Marcelo Simão Solicitors offers a wide variety of services in the area of taxes, customs and social security contributions. Our activities take in both consultancy and litigation at all instances, besides direct and indirect taxes, and customs regulations in general.

The firm is particularly specialized in strategies for tax planning and disputes at the administrative and judicial instances, plus consultancy in procedures and legislation on importing and exporting.

Indirect Taxes: with respect to indirect taxes, Marcelo Simão Solicitors is in a position to offer assistance in the planning and restructuring of operations. Our actions aim at a reduction of indirect taxes while observing the taxation rules, plus the use of tax benefits, free-trade zones, special regimes, customs entrepots etc.

Direct Taxes: we are able to offer full assistance in corporate reorganizations, taxation of the capital market and financial investments, international taxation, treaties on dual taxation, transfer pricing and other matters linked to indirect taxes.

Customs: Our lawyers are able to handle issues involving the customs legislation, including special regimes such as drawback, temporary importing, customs entrepots and free-trade zones, among others.

Social Security Contributions: Marcelo Simão Solicitors has built up considerable experience on the contributions destined to financing social security, among them those for pensions, falling on the compensation of employees and service providers. These contributions used to be levied by the National Institute of Social Security - INSS, but are now handled by the Federal Revenue Secretariat. With regard for the matters mentioned above, Marcelo Simão Solicitors has specialists in the administrative areas (Municipal State, Federal and Social Security) and also the judicial sphere (State, Federal and Higher Courts).