Gomes joins Brazilian firm BNZ as head of tax

March 07 2018

Luis Augusto Gomes has left Tess Advogados to join Braga Nascimento e Zilio Advogados Associados (BNZ) as the firm’s partner responsible for tax.

Sao-Paulo-based Gomes, who was a senior partner at Tess, has been named in the last three editions of ITR’s Tax Controversy Leaders guide.

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