TAX LAW

• Tax advice and consulting
• Tax planning
• Follow-up on due diligences of corporate transactions
• Transfer pricing in sales and services
• Agreements to avoid double taxation
• Taxation in international trade
• Recovery of tax credits (federal, state and local taxes)
• Tax offsetting and analysis of purchases of third-party credits as provided by law
• Administrative litigation before the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (DRJs and CARF/DF), State (Treasury Department) and Local Authorities, regarding federal, state and local taxes, respectively
• Litigations, acting in declaratory judgment and annulment actions, writs of mandamus, tax foreclosures and other appropriate measures to defend individual and collective rights of taxpayers
• Crimes against the tax legal system

CUSTOMS LAW

• Advisory and consulting services in import and export operations
• Writs of mandamus for the release of goods
• Defense in administrative cases before the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service Customs in cases of confiscation, tax reclassification, special customs control procedures, among others
• Dumping and antidumping investigation processes
• Ex-tariff processes
• Drawbacks
• International Agreement analysis and drafting
• Assistance to obtain special customs regimes
• Crimes and infractions resulting from international trade operations

PORT LAW

• Consulting in (Public and/or Private) Projects:
  • In public projects: Obtaining of Concessions, Delegations and/or Leases;
  • In private projects: Obtaining of Grants (Authorization);
• Port Tenders;
• Port facility adjustments (Expansion of areas/Change in Cargo Type or Profile/Operating Capacity);
• Administrative Litigations: defenses, appeals and contestations;
• Court Litigations: Annulment Actions / Writs of mandamus / Injunctions.
• Analysis of economic and financial rebalancing in agreements;
• Analysis of agreement extensions;
• Transfer of concession ownerships;
• Emergency operations;
• Release of operations;
• Exploration of areas not intended for port operations in established ports;
• Monitoring of legal and contractual obligations;
• Litigation in arbitrations;
• Recovery of port works with stop orders;

WORK WITH THE FOLLOWING BODIES:

• Ministry of Infrastructure.
• National Agency for Waterway Transportation – ANTAQ.
• Port Authorities.
• Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (Customs).
• Brazilian Navy - Port Authority.
• Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources – IBAMA.
• Federal Assets Division – SPU.
• Federal Court of Accounts – TCU.
• Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply – MAPA.

CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LAW

• Actions for debt collection and enforcement
• Analysis and drafting of commercial agreements and associated instruments
• Advice and consulting in the legal organization of corporations
• Real Estate (real estate businesses, real estate purchase and sale, development, subdivisions, real estate collateral, land regularization, real estate business involving rural properties, leasing and foreign investments).
• Maritime Matters (court and arbitral litigations involving debt recovery, cargo, freight, demurrage, damages, shipping accidents, insurance, multimodal transport, representation in lawsuits to obtain urgent measures, such as arrest and seizure, preparation of legal opinions and answers to queries regarding maritime and port legislations, international conventions and agreements; legal advice for international trade with maritime transport).
• Debt Recovery (court-supervised reorganization or bankruptcy, collections, enforcements against primary obligor and co-obligors, as well as other legal measures aiming at reserving credit; debt restructuring; reorganization plans and strategies, and corporate restructuring of companies in financial crisis).

CORPORATE LAW

• Advice and consulting for corporate planning in company incorporations, modifications and/or corporate succession
• Mergers and acquisitions (Planning, organization, negotiation and implementation of purchase and sale transactions; barter transactions or combination of equity interest or assets)
• Spin-off and takeover
• Corporations
• Defense of shareholder rights
• Formation of associations
• Domestic and foreign investments
• Financing (organization, negotiating and contracting of financing for corporate and business transactions implementation)
• Joint ventures and strategic partnerships
• Consortiums (establishment, changes and termination)
• Acquisition of sale control and minority interest, including shareholders and unit holders
• Due diligences.
• Definition and improvement of corporate governance rules and principles

AIRPORT LAW

• Assistance in airport infrastructure projects;
• Concession for use of areas;
• Airport Tenders;
• Regularization of airport facilities;
• Administrative Litigations: defenses, appeals and contestations;
• Court Litigations: Annulment Actions / Writs of mandamus / Injunctions.
• Analysis of economic and financial rebalancing in agreements;
• Analysis of agreement extensions;
• Emergency operations;
• Release of operations;
• Exploration of areas not intended for airport operations;
• Monitoring of legal and contractual obligations;
• Litigation in arbitrations;

WORK WITH THE FOLLOWING BODIES:

• Ministry of Infrastructure.
• National Civil Aviation Agency – ANAC.
• Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company – INFRAERO.
• Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (Customs).
• Air Force.
• Federal Court of Accounts – TCU.