José Alberto Couto Maciel

Mastering in Tax Law at the Programa de Pós-Graduação of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa (IDP) in Brasília. Postgraduate in Tax Law from the Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa (IDP). Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Universidade do Distrito Federal (UDF). Mainly serves the Tax Litigation area before the Federal Supreme Court, Superior Court of Justice and the Federal Regionals Courts focusing on Tax Law and ...

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Bachelor Degree in Law by Rio de Janeiro Law School at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, 2015. Lato Sensu Post Graduate in “Tax Law and Public Finances” at Institute of Public Law (IDP), Brasília, May 2019. Lawyer with focus and practice in Public Law, Tax Law and Dispute Resolution, in Supreme Court (STF), Superior Court of Justice (STJ) and at the Federal Regional Court of the First Region (TRF-1). Lawyer and Partner at Advocacia Fernanda Hernandez since 2015.

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Bachelor degree in law at University UniCEUB, Brasília, 2019. Lato Sensu Post Graduated in “Law - Procedural Practice in Courts”, at University UniCEUB, Brasília, 2020-2021. Mastering in 'Constitutuional Law' at the Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público – IDP, Brasília, since 2023. Member of the Tax Study, Research and Analysis Group at the Centro Universitário de Brasília – UniCEUB. Member of the Commission of the OAB/DF. M...

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Doctor of Law (J.D), Sciences, Law of Economics and Finance, University of São Paulo, in the subfield of Tax Law, São Paulo, 2010. Founder of the Advocacia Fernanda Hernandez and has experience for more than thirty years. Member of the Superior Counsel of Law of the FECOMERCIO/SP. Many publications in specialized journals and six-monthly papers presented do the Federal University of São Paulo during her Doctor Degree. Final doctorate thesis regarding the CFEM (Compensatio...

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Marcus Vinicius Vita Ferreira holds a post-graduate degree in Consumer Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Constitutional Law at the Public Law Institute (IDP). He was a guest consultant to the Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Mediation and Arbitration Committee of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association.