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Exclusive IR Global Advisor for Trusts & Estates in Brazil since 2023

​​Marcelo Botelho Pupo

+55 11 9 9469 8336

Biography

Legal adviser to families who hold assets and earnings in Brazil and abroad, in the organization of country change processes, incorporation of companies and investment vehicles, estate and succession planning, aiming at the protection of assets and the facilitation of succession process, taking tax efficiency strategies into consideration.

Law Degree  from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC/SP). Specialist in Tax Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP) and PUC/SP. Master’s in Tax Law from PUC/SP. Professor of Tax Law in graduate courses. Clear pass at the “Contracts” and “Justice” courses organized by Harvard University.

In-depth experience in structuring equity elements for the purpose of protecting and managing assets, as well as facilitating succession processes in Brazil and abroad, with more than 20 years of experience in renowned law firms and in a Big Four consulting firm. Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), the Portuguese Bar Association (OP) [in the process of licensing to operate throughout the European Union], the São Paulo Lawyers Association (AASP) and the São Paulo Lawyers Institute (IASP).

Author of the book “The principle of non-retroactivity in Brazilian tax law” 2014 and the articles “Transfer Price and the constitutional limits of profit adjustment” 2007, “Legal Security and Liability arising from the declaration of unconstitutionality of ICMS tax incentives” 2015 , and “Compliance in business associations, from the book Compliance in perspective: in corporate governance and business ethics”, 2019.

He participated in several projects for structuring companies and entrepreneurs’ assets to create instruments for tax protection and efficiency in Brazil and abroad. He has conducted and has been acting in administrative and judicial tax proceedings, with excellent results, both to avoid undue charges and to recover amounts unduly paid.

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About BPS Botelho Pupo e Salvador

We are focused on structuring, protecting and planning assets located in Brazil and abroad, as well as evaluating Brazilian succession processes or those involving different countries.

Incorporated in São Paulo in 2017, Botelho Pupo e Salvador is the union of two experienced lawyers who have worked at major consulting and auditing firms in the world and the most renowned law firms in São Paulo, with activities developed in Brazil and abroad.

We focus on client service in a very personal way, whether in defining the safest asset protection strategies, in the best tax and corporate models for operating and property-related activities, or in structuring succession processes in Brazil and abroad.

Botelho Pupo e Salvador has an international relationship network built over decades with renowned international offices and consulting firms to provide the best service to Brazilians and companies that are in the process of migrating to the United States, Europe and Asia. We coordinate engagements that involve equity and inheritance with varying levels of complexity.

​Our firm’s service is premised on the confidentiality of information, supported by ethics and legal certainty, in which we believe that the in-depth knowledge of each case and the close and personal relationship with each individual or family members are essential to a service delivered successfully.

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Exclusive IR Global advisor for Trusts & Estates in Brazil

Rua Funchal, 263 – Conj. 84 Ed. Francisco Mellão – Vila Olímpia Sao Paulo-SP – 04551-060

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