Pinheiro Guimarães provides legal advice in the different areas of tax law, offering specialized services in a complex and dynamic setting by means of personalized treatment that is at once both agile and of high quality.  The firm advises not only companies but also individuals, regardless of whether that advice is of a preventive nature or in the nature of attempting to resolve a dispute.

Although some tax matters present unique questions to be resolved by management of companies when and as the matters arise, it is a fact that the analysis of tax consequences is becoming more and more a part of ordinary decision making on the part of clients and may, in turn, bring about significant and long-lasting impact.  For this reason, in order to meet the demand for such analysis in the most efficient and effective way possible, the team handling tax law at Pinheiro Guimarães works in an integrated fashion on all phases with the other areas of expertise in the office so that its recommendations may contribute to a resolution of the problems presented in a broad fashion, in an effort to give due support to the decision-making of the clients and the hoped-for support in their business and transactions.

In addition to advocating proficiently in tax disputes at all jurisdictional levels, in both administrative and judicial proceedings, Pinheiro Guimarães provides tax-advisory services covering the entire spectrum of tax law, domestic and international.  In this regard, Pinheiro Guimarães analyzes and opines on tax matters generally, including taxation of financial institutions and financial transactions; and tax implications for structured transactions and transactions carried out in the capital markets, extending as well to mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations.  Pinheiro Guimarães also draws upon substantial experience in analyzing and advising as to the entire range of tax issues arising in the course of restructuring corporate debt.  Finally, Pinheiro Guimaraes counsels its clients with respect to taxation of assets under management and the tax consequences that may result from choosing any of a variety of structures utilized in effecting prudent estate planning.