Institutional

A highly dynamic and increasingly complex world synchronizes current experiences and quickly brings new business possibilities. Building solutions that legitimize current and future interests, so as get local and global positions in line, is an art which requires integrity, consistency, competence, and simplicity from companies, business leaders, families, and entities in general.

Charneski Advogados represents the maturity of significant law practice, combined with the tradition derived from a renowned local auditing and consulting firm, in tax and corporate matters. In support of a modern scenario, we bring together our legal expertise to offer qualified services in the following areas: Tax Law, Corporate Law, Accounting Law, Asset Management and Succession and International Commercial Law.

Therefore, we operate based on ethical principles, which, in addition to knowledge, aim to offer our clients the best results, in terms of advice and litigation.

RECOGNITIONS

Charneski Advogados is recognized as one of the best specialized law firms in the region, due to the technical quality, ethics and dedication of the team in the relationship with clients and partners, which translates into successive recognitions in the main rankings of the legal market: Chambers & Partners (from 2016 to 2023), Best Lawyers (from 2020 to 2023), Latin Lawyer (from 2021 to 2023), Análise Advocacia Regional (2022), Leaders League (2022) and Excelência na Advocacia Rio Grande do Sul – Intelijur award (2017, 2019 and 2020).

Entrepreneurial initiatives

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Educational project for the creator in 2003, it seeks to discuss tax management with executives from the relevant business areas in their markets.

probono

Newsletter developed by the firms professionals since 2011, in 2021 it will reach 80 editions.

Skills

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Legal opinions and studies regarding tax law matters
  • Permanent tax consulting services
  • Recovery of tax credits (Reintegra, PIS / COFINS, IRPJ, among others)
  • Tax due diligence
  • Compliance and tax risk assessment
  • Participation in Tax Committees
  • Assistance in corporate reorganization and business structuring
  • Federal, state, and city tax incentives
TAX LITIGATION
  • Administrative tax litigation at all levels (consultations, impugnments, appeals, and other proceedings)
  • Judicial tax litigation at all levels (lawsuits filed by taxpayers, defense in tax proceedings, among others)
  • Review of infraction notices and tax debts
  • Development of leading cases
  • Interface with tax and accounting departments to get evidence and defense in line
  • Personal monitoring of cases, at all levels

  • Legal opinions and studies regarding accounting law matters related to several branches of corporate law, such as contracts, companies, agreements, among others
  • Evaluation of legal issues related to financial statements
  • Consultancy on conflicts between the new accounting rules (IAS / IFRS) and corporate and tax law
  • Arbitration in matters arising from the application of accounting law.

  • Legal opinions and studies regarding corporate law matters
  • Articles of organization/incorporation and bylaws, memorandum of understanding (MoU), non-disclosure agreements (NDA), among other corporate acts and routines
  • Recovery plans and restructuring projects
  • Specific transactions: shares grouping/splitting, bonds, M&A, joint ventures
  • Sale and purchase of equity interests and assets
  • Adequacy to the best Corporate Governance practices
  • Legal due diligence
  • Compliance and corporate risk assessment
  • Company liquidation and termination processes
  • Administrative (CVM – Comissão de Valores Mobiliários) and judicial litigation

  • Advice for the planned management of the succession, including drawing up and/or updating legal instruments such as stock’ and shareholders’ agreements, formation of holding companies, wills, among others
  • Legal coordination of Family Offices
  • Consultancy in asset diversification transactions, involving real estate deals, investment funds, pension plans, Brazilian investments abroad and respective liabilities, such as submission of statements to the Brazilian Central Bank, among others
  • Assistance in setting up corporate governance practices in order to provide the perpetuation of organizations and/or to prepare them to receive instruments, and other related transactions
  • External monitoring of sucession proceedings, prenuptial agreements, family welfare institution
  • Tax analysis of family assets and study of possible (legal) alternatives to reduce the tax burden
  • Assistance on calculations and collection of the Wealth and Gifts Tax (ITCMD)

MANAGEMENT PARTNERS

GUSTAVO DE MORAES ROEHE

GUSTAVO DE MORAES ROEHE

TIAGO RIOS COSTER

TIAGO RIOS COSTER

JORGE RICARDO

JORGE RICARDO

JOÃO VITOR JANSON

JOÃO VITOR JANSON

KARINE GARCIA

KARINE GARCIA

CAROLINE SCHWALM WÖLFLE

CAROLINE SCHWALM WÖLFLE

RAFAEL BAUMANN

RAFAEL BAUMANN

HERON CHARNESKI

HERON CHARNESKI

Counselor

JORGE RICARDO

JORGE RICARDO

KARINE GARCIA

KARINE GARCIA

PERMANENT TECHNICAL TEAM

Our permanent team consists of associated lawyers and interns with strong specialized training in the areas of practice of our Firm.

Support Team

In addition to the permanent team, the Firm has the support of consultants and specialized professionals in the following areas:

  • People management
  • Marketing
  • Financial
  • Legal Controllership
informative

Tax and Corporate World

The electronic newsletter Mundo Tributário e Societário is developed internally by the professionals who make up the Tax and Corporate team of Charneski Advogados, with the aim of bringing quality technical information to you in the areas of Tax and Corporate Law.