Brazil Tax Virtual Forum 2020

Vanessa Rahal Canado

Special advisor, Ministry of Economy

Vanessa Rahal Canado is a professor at the Lato and Stricto Sensu postgraduate courses at FGV Direito (FGVLAW and Professional Master's) and also for postgraduate courses in finance management (finance and driver line) at FGV EAESP.  She is also a postgraduate coordinator of the Law and Taxation Center at Insper.  

Rahal Canado is author of the book COFINS - Theoretical and Practical Aspects, published by Saraiva, in 2011 and co-author of the book Course on Tax Law and Public Finance, winner of the Jabuti Award in 2008 for best law book. She has extensive experience in the area of ​​law, with an emphasis on tax law, working mainly on taxation on income and revenue (PIS / COFINS) and legal taxes of the new accounting standards (law and accounting).

In the academic area, Rahal Canado has dedicated herself to studying the subject of tax reform, building bridges between the economic pillars of taxation and the legal design of tax systems. She ran the Center for Tax Citizenship (CCiF) until October 2019. In October 2019 she was appointed director of the program of the special advisory on institutional relations of the Ministry of Economy. In November, she was appointed as special adviser to the Minister of State for the Economy, responsible for tax reform.

Vanessa Rahal Canado has a Master's in tax law from PUC / SP (2008) and PhD in law from PUC / SP (2014).  

 Speaking session 

Keynote interview: The econmics and politics of Brazil in 2020

Wednesday, September 9 - 09.20-09.50 BRT

Paula Dias

Latam tax director, Diversey

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

The impending tax reform - a unique moment for Brazilian tax professionals 

Wednesday, September 9 - 11.20-12.00 BRT

Duarte Baber

Head of tax for Latin America, Accenture

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

The impending tax reform - a unique moment for Brazilian tax professionals 

Wednesday, September 9 - 11.20-12.00 BRT

Pedro Custódio

In-house tax executive

Pedro has more than 25 years experience  in providing tax consulting services to financial institutions and others.Experience in banking  products, financial and capital markets taxation, local and off-shore funding structuring, asset management and private equity.

Tax consulting team member at ABN AMRO and Itaú BBA, in addition to a renowned law firm. Lead the tax practice for financial institutions on EY Brazil over 7 years.

Head of tax of XP INC., the most successful broker dealer in Brazil

Sound experience in due diligence projects , organizational restructuring and implementation of (financial and operational) procedures to large financial local and international groups. Strong relationship on the financial market and clients, built on transactions and audit engagements.

 Speaking session 

The impending tax reform - a unique moment for Brazilian tax professionals 

Wednesday, September 9 - 11.20-12.00 BRT

Aloisio Ferreira

Tax general manager, ArcelorMittalções

Aloisio Neto is the Country Tax Director of ArcelorMittal Brasil since November 2019, where he is currently leading a top performance team responsible for all the country´s tax operations, planning and intelligence. 

Prior to joining ArcelorMittal, Aloisio was Senior Tax Manager in Fiat Chrysler Brasil for 9 years, after leaving EY as Tax Manager.

 Speaking session 

Tech and the digitalisation of the Brazilian tax practice

Wednesday, September 9 - 14.20-15.05 BRT

Cristina Correia Firmiano

Head planejamento estratégico & tributário, Grand Cru Importadora

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Tech and the digitalisation of the Brazilian tax practice

Wednesday, September 9 - 14.20-15.05 BRT

Érica Morena

Head of tax, AES Corporation

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Tech and the digitalisation of the Brazilian tax practice

Wednesday, September 9 - 14.20-15.05 BRT

Fernando Colucci

Partner, Machado Meyer

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

The tax challenge for MNEs

Wednesday, September 9 - 09.50-10.50 BRT

Willem Bom

Partner, Loyens & Loeff

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

The tax challenge for MNEs

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.50-14.35 BRT

Ricardo Bolan

Partner, Lefosse Advogados

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

The tax challenge for MNEs

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.50-14.35 BRT

Gilberto Ayres Moreira

Partner, Ayres Ribeiro Advogados

Gilberto Ayres Moreira is a specialist in international tax and trade with articles published in Brazil and abroad.

Ayres Moreira is a frequent speaker in seminars and conferences in brazil and abroad, being recognized as a leading tax and trade lawyer by Legal 500 LATAM, Chambers and Partners LATAM and Global, ITR World Tax and Análise Advocacia 500.

He is a PhD Candidate at Queen Mary Law School, ITP at Harvard Law School, Graduate in Tax Law at IBET/IBDT (USP) and LLB at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas).

Gilberto Ayres Moreira acts on a full range of trade and tax issues affecting businesses in Brazil and abroad, advising clients in projects, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions.

He was professor of international tax law at Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais; he was also visiting professor of tax law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas; and member of the tax committee of the OAB-SP. 

 Speaking session 

Taxation of the digital economy

Thursday, September 10 - 09.10-09.55 BRT

Luiz Gulherme de Medeiros Ferreira

Head Brazil tax department, IBM

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Taxation of the digital economy

Thursday, September 10 - 09.10-09.55 BRT

Rodolfo Araújo

Head of tax, IFood

Rodolfo Araújo is currently head of tax at iFood, based in Brazil, with more than eleven years of experience on tax planning, litigation and compliance, working for law firms and multinational companies. He is specialized in tax law at Milton Campus Law School (BH – MG) and has a Master in Economic, Finance and Tax Law from the University of São Paulo, with research on digital economy taxation. He also holds a bachelor’s in social communication with specialization in marketing and advertising from Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

 Speaking session 

Taxation of the digital economy

Thursday, September 10 - 09.10-09.55 BRT

Thiago Figo

Head of tax and legal, C&A Brasil

Thiago Figo is an experienced tax professional in Brazil. He worked at PwC for almost 15 years, rendering 20 years of experience in tax, working in Big4 firms and multinational companies with experience in different sectors such as industry, construction, aerospace, defence and retail among others. He has a strong leadership profile and has experience managing teams and relationships with several areas.

He has a broad background, with a demonstrated ability to combine business and technical skills. He is adapt at transforming complex business requirements into solutions to achieve strategic objectives and ability to rapidly adapt and achieve strategic objectives and organisational integration. 

 Speaking session 

The evolving role of the Brazilian tax manager

Thursday, September 10 - 10.30-11.15 BRT

Valdineide Simões da Silva

Corporate tax director, Voith Group

Valdineide Simões is a lawyer specialised in international law and a finance executive with a solid career in consultancy and multinational companies, broad knowledge in tax planning, tax compliance and operations.

She had expertise in tax optimisation and efficiency, management of corporate taxes and contributions,  risk mapping, tax monthly closure tasks, tax filings, measuring and structuring of fiscal impacts of transactions, structuring of merger & acquisition projects, due diligences, diversified tax advisory, and controversy for cross-border transaction .

Simões is experienced in mapping processes (IT and back office), managing information systems, executive reports and team managing.

Simões reports to the executive tax VP in Germany and CEO in Brazil, leading a team of 30 employees in a corporate structure (center of competence – CoC), serving five facilities with subsidiaries in six countries (Chile, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and  Bolivia) and she has five direct reports.

 Speaking session 

The evolving role of the Brazilian tax manager

Thursday, September 10 - 10.30-11.15 BRT

Gustavo Pagliuso Machado

Tax Manager, AstraZeneca

LL.M. in European and International Economic Law from Ludwig-Maximilians Univintersität München (LMU), Germany. LL.M. in Tax Law from Insper, São Paulo and Law Degree from Universidade Mackenzie, São Paulo.

Over 13-year experience in Tax Advisory and Management in Brazil, Latin America and Germany. Current Tax Manager for AstraZeneca in Brazil. Acted as Senior Tax Lawyer at TozziniFreire Advogados, Visiting Lawyer at Deloitte Legal in Munich and at tax consulting and management positions for GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk and Alcoa.

Author of various articles about Brazilian and International Taxation, including the book “Aspectos Tributários das Importações de Serviços”, Almedina, 2015 (Tax Aspects of the Importation of Services).

 Speaking session 

The evolving role of the Brazilian tax manager

Thursday, September 10 - 10.30-11.15 BRT

Paulo Nobrega

Head of tax, Ontex

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Brazilian indirect tax - the most complicated system in the world?

Thursday, September 10 - 11.30-12.15 BRT

Meily Franco

Tax director Latam, Alstom

Tax Director at Alstom Transportes for South America, in charge of all strategic, compliance and risk management matters related to Tax for the organization.

Previously, Meily has acted as Head of Tax LATAM for ContourGlobal, responsible for al tax matters in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. For 15 years, was part of the tax consulting practice with PwC, having worked in São Paulo, Salvador and Recife offices.

With almost 20 years of professional experience in taxes and as part of her professional and community activities, Meily leads the Tax Committee at Instituto Brasileiro de Executivos de Finanças (IBEF), being also a member of its Governance Committee for IBEF Mulher. She is a member of Risk Management Committee of CISV Brasil – Chapter São Paulo and member of its expanded directors board.

A lawyer and certified accountant, with post-graduations in Tax Law (IBET, PUC-COGEAE) and Corporate Law (INSPER), Meily had just finished a program of Postgraduate Diploma in Leadership – Emeritus, in collaboration with Tuck School of Business, Columbia Business School, and MIT’s Sloan School of Management). She has accomplished Executive courses in Corporate Governance and Compliance (INSPER), Corporate Finance (INSPER), International Taxation (IBDT), and is fluent in English and Spanish.

 Speaking session 

The evolving role of the Brazilian tax manager

Thursday, September 10 - 10.30-11.15 BRT

Aloisio Ferreira

Vice president – tax South AmericaVolvo Group

Over 25 years of professional background (Accounting, Audit, Tax and M&A), most of the time leading tax projects related to the Corporate Taxes, VAT, Transfer Pricing, International Tax and Cross-border Transactions involving Latin America, North America and Europe. After 13 years working at Big Four Companies, in 2009 he held some leadership positions at Renault, DAF and Louis Dreyfus. Since 2017, Augusto is working at Volvo Group as Head of Tax Brazil and since 2019 he became Vice-President Tax South America, leading all the tax strategy for Volvo Group in the region, which includes different business, such as trucks, buses, construction equipment, financial services, engines for industries and boats.

 Speaking session 

The tax challenge for MNEs

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.50-14.35 BRT

Luis Fabiano Alves Penteado

Superintendent of legal, compliance and integrity, Volkswagen Participações

Lawyer with 20 years of experience in tax affairs in the automotive industry and financial institutions.

Superintendent of Legal, Tax, Compliance, Integrity and Ombudsman at Volkswagen Financial Services Brazil

President of Audit Committee of Fundação Volkswagen and Volkswagen Previdência Privada (ICSS Certificate)

Prior Counsellor in the Superior Chamber at CARF (2010-2019)

Prior Director at ABEL – Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Leasing

 Speaking session 

Tech and the digitalisation of the Brazilian tax practice

Wednesday, September 9 - 14.20-15.05 BRT

Rafael Garabed Moumdjian

Senior indirect tax manager, Syngenta

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Brazilian indirect tax - the most complicated system in the world?

Thursday, September 10 - 11.10-11.55 BRT

Maíra Braga Oltra

Tax directorThe Heineken Company

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

The tax challenge for MNEs

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.50-14.35 BRT

Adriana Brito

National tax planning managerKuehne + Nagel

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Litigation and the future of Brazilian tax disputes

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.00-13.45 BRT

Rafael Barbosa de Sousa

Head of appellate & legal services, City of São Paulo Bureau of Revenue

Rafael Barbosa de Sousa is a Tax Auditor for the City of São Paulo since 2014, and currently serves as Head of Appellate and Legal Services of the City of São Paulo Bureau of Revenue. As such, Rafael is responsible for managing a team of approx. 150 Auditors and other civil servants, who collectively decide on over twelve thousand tax appeals every year, along with thousands of claims for tax immunity, exemptions and other benefits. Rafael is also a chief legal advisor for the Bureau of Revenue and the Department of Finance on matters of tax law and fiscal procedure, and is Chairman of the Advisory Boards of the São Paulo Asset Management Corporation (SPDA) and the São Paulo Securitization Corporation (SPSEC).

 Speaking session 

Litigation and the future of Brazilian tax disputes

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.00-13.45 BRT

Carolina Rodrigues Archanjo

Tax director Latam, Microsoft

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Taxation of the digital economy

Thursday, September 10 - 09.10-09.55 BRT

Leonardo Meller

Head of tax, legal & compliance, Puratos

Biography coming soon.

 Speaking session 

Taxation of the digital economy

Thursday, September 10 - 09.10-09.55 BRT

Ana Yurgel

Tax manager, Yara International

Tax Manager at Yara Brasil Fertilizantes. Lawyer and business administrator, Master of Laws (UFRGS), post-graduate studies in tax taw (IBET), participated in the Class of 2019 of the W50 - Women on Board at UCLA Anderson School of Management, in California. Founder and mentor of WLM - Women in Law Mentoring Brazil; Tax Council of the Federation of Industries of The State of Rio Grande Do Sul (Fiergs); Invited professor at Unisinos.

 Speaking session 

Brazilian indirect tax - the most complicated system in the world?

Thursday, September 10 - 11.30-12.15 BRT

Gisele Bossa

JudgeAdministrative Tax Court of Appeals

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Litigation and the future of Brazilian tax disputes

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.00-13.45 BRT

Phelippe Oliveira

Deputy attorney general fo the national treasuryMinistry of Economy

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Litigation and the future of Brazilian tax disputes

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.00-13.45 BRT

Sergio André Rocha

Professor of tax law and public financeRio de Janeiro State University

Biography coming soon

 Speaking session 

Litigation and the future of Brazilian tax disputes

Wednesday, September 9 - 13.00-13.45 BRT