Our firm specializes in providing comprehensive legal advice to companies operating in foreign trade, offering advisory and litigation services on customs matters. With an experienced team, we seek to provide efficient and technical legal solutions, ensuring that our clients fully comply with legal obligations, optimize their customs processes and reduce exposure to operational risks.
Services Provided:
1. Customs Consulting:
– Customs Compliance: Implementation of compliance programs to ensure that all foreign trade operations comply with customs, tax, regulatory and international legislation.
– Legal support on topics such as:
1. Tax Classification of Goods (NCM): adaptation of operations to the requirements of the Federal Revenue Service and the correct application of taxes and regulatory treatments.
2. Special Customs Regimes: Consulting on the use of special customs regimes, such as Drawback and RECOF, with a focus on reducing taxes and optimizing import and export processes.
3. Customs Planning for Import and Export: Development of customs optimization strategies, aiming at reducing operational costs, efficiency in logistics flows and minimizing the risk of fines.
4. Advice on Antidumping Investigations: Legal consultancy for companies involved in antidumping investigations, conducted by the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX), aiming to defend the interests of our clients against the imposition of antidumping tariffs and other trade defense measures.
2. Customs Disputes:
– Defense in Customs Proceedings: Representation of our clients in administrative and judicial proceedings related to
fines, defending them against penalties and seeking the reduction of fines or even the cancellation of infraction notices.
– Disputes regarding Tax Classification and Customs Valuation: Advice and defense in disputes involving the tax classification of goods, disputes over customs values and the customs valuation of imported goods, in accordance with the requirements of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and national legislation.
– Recovery of Credits Linked to Foreign Trade: Consulting and representation in the identification and recovery of tax and customs credits, related to taxes paid unduly, such as Import Tax (II), IPI, ICMS and PIS/COFINS, CIDE, AFRMM and Fees.
– Customs Inspection: Strategic defense and monitoring of inspections by the Federal Revenue Service and other competent authorities, seeking to minimize the impacts and risks for clients in cases of inspection of goods or documents.
3. Advice on Administrative and Judicial Litigation:
– Defense in Customs Administrative Proceedings: Representation in administrative proceedings before the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service and other consenting bodies, aiming to contest fines, penalties and demands.
– Legal Actions to Defend Rights: Filing legal actions, such as writs of mandamus, annulment and declaratory actions, to protect the rights of our clients in customs matters, including challenging illegal or excessive administrative acts.
– Management of Fines and Penalties: Advice on the management of infractions and penalties imposed for non-compliance with customs regulations, with the aim of negotiating the reduction of sanctions and regularizing the company's situation with the competent bodies.
– Administrative and Judicial Resources: Preparation and monitoring of administrative and judicial resources against unfavorable decisions in the customs and tax spheres, with a focus on ensuring the best possible result for clients.
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– Specialization and Technical Experience in Foreign Trade: Our team has in-depth knowledge of customs standards and practices, acquired through experience working in-house, as well as with several multinationals, especially in the automotive sector.
– Customs Risk Management: We act proactively in identifying customs and tax risks, proposing preventive solutions to ensure compliance with regulations and reduce operating costs, avoiding future fines and penalties.
– Customized and Efficient Solutions: We offer specific legal solutions for the needs of each client, considering the type of operation (import, export or operations with goods in transit) and the markets in which they operate.
– Expertise in Special Regimes: With experience in implementing special customs regimes, we help our clients optimize their international operations, with maximum efficiency and tax savings.
– Continuous Monitoring of Changes in the Legal Scenario: We keep our clients updated on changes in customs policies and regulations, including rules from the Federal Revenue Service, international bodies and reforms in the foreign trade system and Tax Reform.
Our office is a strategic partner for companies seeking technical and specialized legal advice in the customs area, with a focus on compliance and efficiency in foreign trade operations.
