Roundtable on Tax Arbitration in Brazil and Senate Bills

WELCOME COFFEE AND REGISTRATION
15:00 – Welcome Coffee and Registration

PANEL DISCUSSION ON TAX ARBITRATION IN BRAZIL AND SENATE BILLS
15:30 – Opening

• Chairman:
  Luciano de Souza Godoy – Chairman of the CAM AMCHAM Advisory Board. Graduated (1991), Master (1997) and Doctor (2002) from the Law School of the University of São Paulo. He was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School (2006/2007). He works in the areas of civil, regulatory and arbitration law, representing large national and foreign groups. Previously, Luciano worked as an executive at CSN – Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional and Banco Santander. He was also a Federal Judge at the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region for 10 years. (Confirmed)

15:40 – Panel: Debate on Tax Arbitration in Brazil and Senate Bills

• Moderator:
  Roberto Pasqualin – Lawyer specializing in Tax and Arbitration. He is on the list of Arbitrators of Chambers in Brazil and abroad. He is president of IBATT, a board member of CBAr and CONIMA and participates in NUPET – Núcleo Paulista de Estudos Tributários. (Confirmed)
• Speaker:
  Andréa Mascitto – Partner in the tax area at Pinheiro Neto Advogados, executive coordinator of the study group dedicated to appropriate methods for resolving disputes in tax matters at the FGV Direito SP professional master’s degree center, professor of the postgraduate course at FGV Direito SP (GVLaw), advisor to the Brazilian Institute of Tax Arbitration and Transactions (IBATT), member of the Brazilian Committee of Tax Arbitration (CBAR) and of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-SP), master in taxation from PUC-SP and co-founder of Women in Tax Brazil (WIT). (Confirmed)
• Speaker:
  Marcelo Ricardo Wydra Escobar – Master’s and Doctorate in Law; Fellow of CIArb, Director of CIArb-Brazil Branch, Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School; Former Judge of TIT/SP and Trial Counselor at CMT/SP. Arbitrator and Lawyer. Partner at Escobar Advogados. (Confirmed)
• Speaker:
  Camila Abrunhosa Tapias – Guest lecturer in postgraduate courses. Researcher at the Tax Studies Center of the São Paulo Law School of FGV-SP since 2015, research line “Macrovision of Tax Credit”. Author of articles and book chapters on tax matters. Recognized among the most outstanding lawyers in the tax area by the publications Latin Lawyer 250, Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Análise Advocacia, Análise Advocacia Mulher and Expert Guides – Legal Media Group Rising Stars 2015. (Confirmed)

CLOSING
16:50 – Closing

• Chairman:
  Luciano de Souza Godoy – Chairman of the CAM AMCHAM Advisory Board. Graduated (1991), Master (1997) and Doctor (2002) from the Law School of the University of São Paulo. He was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School (2006/2007). He works in the areas of civil, regulatory and arbitration law, representing large national and foreign groups. Previously, Luciano worked as an executive at CSN – Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional and Banco Santander. He was also a Federal Judge at the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region for 10 years. (Confirmed)