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Thais Rodrigues
Rio de Janeiro
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Thais is a specialist in direct taxation with in-depth knowledge of cross-border transactions and specific matters concerning the energy and oil and gas sectors. She is also involved in tax consulting, tax planning, corporate restructuring, M&A, foreign investment, and executive compensation. Thais was a tax manager at one of the Big Fours. Holding a law degree from Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Thais is currently pursuing a Master’s in International Law at the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (IBDT) and a degree in Accounting at the Accounting, Actuarial and Financial Studies Foundation (FIPECAFI).
Education
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
DEAL: Alcoa buys South32 Brazilian aluminium assets in US$4.1 billion deal
US aluminium producer Alcoa has enlisted two Ashurst offices and Pinheiro Neto Advogados for the Brazilian aspects of its US$4.1 billion acquisition of Australian mining company South32’s global aluminium value chain assets, which include stakes in Brazilian mining and refining operations.
Demarest Advogados in São Paulo also advised Alcoa on competition matters before Brazilian antitrust authority CADE.
South32 relied on four Mallesons offices and Brazilian outfit Mattos Filho.
Click here to access the deal published by Latin Lawyer.
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DEAL: Brava Energia buys Campos Basin oil blocks from Petronas
Mattos Filho has helped Brazil’s Brava Energia acquire interest in two offshore oil and gas fields from Malaysia’s state-owned group Petronas for US$450 million.
Click here to acess the deal published at Latin Lawyer.
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Trading Carbon Credits Globally Creates Corporate Tax Challenges
Corporations are increasingly turning to tax lawyers to help manage intercompany pricing transactions involving the buying and selling of carbon credits.
The credits lack regulation and much market history, posing a challenge for applying transfer pricing laws, attorneys and consultants said.
“We still don’t know what tax authorities want us to show them to prove that we are compliant,” Thais Rodrigues, partner at Mattos Filho in Rio de Janeiro, said in an interview.
Click here and read the article on Bloomberg.
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