On the 2 nd of June, Swedcham’s Legal and Business Committee together with Belgalux and OAB/SP Brazilian Bar Association International Affairs Committee organized a hybrid webinar on reviewing fiscal classification and harmonization systems.
The event was held at the premises of the Swedish Consulate General in São Paulo with keynote speaker Dr. Paulo Ricardo de Souza Cardoso, former SRF/MF Deputy Secretary of the Brazilian Internal Revenue Systems (2015-2018). He is a graduate in Engineering (PUCRS), Accounting Sciences (FURG) and Law (UFRGS) and also specialized in Tax Law (UCB-DF).
Dra. Gabriela Tiussi represented the Belgium Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce as its Board member. She is also a lawyer specialized in Foreign Trade, graduated in Law (PUC-Camp), postgraduate in Foreign Trade (UNICAMP) and specialist in Compliance (INSPER). She is also a Director of the Special Commission on International Relations of the OAB/SP and member of the Customs Law Commission of the OAB Campinas.
We also counted on the expertise from Dr. Ciro Cesar Soriano de Oliveira from BRATAX, leading a very prestigious law firm, who is also a member of Swedcham. He graduated in Law (USP), MBA in Economics (FIPE-USP), executive MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral, executive LLM in Business Law CEU Law School, Master’s student in International Taxation at the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law, effective member of the Special Commission on Tax Law of the OAB, São Paulo Section, for the 2016-2018 period.
Last but not least the moderator Dr. Luis Carlos Szymonowicz, current Chair of the OAB/SP Foreign Affairs Committee. He graduated and earned his Master in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo – USP. Postgraduate in Banking and Accounting from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV SP, FIA Consultant, USP and Funcex. Member of the Tax and International Relations Board at FECOMERCIO.
With such a bright panel of experts the event was opened by Renato Pacheco Neto who kindly thanked all the institutions involved and their representatives. The event was held in hybrid format and counted on 15 members in real presence and over 40 participants online, including the keynote speaker who held his presentation from his office in Brasilia.
Closing remarks were made by Swedcham Executive Director Jonas Lindström who remarked the importance of Brazil aligning its fiscal practices to ensure further Swedish investment into the country, currently involving over 200 Swedish companies already present in Brazil and many others planning to trade, export and further invest. Jonas also enhanced the OECD system as a key to enable a safe harbor for leading Swedish and Nordic business into Brazil. Swedcham was founded in 1953 and is soon completing its 70th anniversary with an extraordinary accumulated experience and know-how of doing business with and in Brazil.
Renato Pacheco e Silva Bacellar Neto is partner at Pacheco Neto Sanden Teisseire Law Firm.
