Partner

Leader of Rio Office Tax

Guido Vinci

Tax, China Desk, Telecommunications

“Guido Vinci has an excellent reputation in the market and is proactive at making clients aware of potential law changes which could affect them. Excellent client service.”
Legal 500

Overview

Guido Vinci is a partner of Mayer Brown based in the Rio de Janeiro office and a member of the Tax practice group.

Guido Vinci has extensive experience in tax planning, tax consulting and tax litigation, in particular in connection with M&A transactions, foreign investment, VAT (ICMS) issues and capital markets. His clients include Brazilian and international companies from a variety of industry sectors, such as consumer goods, industrial goods and services, energy (oil and gas), pharmaceutical, hospitality and leisure (hotel and resorts), infrastructure, media and entertainment, financial and banking services, technology (telecommunications) and retail, real estate and life sciences.

Experience

  • Managed the corporate restructuring of Brasil Telecom;
  • Managed the corporate restructurings of the TIM Group in Brazil from 1997 onwards;
  • Counsel to Cognita Group (England) in the acquisition of two primary/secondary schools, one in São Paulo (Play Pen School) and another one in Niterói, RJ (Gat Lussac School);
  • Sponsoring of tax actions and counsel for the Univercidade group (Rio de Janeiro);
  • Tax and acquisition counsel to Laureate group (the biggest educational group in The United States) in various tertiary schools all over Brazil;
  • Tax counseling for the Devry group (USA) in tax questions.

Related Services & Industries

Recognition

  • Ranked as “Band 3” in Tax: Non-contentious at Chambers Global
  • Ranked as “Tier 2” in Tax Advisory at The Legal 500
  • Ranked as “Band 2” in Tax: Rio de Janeiro at Chambers Brazil
  • Ranked as “Recommended” in Tax: Advisory at Leaders League
  • Ranked as “Highly Recommended” in Tax at Latin Lawyer 250
  • Ranked as “Recommended” in Corporate Tax at Who's Who Legal

Education

  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent)
  • Robert Kennedy College, Graduate Studies on International Tax Law

Admissions

  • Brazil

Languages

  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Italian
  • French

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Former president of the Fiscal Council of TIM S.A.
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