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Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

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Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados‘ Brasília-based tax team handles both consultancy and litigation matters involving direct and indirect taxation, as well as customs and import duties, particularly for clients in the energy, private equity, and agribusiness sectors. The practice is led by tax litigation specialist Cristiane Romano, who has extensive experience in disputes before CARF and the Superior Court of Justice. The team’s litigation capabilities are further enhanced by Diana Piatti Lobo, a tax disputes specialist who handles a range of matters including state tax benefits, transfer pricing, and PIS/COFINS credits, and João Vitor Luke Reis, who focuses on litigation before the superior courts.
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  • ‘Specialised consultancy with professionals with high technical knowledge and great influence in tax matters. They bring theses and strategies based on case law and jurimetrics. Productive alignment meetings focused on the client's interests.’

Key clients

  • Breitener Tambaqui S.A., Breitener Jaraqui S.A., Breitener Energética S.A.
  • FIPECq - Fundação de Previdência Privada Empregados da FINEP, do IPEA, do CNPq, do INPE e do INPA
  • Vibra Energia S.A.
  • Gera Amazonas – Geradora de Energia do Amazonas
  • Davita Brasil
  • Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social - Sistel
  • Neoenergia Distribuidora de Brasília S.A.
  • Peróxidos Brasil
  • Fundação Previdenciária IBM e IBM Brasil
  • FEBRABAN – Federação Brasileira dos Bancos
  • VLI (Grupo Ultrafertil)
  • Petros

Work highlights

Represents a multi-sponsored pension fund in several lawsuits about whether interest payments can be included when not explicitly stated in the judicially enforceable instrument.
Represented IBM and FPI in class actions filed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and an association of participants and retirees challenging the legality of financial surplus distribution in closed supplementary pension entities
Represents CENTRUS, a closed supplementary pension entity, in a lawsuit filed by the National Union of Central Bank Employees (SINAL) challenging a constitutional provision that establishes financial collaboration between sponsors and beneficiaries in pension plans.

Practice head

Cristiane Romano

Other key lawyers

Diana Piatti Lobo; João Vitor Luke Reis; Janaína Castro; Maia Alexia Martinovich; Julia Cristina Ferreira

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