family-controlled companies and financial institutions. Tax specialist Giancarlo Chamma Matarazzo handles non-resident taxation issues and succession planning, while Pythagoras Carvalho excels in wealth planning and estate litigation. Also noted is counsel Priscila Stela Mariano da Silva for her strong background in cross-border wealth management matters.
Brazil > Tax > Tax advisory
Rated for providing a ‘dynamic and efficient service’, Pinheiro Neto Advogados fields a team of ‘excellent professionals‘ ‘who are always up-to-date with tax issues’. A popular destination for major domestic and international clients, the practice sees a strong flow of advisory work, courtesy of the firm’s market-leading corporate finance and M&A group. Luciana Rosanova Galhardo handles complex non-contentious tax matters and litigation (at the judicial and administrative levels) on behalf of clients from the pharmaceutical, automotive, financial, healthcare and cosmetic industries. Giancarlo Chamma Matarazzo specialises in local and international law issues, and Emir Nunes de Oliveira Neto is skilled in transactional matters, tax planning and high-end litigation cases. Customs work is handled by specialists such as Mauro Berenholc, while Cristiane Ianagui Matsumoto and Marcos de Vicq de Cumptich have strong expertise in social security. The litigation arm is also extremely strong: Ana Carolina Fernandes Carpinetti has a particular focus on the technology sector, which is also a notable area of expertise for Luiz Roberto Peroba Barbosa; Tércio Chiavassa is another contact for high-profile disputes before the administrative and judicial courts. Carlos Henrique Tranjan Bechara is ‘an excellent professional, prepared to face complex tax issues’ in the context of litigation, while the recently promoted João Rafael L. Gândara de Carvalho is knowledgeable of direct and indirect tax, social security, and customs.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Tax > Customs
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- International trade
- Life sciences
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- City focus - Brasilia > Public law and regulation
- Real estate
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax
- TMT: Media
- Transport: Aviation
- Wealth and succession planning
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Intellectual property
- Public law
- Transport: Shipping
- White-collar crime and investigations