Energy and natural resources
Renata Ribeiro Kingston heads up the tax department at Mello Torres. She focuses on advising clients in the mining, energy, and infrastructure sectors on the tax aspects of big-ticket M&A transactions and corporate reorganisations. In addition, Kingston provides strategic litigation support, assisting clients in navigating disputes at the state and federal levels.
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Tax, Mining and Crisis Managment
Position
Partner
Career
Renata Ribeiro Kingston is a tax partner at Souza, Mello e Torres Advogados. She is highly recognized in the corporate and tax world, expending almost twenty years as inhouse counsel of Vale S.A. As deputy general counsel, she coordinated a huge variety of complex legal matters.
Renata gained extensive experience while heading the tax risk and advisory department at Vale S.A. She also advised in several corporate reorganizations targeting profit maximization and tax loss mitigation. She has led the negotiation of tax matters in a number of cross-border transactions.
As part of her international experience, she worked as attorney at Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York, being involved in several M&A and Capital Markets transactions.
Languages
English, Spanish and Portuguese
Memberships
Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Chapter (OAB/RJ).
Education
Mrs. Kingston earned her law degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and has a postgraduation on Business law from IBMEC, LL.M. degree from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and certificate of Business Administration from I.E.
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Key clients
- Sas Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, A Subsidiary Of The Mediterranean Shipping Company - Msc
- Vale S.A.
- Eurasian Resources Group
- Siltotal Holding S/A
- IHS Group NoTeresa Perez Viagens E Turismo
- De-Cix Brasil Ltda
- Shareholders Of Brl Trust Investments
- Log-In - Logística Intermodal S.A.
- Casa Dos Ventos S.A
- Suzano Papel E Celulose S.A.
- Eneva S.A.
- Samarco Mineração S.A.
Work highlights
Advised SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl in relation to the acquisition of all of the 248,664,000 common shares in the Wilson Sons S.A. held by the OW Overseas(Investments) Limited, which represent 56.47% of the Company's total and voting capital stock.
Representing Eneva group in five different legal tax claims involving nine companies of the group—Eneva, Tevisa, Povoação, Itaqui, Parnaíba, Parnaíba II, Gera Maranhão, Linhares, and Pecém II.
Supported Vale S.A. by preparing a legal memorandum, later submitted through the Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM) to the National Congress, on the regulation of the Selective Tax introduced by Constitutional Amendment No. 123/2023.