Mr João Rafael L. Gândara de Carvalho > Pinheiro Neto Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Pinheiro Neto Advogados Offices
RUA HUMAITÀ, 275
16° ANDAR
RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ 22261-005
Brazil
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Mr João Rafael L. Gândara de Carvalho
Work Department
International Trade and Customs, Social Security, Tax.
Position
Partner.
Career
João Rafael L. Gandara de Carvalho advises local and international clients on tax, social security and customs issues, both in the litigation and advisory involving direct and indirect taxes. He has experience in the taxation in the following areas: industry, retail, energy, technology, telecommunications, oil and gas, mining, health, financial, infrastructure and real estate.
Languages
Spanish, English, Portuguese.
Education
Master’s Degree in Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ);
Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Lawyer Rankings
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