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Founding partner of Vivacqua Advogados has over 20 years of practice, focused on tax and legal matters related to business issues.

Former Administration Subsecretary of the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretariat for Housing & Citizenship and Board Member of the Business Council for Legal Affairs of the Commercial Association of Rio de Janeiro.

Was Chief Legal Officer – CLO of “NELTUR - Niterói Empresa de Lazer e Turismo S/A”, President of Legal Bridge Brasil and Member of the Special Tax Commission “CEAT” of the Brazilian Bar Association - Rio de Janeiro Section “OAB/RJ”.

Worked at traditional law offices, as Legal and Regulatory Vice-President of Generali Brasil Seguros S.A., as Legal Superintendent at Grupo Leader, a business group with operations in the commercial, financial, real estate and industrial area, and as Tax Manager at ENDESA GROUP (Ampla Energia e Serviços S.A.

Graduated in Law by the Candido Mendes University, specialized in Public Law by Fluminense Federal University and in Accounting and Financial Mathematics by IBMEC.

Author of legal articles and professor of the following disciplines: "Legal Aspects and Contractual Relations," of the Energy sector, in the MBA Energy Management of EPGE / FGV; "Sector Taxation on the Tax Post Graduation of the Education Continuing Program of Fundação Getúlio Vargas – Rio de Janeiro; and LLM.05 Tax Accounting Course - Business Law - IBMEC.

Competence in leading processes of corporate restructuring, focusing on tax planning and due diligences, as well as corporate governance modeling to meet IPO standards.

Currently acts as advisor and contentious lawyer in Tax, Corporate and Administrative areas predominantly in Infrastructure segment.

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Location
  • Praça Quinze de novembro 20 - 5° andar
    Centro
    Rio de Janeiro 20010-010
    Brazil
Languages
  • English
  • Portuguese
Bar Admissions
  • Brazil, Ricardo Pontes Vivacqua, 1995

Vivacqua Advogados
Headquarters: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1 The Best Lawyers in Brazil award

1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Brazil award

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New Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) of the Brazilian Government and the expectation of improving national infrastructure


O Novo PAC (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento) prioriza projetos Saúde, Educação, Esporte e Cultura, em detrimento de projetos de infraestrutura de trânsito e transporte.

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Brazilian Tax Reform brings fuel to new millionaire disputes


A PEC da Reforma Tributária, por sua redação atual, pode gerar disputas legais complexas e aumentar o volume de casos tributários no STF, impactando os cofres públicos com decisões aguardadas há anos.

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Brazilian Courts authorize the use of digital media to find debtors


Não se pode deixar de lado o entendimento de tribunais, como o TJ/SP e TJ/SC, no sentido que a tentativa de oficiar as empresas de streaming, para buscar outros endereços do devedor, deve ser através de pedido e decisão devidamente fundamentados.

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