Experience

Pacto Contra a Fome

• Brazil
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal, ESG & Funding

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  “Pacto contra a Fome” is a non-profit civil society, non-partisan, which aims to end hunger in Brazil by 2030. I’m honored to have been invited by Geyze Diniz to temporarily join this amazing team which is going to make a huge difference in our country. The Institute was founded by Geyze Diniz as a result of her efforts to help the most vulnerable communities during the Covid epidemic. “Pacto contra a Fome” is a non-profit civil society, non-partisan, which aims to end hunger in Brazil by 2030. I’m honored to have been invited by Geyze Diniz to temporarily join this amazing team which is going to make a huge difference in our country. The Institute was founded by Geyze Diniz as a result of her efforts to help the most vulnerable communities during the Covid epidemic.



ASA Investments

• Brazil
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Finance, Tax and Corporate

  • Apr 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Leaded the financial department team; • Prepared financial reports to the shareholder helping to draft the most tax efficient structure for the different funds managed by Asa Investments; • Prepared financial reports with the P&L forecast for the next years; • Reviewed the financials of the companies of the group suggesting improvements in different areas (e.g. importation of services; recognition of loans and capital increases; foreign exchange transactions, etc); • Helped to implement and manage our yearly budget; • Provided tax analysis comparing different countries in order to expand our business across the world; • Helped to implement and manage our offshore structure (Cayman, US, BVI, Luxembourg and Switzerland); • Restructured the Brazilian corporate structure of the group in order to simplify the structure and achieve tax efficiencies; • Provided tax consulting to M&A transactions analyzing the related tax consequences (e.g. goodwill, variable compensation, purchase price allocation report, among others); • Helped to set up Brazilian and offshore (Cayman) funds; • Provided tax and corporate consulting to the philanthropic entities of the group. Show less



Península Participações

• Brazil
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal and Tax Director

  • Nov 2016 - Apr 2022

  • Provided legal and tax consulting services to the family office, the asset company and the non profit organizations (Instituto Peninsula and NAR) held by Familia Diniz; • Supported the private equity team giving tax consulting related to the acquisition of investments, subsequent mergers and initial public offering; • Helped to reorganize the onshore and offshore (US, Luxembourg, Uruguay) corporate structure of Grupo Peninsula; • Managed the strategic tax litigation before the Tax Administrative Council, helping to reduce the tax contingency in some billions; • Managed the litigation area of Grupo Peninsula involving lawsuits of different areas such as civil, labor and tax; • Helped to implement the succession plan of the family; • Provided legal strategic advice related to aviation, labor, non profit, civil, tax and family areas; •Offered support to the accounting department on day to day matters involving tax doubts and administrative procedures. Show less



Radius | Global Growth Experts

• International Trade and Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Tax & Compliance Director

  • Dec 2014 - Nov 2016

  • First employee of Radius in Brazil, an US/UK company held by HG Capital, a British Private Equity. • Helped to set up the Brazilian office, that is gradually becoming the shared service center for Latin America. • Provided business legal strategic advice to the Board and the Financial Team in Boston in order to set up the Brazilian business. • Helped on the acquisition of a Brazilian business process outsourcing company, as well as on the merger of this outsourcing company into Radius. • Supported companies to start their transactions in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Panama. • Provided tax, corporate and labor advice for US and UK companies investing in Latin America with regards to direct and indirect taxes, customs, transfer pricing, use of different jurisdictions to take advantage of Double Tax Treaties with Brazil, funding alternatives, exit strategy, type of entity to be incorporated in Brazil, labor agreements, intercompany service and loan agreements, etc. • Coordinated projects involving corporate, tax and labor aspects. • Assisted on tax planning and corporate restructuring projects. • Reviewed and analyzed business agreements from a tax, corporate and labor perspective. • Presented an event in Uruguay organized by Radius, Bergstein Abogados and BNDES (Brazilian Bank for the Economic and Social Development) and sponsored by the Brazilian Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce. • Wrote articles about the difficulty faced by foreign companies in opening a bank account in Brazil. • Was interviewed by the Washington Post for the article “Brazil’s Big Oil Scandal has created a crisis for workers’ party” published on February 12, 2015. Show less



EY

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tax Manager - International Tax Services

  • Feb 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Provided tax advice for foreign companies investing in Brazil and Brazilian companies investing abroad with regards to direct and indirect taxes, customs, transfer pricing, use of different jurisdictions to take advantage of Double Tax Treaties with Brazil, funding alternatives, exit strategy, etc.• Coordinated projects involving not only direct and international taxation, but also indirect taxation, customs and transfer pricing.• Assisted on tax planning and corporate restructuring projects.• Reviewed and analyzed business agreements from a tax perspective.• Provided tax advice related to themes not regulated by the Brazilian tax law yet, such as cloud computing, digital products, etc. Show less

• International Tax Manager - Brazilian Desk

  • Aug 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Provided tax advice for US companies (Oil & Gas, Technology and others) investing in Brazil with regards to direct and indirect taxes, customs, transfer pricing, use of different jurisdictions to take advantage of Double Tax Treaties with Brazil, funding alternatives, exit strategy, etc.• Performed various modeling (direct and indirect taxes) to show the tax consequences of transactions involving Brazilian companies (domestic, importation and exportation transactions).• Managed foreign tax credits, earnings and profits calculations and foreign source income.• Identified tax planning opportunities.• Presented internal seminars on Brazilian taxation in Houston and Denver.• Organized and presented the “Doing Business in Latin America” an event held at EY Los Angeles with more than 40 companies to talk about Latin America Taxation and tax planning ideas. This event granted me an official recognition and compliment from several different EY Leaders among them the partner who was the West Coast Tax Leader; the partner who was responsible for the LABC (Latin American Business Center) in NY, the partner who was responsible for the Brazilian Desk in Houston and the partner who was responsible for the International Tax Services Team in Brazil. Show less

• Senior Tax Consultant - International Tax Services

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2012

  • Provided tax advice for foreign companies investing in Brazil and Brazilian companies investing abroad with regards to direct and indirect taxes, customs, transfer pricing, use of different jurisdictions to take advantage of Double Tax Treaties with Brazil, funding alternatives, exit strategy, etc.• Coordinated projects involving not only direct and international taxation, but also indirect taxation, customs and transfer pricing.• Assisted on tax planning and corporate restructuring projects.• Reviewed and analyzed business agreements from a tax perspective.• Provided tax advice related to themes not regulated by the Brazilian tax law yet, such as cloud computing, digital products, etc.• Presented technical meetings. Wrote Tax Alerts distributed to the clients, as well as an article entitled “Brazilian taxation of foreign investments” published on Bloomberg Daily Tax Report in June, 2012. Show less



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tax Consultant - Direct Taxes

  • Nov 2006 - Sep 2009

  • Reviewed clients’ tax calculations (Corporate Income Tax - IRPJ/CSLL - and Turnover Taxes – PIS/COFINS). • Reviewed tax ancillary obligations (DIPJ, DACON, DCTF, etc). • Provided tax advice mainly with focus on direct taxes matters. • Promoted to consultant as “outstanding professional”. • Reviewed clients’ tax calculations (Corporate Income Tax - IRPJ/CSLL - and Turnover Taxes – PIS/COFINS). • Reviewed tax ancillary obligations (DIPJ, DACON, DCTF, etc). • Provided tax advice mainly with focus on direct taxes matters. • Promoted to consultant as “outstanding professional”.