Our Team
Samir Farhat
Specialties: Litigation (judicial and arbitration) and counsel, in all areas of civil law.
Undergraduate degree in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, with professional development courses taken at the University of Porto Law School (Portugal). He has been a member of the selection committee for several competitive civil-service exams in different Brazilian states, including exams for hiring judges, attorneys for the public defender’s office, and attorneys for the public prosecutor’s office.
Languages: English and Italian.
Samir Farhat
CASES
Mr. Farhat has worked on several extremely complex civil law cases, including: a dispute involving fraud in the management of cryptocurrency assets; a class action case on environmental damage; preparation of an opinion on the vulnerability of a company related to a R$ 500 million debt to BNDES; a descent and distribution case with serious national repercussions; defense of minority shareholders in a civil liability case involving a large corporation in the ethanol sector.
PUBLICATIONS
FARHAT, Samir; NAKAMURA, E. T. . A intervenção do Estado nos meios de comunicação públicos. In: João Armando Moretto Amarante; André Weiszflog. (Org.). Direitos humanos em movimento. 1ed.São Paulo: Saraiva, 2013, v. 1, p. 67-92.
Gustavo Michel Arbach
Specialties: M&A Operation, Corporate Law (day-to-day and operations), Contracts and counsel for businesses.
Specialization in Corporate Law at the Institute of Education and Research (Insper) and undergraduate degree in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University.
Languages: English.
Gustavo Michel Arbach
CASES
Mr. Arbach has overseen the mergers and acquisitions of small, medium and large companies in a variety of fields, with emphasis on the educational sector. Additionally, he has provided legal advice to publicly traded companies, private companies and investment funds in a wide variety of fields. He has broad experience in corporate law, contracts, mergers and acquisitions.
Felipe Wagner de Lima Dias
Specialties: Tax Counsel and Litigation
Master’s degree in Tax Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Specialization in Tax Law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation; Specialization in Tax Law at the Brazilian Tax Law Institute (IBDT) and undergraduate degree in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University.
Mr. Dias has authored several book chapters and articles in tax journals.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Entities: Coordinator of the Sindustrigo (State Wheat Sector Union) Tax Workgroup
Felipe Wagner de Lima Dias
CASES
Mr. Dias, as the tax coordinator of câmara-e.net, has worked together with technology sector and the state government to regulate taxation of e-commerce in Brazil, especially with respect to the ICMS tax on sales to end-users and problems arising from the new rules for triangular operations. He was also involved in regulating tax benefits for the textile industry.
Additionally, he has worked on M&A in the glass, medical and waste treatment industries, both identifying contingencies and ensuring compliance with local tax benefits.
PUBLICATIONS
DIAS, Felipe Wagner de e MELO, Eduardo Soares de. Conflitos de Competência (ICMS e ISS) nos negócios de tecnologia, In ICMS e ISS – Tributação Digital e Novos Contornos dos Conflitos de Competência. Editors: Eduardo Soares de Melo and Halley Henares Neto.
DIAS, Felipe Wagner de Lima. Action 1 do BEPS, Medidas Unilaterais Adotadas por Países e seus Impactos na Tributação dos Negócios da Economia Digital. Revista Direito Tributário Internacional Atual nº 07 p. 141-160. São Paulo: IBDT, 1º semestre de 2020.
Veridiana Chaves Machado
Specialties: Labor Law Counsel and Litigation
Master’s Degree in Labor Law and Social Security from the University of São Paulo (USP) and undergraduate degree in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University. Ms. Machado has been a member of the selection committee for several competitive civil-service exams in the state of São Paulo.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Veridiana Chaves Machado
CASES
Ms. Machado has provided counsel in the area of labor law to individuals and companies of all sizes in a wide variety of industries, notably occupational medicine, technology, pharmaceuticals and port logistics. She also works with litigation, with a high rate of success in labor disputes, whether supporting the plaintiff or the defendant.
Luiz Otávio Martinez Bertolo
Specialties: Preventive Counsel and Litigation in the areas of Criminal Compliance, Corporate Criminal Law and Administrative Sanction Law
Specialization in Corporate Criminal Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (GV Law) and undergraduate degree from Mackenzie Presbyterian University.
Languages: English
Luiz Otávio Martinex Bertolo
CASES
Mr. Bertolo has been working for about six years with medium and large companies in the retail sector (supermarkets, megastores, eEcommerce and drug stores), insurance, aircraft and agribusiness, in the criminal, compliance and corporate law areas, including counsel and administrative or judicial litigation. He has argued before many Brazilian courts, in addition to involvement in administrative cases in regulated industries, such as BMF Bovespa, ANAC and SUSEP.
Danilo Panzuti Basile
Specialties: Preventive counsel and litigation in the areas of Criminal Compliance and Corporate Criminal Law
Specialization in Compliance from the Administration Institute Foundation (FIA) and undergraduate degree in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University.
Languages: English
Danilo Panzuti Basile
CASES
Mr. Basile has worked for five years with large companies in the retail sector (supermarkets, megastores, eEcommerce and drug stores), and has been involved in various internal fraud investigations for publicly held companies related to compliance.
Ive Caroline Cândido
Specialties: Litigation (judicial and arbitration) and counsel, in all areas of civil law.
Specialization in Corporate Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (LL.M – Business Law – GVLaw) and Litigation from Faculdade de Direito Damásio de Jesus. e undergraduate degree in Law from Uniderp (Campo Grande/MS).
Languages: English and Spanish.
Ive Caroline Cândido
CASES
Ms. Ive has worked on several extremely complex civil law cases, involving fraud in the management of cryptocurrency assets; Brazilian chapter 11 cases and real states legal issues.
Luan Moreira
Specialties: Tax Counsel and Litigation
Completing a Master’s in Tax Law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (GV Law), Master’s in Laws in Tax Law (LLM) from Insper and undergraduate degree in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University.
Mr. Moreira is the author of several book chapters and articles in tax journals.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Luan Moreira
CASES
Mr. Moreira has litigated tax cases in various administrative and judicial courts throughout Brazil, and has been involved in highly complex cases in the logistics, automotive and aircraft industries. He also provides counsel for companies in general, including advice for industry groups, preparation of sector claims and strategic tax planning.
PUBLICATIONS
MOREIRA, Luan. Tributação de Subvenções por IRPJ e CSLL: Benefícios Fiscais de Crédito Presumido e Análise Jurisprudencial. In: Estudos Aplicados de Direito Empresarial Tributário. Coordenação Régis Fernando de Ribeiro Braga. Almedina. São Paulo, 2019.
Fernanda Spada Salgueiro
Specialties: Labor Law Counsel and Litigation
Specialization in Individual Labor Rights, Collective Labor Rights, and Procedural Labor Law from Pontifical Catholic University, São Paulo (PUC-SP), specialization in Arbitration and Mediation from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School and an undergraduate degree in Law from United Metropolitan Colleges (FMU).
Languages: English.
Fernanda Spada Salgueiro
CASES
Ms. Salgueiro works with litigation, with excellent results in labor disputes and with special emphasis on the occupational medicine, food, clothing, automotive and pharmaceutical industries. She also provides legal counsel for individuals and companies of all sizes, in all industries.
Isadora Castro Siufi
Specialties: Litigation (judicial and arbitration), Real State and counsel, in all areas of civil law.
Undergraduate degree in Law from Universidade Católica do Mato Grosso do Sul.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Mylena Su
Specialties: M&A Operation, Corporate Law (day-to-day and operations), Contracts and counsel for businesses.
Undergraduate in Law from Faculdade de Direito de São Bernardo do Campo.
Languages: English and Chinese.
Mylena Su
CASES
Mrs. Su has overseen the mergers and acquisitions of small, medium and large companies in a variety of fields. Additionally, She has provided legal advice to publicly traded companies and private companies and She has broad experience in corporate law, contracts, mergers and acquisitions.
Paulo Coraça da Gama Vaiano
Specialties: Obrigations, Contracts, Civil Responsability, Family e Successions.
Undergraduate degree in Law from the Law School of The University of São Paulo (USP).
Languages: English.