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Nicole Najjar
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Nicole provides legal assistance exclusively dedicated to individuals and family businesses, focusing on structuring and implementing alternatives for asset organization in Brazil and abroad, from a multidisciplinary legal perspective including tax, corporate, succession, and family law.
She has expertise in corporate governance, succession and estate planning, practicing in both advisory and litigation capacities in Family and Succession Law.
Additionally, she has extensive experience with relocating abroad and reorganizing international assets.
Since 2020, Nicole Najjar has served as Director of the Brazilian branch of STEP – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade de São Paulo (USP);
Master of Tax Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP).
Recognitions
Chambers High Net Worth – Private Wealth Law (2020 – 2023);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Private Wealth (2019 – 2020) and Tax (2024);
The Legal 500 – Wealth and succession planning: Leading individual (2024);
Expert guide – Trust and Estate (2020) and Women in Business Law (2020 – 2022);
Who’s Who Legal Brazil – Private Client (2019 – 2023) and Thought Leaders Brazil: Private Client (2023);
Who’s Who Legal Global – Private Client (2020 – 2023) and Thought Leaders Global: Private Client Brazil (2023).
Impacts of Brazil’s tax reform on individuals
Subjects:
New tax rules in Brazil for offshore assets
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Bill exempting withholding tax on donations and inheritance for beneficiaries abroad advances
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Brazil’s Congress reviews bill on taxing undistributed profits of offshore entities
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Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court declares inheritance and gifts from abroad not subject to ITCMD
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Vitol adds fuel to Brazil’s downstream sector with petrol station buy
BMA – Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão in São Paulo has helped Dutch energy trader Vitol acquire a 50% stake in Brazil’s sixth-biggest petrol station owner, Grupo Dislub Equador (GDE).
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo advised GDE. Click here and learn more.
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