Leal Cotrim Jansen Advogados’ tax team specializes in oil and gas, energy infrastructure particularities. The firm has in-depth knowledge of civil, commercial, and contractual issues that commonly arise in connection with tax structures for the aforementioned industries. 

During the research period, the firm was a tax advisor to Transportadora Associada de Gás. It developed an innovative new contract model - the connection contract. This groundbreaking model, developed for TAG, sets a new standard for the Brazilian natural gas industry and has been approved by the Brazilian National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). The tax team provided expert analysis of the tax impacts of the new connection contract and designing the best model to avoid tax risks and inefficiencies. It also provides day-to-day tax consultancy.

Client feedback

“Very good knowledge and great ability to analyze some points related to Brazilian tax system, which is very complicated. At the end of the day, they provide good consultancy to TBG´s fiscal area.”

“They are very good at interpreting Brazilian tax legislation.”