Flávia Cavalcanti

Flávia Cavalcanti is a partner in the Tax practice of Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown in the Rio de Janeiro office. She has broad experience in complex and sophisticated legal issues covering corporate taxation, focusing on business reorganizations and M&A, with emphasis in cross-border transactions and multinational structures. Her clients include Brazilian and foreign multinationals of different sectors such as O&G, energy, infrastructure, logistic, private equity, retail, cellulose, technology, among others.

• "Flávia Cavalcanti is a fantastic lawyer. A leading figure in her field, she is client-focused, her analyses are high-quality and she has great interpersonal skills." Chambers and Partners, 2025
• “A really good lawyer, Flávia Cavalcanti is heavily seen handling international tax matters, like transfer pricing and Pillar 2 ones." Legal 500, 2025
• “Partner Flávia Cavalcanti stands out a lot, always delving into the topics covered, demonstrating great technical knowledge in various areas of tax and corporate law. In addition, she was always available and provided excellent services.” Legal, 2024
• Recognized as a Next Generation Partner in Tax Advisory. - Legal 500, 2023

• University of São Paulo (USP), PhD, Tax Law
• New York University, LLM, International Taxation
  Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholar; Flora S. and Jacob Newman Award for Distinction
• Brazilian Institute of Tax Studies (IBET), Post-Graduation in Tax Law
• Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (IBDT), Post-Graduation in International Tax Law
• Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent)

• Brazil

• 英語
• Portuguese

• Director of the Brazilian Association of Financial Law (ABDF)
• Member and General Council Deputy (Brazil) of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• Co-Chair of the Brazilian section of the Women of IFA Network (WIN)
• Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)