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Our Firm

Incorporated in 2013 by founding partners José Luis Ribeiro Brazuna, Cristiano Frederico Ruschmann and Ciro César Soriano de Oliveira, BRATAX is an authentic partnership, providing tax law legal services with personal dedication added by its professionals´ accumulated experience.

Along the last ten years, we have built long-term relationships with our clients, always looking for personalized solutions to their tax issues and balancing legal reasoning, practical approach, and intellectual creativity.

We have consolidated our practice and strengthened our team, with the admission of senior partners Katia Soriano de Oliveira and Sérgio Pin Junior, and partners Mário Jabur Neto e Renata Amarante, who together with all our associates are dedicated to:

Finding effective and substantiated answers to complex questions.
Working as partner with our clients, knowing their businesses and their challenges.
Anticipating risks and recommend feasible solutions.
Facing adversities with fearlessness, technique and ethics.
Acting with discretion, professionalism, and confidentiality.

Work fronts

Our professionals are dedicated to different work fronts, due to the complexity and the high-specialization level that characterize the tax law practice in Brazil.

TAX LITIGATION

We represent our clients in different types of litigation in the tax area, both at the administrative and judicial levels.

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TAX ARRANGEMENTS

We are aware of alternative means of dispute resolution, and offer assistance from taking to implementing decisions.

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TAX REGULARIZATION

We advise our clients on the regularization of their registration status and pending matters before the tax authorities.

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STRATEGIC CONSULTING

We have extensive experience in the study of complex cases involving the application of the Brazilian national tax legislation, with attention to the history of each situation presented.

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TAX COMPLIANCE

Considering the complexity of Brazilian tax legislation, we work to prevent tax risks and review routines for complying with tax obligations.

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CUSTOMS AND FOREIGN TRADE

Our extensive knowledge of the particularities of taxation and compliance risks with customs procedures provided for in Brazilian legislation.

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INBOUND AND OUTBOUND INVESTMENT STRUCTURES

We advise local and multinational groups in the study of efficient tax structures, both in the investment and divestment phases.

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TAX PLANNING

We work in the substantiated discussion of valid legal structures, in order to optimize the tax burden on operations.

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REVIEW OF OPERATIONS, CONTRACTS, AND SUPPLY CHAINS

We review the tax treatment applied by our clients in operations, contracts and supply chains in which they are a part of.

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INTERNATIONAL TAXATION

We act, from the Brazilian legal perspective, in the tax analysis and optimization of international economic relations.

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ESTATE PLANNING

We advise on the tax analysis of equity reorganizations of legal entities, individuals and family groups.

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ADVOCACY

We provide assistance to clients and professional associations in the conception, preparation and review of project suggestions for normative language related to tax matters.

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Economic sectors

We have accumulated solid experience with several economic sectors and their tax particularities, absorbing the culture of our clients´ different profiles, including multinational groups from various areas of the globe, as well as big and midsize local companies, stablishing with them long-term and trust-based relationships.

Information technology and new technologies

We support big and middle-size tech companies, including importers, manufactures and developers of equipment, services, and intangibles. We are experienced in tax particularities involving cloud computing, apps and new technology solutions.

Media, entertainment and communication

We have experience with the particularities of various media industries, including entertainment and innovative communication technology and services.

Chemical and pharmaceutical industry

We have a relevant track record in assisting chemical and pharmaceutical companies, including animal and human health, with their tax issues in Brazil. Our experience also includes pulp segments and the production of agriculture inputs.

Cosmetics

We have been helping different clients of the cosmetics and beauty industry, accumulating a relevant history of tax cases comprising this economic segment.

Human and animal feeding

We have deep experience with this segment and its specificities, being assisting different companies with their complex tax issues for many years.

Renewable energies

We witnessed the unfoldment of renewable energies in Brazil, helping our clients with tax challenges regarding wind and solar projects in Brazil.

Infrastructure

We have been helping our clients with tax legal issues regarding big infrastructure projects, including the urban mobility, airport and port, energy distribution and O&G segments.

Agrobusiness

Assisting clients with tax issued regarding forest production and input to sugar and ethanol industries.

Financial market and fintech

We are used to the big and quick changes in financial market, being responsible for studying tax key-issues regarding the technological evolution of the segment.

Economic sectors

Conexões

Our commitment extends beyond legal practice. We believe in the significance of contributing to a more just and equitable society through ethical and assertive advocacy.

This year, we launched the Conexões Bratax project, which aims to coordinate the various social action initiatives within our firm, including our pro bono work.

As part of this initiative, we introduced our Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) program, with a primary focus on gender equality. Notably, 61% of our professionals are women.

Social responsibility is a natural extension of our commitment to legal excellence. We leverage our expertise and resources to advance justice and social welfare, reinforcing our core values of integrity, ethics, and dedication to the common good.