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Lauffer was founded in 1989, and is a respected law and tax advisory firm located in Southern Brazil. Its history of success has been built upon exceptional client services on over the past 35 years. Throughout the years, the firm has built a strong reputation prioritizing quality, ethics, accountability, and transparency in its practices and services.
Success story
Successful administrative dispute resolution for the purpose of guaranteeing the right of exporters to claim IPI tax credits over manufacturing agreement.
Obtaining first and unprecedented final decision allowing exporting companies to transfer ICMS Credits without the restrictions imposed by state law.
Successful administrative dispute resolution over taxation of subsidies for investment at the Brazilian Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF) representing a company.
Tax advisory for a footwear company, owner of important brands, to claim and usufruct
research and development tax incentives.
Relevant tax structuring for a prominent corporation in Southern Brazil in the metal and
mechanics field, a supplier for Petrobrás, which resulted in tax savings of over R$ 6
million.
Complex restructuring planning and execution for an important machinery manufacturer in Southern Brazil. This operation involved asset and rights and obligations transfer to other companies, changes in corporate structure and management, adjusting partners’ common interests through administrative rationalizing and implementing a succession plan through new management.
The firm was involved in the leading case at the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court
regarding Tax Wars and the right to maintain Tax on Commerce and Services (ICMS)
of products purchased from states that grant tax incentives without the approval of
Brazil’s National Council for Financial Policy (CONFAZ).
Legal advisory for an American Pension Fund to perform credit operations and a
guarantee plan with an Educational Institution.
The firm celebrated the 25 th anniversary of its foundation. Its history of success has
been built upon exceptional client services on over the past 25 years.
Unprecedented final decision at the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice for a food industry corporation authorizing the use of Brazilian Program of Social Integration Tax (PIS) and Brazilian Contribution for the Financing of Social Security Tax (COFINS) Credits towards expenses with fuel, lubricants and replacement parts.
Corporate and tax advisory and monitoring in a merger and acquisition operation that involved the acquisition of a midsize hydraulic pump manufacturer in the state of Rio Grande do Sul by a German multinational.
In order to be closer to clients located outside the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the firm starts providing services at a new office in the city of São Paulo.
Professionals
Haroldo Lauffer is the founding partner at Lauffer Law Offices & Advisory founding partner. He is a lawyer, accountant, and tax consultant for several business associations such as the Commercial, Industrial, and Services Association in the city of Novo Hamburgo (ACI-NH), the State of Rio Grande do Sul Tannery Industries Association (AICSUL), the Brazilian Association for Leather and Footwear Machinery Industries (ABRAMEQ), and the Technical Council on Tax, Legal and Civil Issues (CONTEC). He is a counselor at the Federation of Industries in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FIERGS), and effective member of the Institute for Tax Studies (IET). Haroldo holds over 35 years of tax litigation experience (legal and administrative), as well as broad experience especially in fields of corporate and civil law. In the field of corporate counseling, he has advised national and international corporations in tax structuring and designing tax efficient transactions and operations.
Adriano I. de Almeida holds a master’s degree in accounting and is an accountant, lawyer and corporate advisor with over 25 years of experience in the fields of tax and accounting. He is a consultant for the Commercial, Industrial, and Services Association in the city of Novo Hamburgo (ACI-NH), holds a position as a graduate program
professor, acts as course instructor, and is partner at Lauffer Advisory.
Alexander Glaser holds a master’s degree in accounting from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He is an accountant and tax, fiscal and accounting consultant for the Commercial, Industrial, and Services Association in the city of Novo Hamburgo (ACI-NH) with over 20 years of experience in tax advisory for corporations in several industries. He acts as a course instructor, holds a position as a graduate program professor, and is a partner at Lauffer Advisory since 2000.
Alfredo Darcy Petry is an accountant and corporate advisor with over 25 years of experience in the fields of tax and accounting. He is a consultant for the Commercial, Industrial and Services Association in the city of Novo Hamburgo (ACI-NH), holds a position as a graduate program professor, acts as course instructor, and has been a firm partner since 1995.
Cristiane Krug is accountant and tax, fiscal and accounting advisor for clients in several industries. She has been a partner at Lauffer Advisory since 2010, and serves as a fiscal and accounting consultant for the Commercial, Industrial, and Services Association in the city of Novo Hamburgo (ACI-NH).
With over 25 years of experience in tax law, Daniel Earl Nelson is a lawyer practicing the field of tax advisory and litigation. He has participated in tax structure planning and promoted the administrative and legal representation of several national and international corporations in the industries of oil and gas, food, footwear, and chemistry. He holds a master’s degree in law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and is an associate professor at Feevale University. He is a partner at Lauffer Law Offices.
Davi Lauffer is a laywer, and holds an accounting degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. He is a member of the Institute for Tax Studies (IET), and holds over 15 years of experience in tax consulting and litigation, having advised multinational clients in several industries. He has held the position of Manager at EY, having worked for 2 years in Chicago/USA. For 4 years he was the leader of the tax structuring team at an American manufacturer of cranes and equipment (Terex Latin America). He is currently a partner at Lauffer Law Offices & Advisory.
Evandro Iop is an accountant with a degree from the Federal University of Santa Maria. With over 15 years of experience in the fields of accounting, tax and internal control audit, and tax and accounting advisory, he holds vast knowledge and practice in operations of tax credit recovery.
Fernando Gerhard is a lawyer, graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC/RS), with a postgraduate degree in Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law from Superior School Foundation of the Public Ministry (FMP). He has extensive experience in Consumer Law. He works in the advisory and litigious tax sphere, focusing on judicial recovery of taxes and defense of tax assessment notices.
Marcelo Poltronieri is a lawyer and partner at Lauffer Law Offices, and is a corporate advisor with broad experience in business law, especially in the fields of civil, corporate and tax law. As a consultant, he has advised several corporations in writing complex contacts that involve selling corporations (mergers and acquisitions), real estate, machinery, brands and other assets. He holds strong litigation practice in the fields of tax and customs law, aiming at recovering taxes unduly paid by corporations in several industries.
Contador com mais de 10 anos de experiência em planejamento financeiro, fiscal e contabilidade. Especialista em assessoria tributária e contábil, focado na recuperação de créditos, auditorias e análises contábeis.
With over 12 years of experience in the fields of tax and accounting, Tatiane Daniele Bobsin is an accountant with a degree from Feevale University, and a graduate degree in accounting management with a concentration in audit from Faccat University. As a partner at Lauffer Advisory, she advises corporations, audits, and is a consultant for the Commercial, Industrial, and Services Association in the city of Novo Hamburgo (ACI- NH) in the fields of tax and accounting. She also lectures on the Public System of Digital Bookkeeping (SPED).
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