Trench Rossi Watanabe has a comprehensive tax practice with expertise spanning cross-border and domestic transactions, tax disputes, and transfer pricing. Demonstrating particular strength in international taxation, the team advises both Brazilian and multinational clients from a multitude of sectors, including oil and gas, technology, consumer goods, banking and infrastructure. The practice is jointly led by Simone Musa, whose areas of focus include international tax, transfer pricing and transactional issues, and Maria Rita Ferragut, who handles tax litigation before judicial and administrative bodies. Other prominent members include Clarissa Giannetti Machado, who is highly regarded for her work in transfer pricing, corporate income tax, and federal taxes; Rafael Gregorin, who focuses on tax and customs litigation; and Maria Fernanda Furtado, who focuses on tax issues concerning the oil and gas, mining and infrastructure sectors.
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Key clients

  • General Motors
  • Mondeléz Brasil
  • BTG Pactual
  • Suzano S/A
  • E. Orlando Roos Comércio de Cereais Ltda.
  • AstraZeneca do Brasil Ltda
  • Itaú Unibanco S/A
  • Stone Pagamentos S.A.
  • McDermott Servicos Offshore do Brasil Ltda.
  • BRF S/A
  • Cisco Comércio e Serviços de Hardwa Software do Brasil Ltda.
  • Banco Santander (Brasil) S/A

Work highlights

Advised AccorInvest on the main tax aspects of the sale of its Brazilian portfolio of more than 20 hotels to Banco BTG Pactual S.A.
Advising Croplife Brasil on a case whereby the Court will rule on the constitutionality of Brazil’s agricultural sector tax policy which grants tax benefits and relief for agrichemicals and agriculture defensives.
Assisted Chevron with the evaluation of the Brazilian tax implications of alternatives to monetise the Natural Gas produced and processed from the Suçuarana-1 oil and gas field, at the Campos Basin, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Practice head

Simone Musa; Maria Rita Ferragut

Other key lawyers

Clarissa Machado; Maria Fernanda Furtado; Adriana Stamato; Reinaldo Ravelli; Luciana Nobrega; Rafael Gregorin; Horacio Almeida; Juliana Lemos; Telirio Saraiva