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Roberto Quiroga
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Experiência
One of the firm’s founding partners, Roberto Quiroga reassumed his role as the firm’s managing partner in 2020. As a lawyer, he has focused his career on tax law, acquisitions and corporate reorganizations, and financial and capital markets, assisting clients in Brazil and abroad.
For over 20 years, Quiroga has played a leading role in pioneering Mattos Filho’s pro bono work in Brazil, helping to build the values present in our culture and enabling us to make a positive impact on society. He was also fundamental in establishing our innovative governance model (which went on to become a case study at Harvard University), assuring the firm’s sustainability and success in the Brazilian legal market.
Quiroga is a professor of Tax Law at the Law School of Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and in the Master’s Program at the Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).
Formação
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Master of Tax Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Doctor of Tax Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Reconhecimentos
Análise Advocacia – Tax (2010-2021), Financial Operations, Banks, Financial, Healthcare, Insurance and Technology (2018-2021), Automotive and Autoparts (2021), Food, Beverage & Tobacco (2019), Real Estate (2019), Construction and Engineering (2019, 2021) and São Paulo (2019, 2021);
Chambers Global – Tax (2000-2019), Star Individuals: Tax (2016), Tax Litigation (2014-2020) and Star Individuals: Tax Litigation (2016);
Chambers Brazil (formerly Chambers Latin America) – Tax (2009-2019), Star Individuals: Tax (2015-2016), Tax Litigation (2013-2022) and Star Individuals: Tax Litigation (2016);
Euromoney Expert Guides – Best of the Best Latin America; Tax (2016, 2020-2021);
International Tax Review – Tax Controversy (2011-2022);
LACCA Approved – Tax (2016-2022) and Thought Leaders – Tax (2019-2022);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Tax (2012-2021; 2024);
The Legal 500 – Leading lawyers: Tax (2012-2021) and Leading Lawyers: Tax: Litigation (2022);
Who’s Who Legal Global – Corporate Tax: Advisory (2018-2021) and Corporate Tax: Controversy (2019-2021);
Who’s Who Legal Brazil – Administrative Litigation (2015-2021) and Corporate Tax (2014-2021);
Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders – Corporate Tax (2019-2020), Brazil – Administrative Litigation (2021) and Brazil – Corporate Tax (2021).
New partner joins Mattos Filho’s Litigation & Arbitration practice in Brasília
Unprecedented hiring initiative sees Mattos Filho increase hires of black lawyers
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Mattos Filho boosts operations in Brasília with new office
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Mattos Filho promotes 13 lawyers to partners
Brazilian Law Firm Leaders Welcome Election Result
Storied leftist leader Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidency by the slimmest of margins. But what matters to the country’s law firm leaders is that they finally have closure on what has been a fraught election period, and clarity on the leadership ahead.
Click here and access the article on Law.com.
Mattos Filho hires disputes partner in Brasília
Mattos Filho has added strength to its litigation and arbitration offering by hiring a former Mundie e Advogados partner.
Diego Herrera de Moraes joins the Elite firm’s Brasília today, taking its total number of partners to 134. The firm has seven partners permanently based in the federal capital.
Click here and access the article on Latin Lawyer.
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Brazil’s Mattos Filho Hires 9 Black Lawyers as Its Diversity Initiative Gains Traction
Afro-Brazilian lawyers have long been underrepresented in the legal field in Brazil. But Mattos Filho is trying to change that.
The firm has hired nine Black lawyers, who will join seven different practice areas.
Click here and access the article on Law.com.
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