Braga & Bastos Sociedade de Advogados

Braga & Bastos Sociedade de Advogados (BBSA) is a niche law firm focused on sophisticated tax advisory and tax litigation services to large multinational and domestic companies doing business in Brazil, hence its label as a “Brazilian Business Taxation Strategists” firm. BBSA is targeted to create sustainable value through technically outstanding and highly pragmatic advice.

Always operating in a professional environment where ethics, compliance, quality, and commitment are fundamental, the firm excels at having its eyes and ears truly open to the clients’ needs then objectively working together to address them, matching the knowledge of the intrinsic operational and finance drivers with the understanding of the applicable tax issues, law and jurisprudence.

A noteworthy feature of BBSA’s track record is a proven ability to pair its team with other law firms, foreign or Brazilian, in complex projects where specialization in the client’s industry and regulatory framework is crucial. This is particularly important considering the extremely dynamic and intricate Brazilian tax legislation.

Large experience on administrative and judicial tax litigation, defending clients in targeted cases which main characteristics are the complexity and the expressive values involved, as well as M&A Tax Advisory.

Strong experience in the oil and gas sector, ensuring deep knowledge of this industry as reflected on the extensive tax advisory and litigation performed to national and multinational oil companies, oilfield service providers and related supply chain businesses.

Broad experience on the tax matters intrinsic to several other industries, such as real estate, shipping, telecommunications, power, transportation, retail, infrastructure, construction, renewable energy and gas pipelines.