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Senior Lawyer – Federal Tax, Litigation and Advisory
KLA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: São Paulo • 🇧🇷 Brazil
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Senior
About the role
- Handling federal tax administrative proceedings before CARF and the Federal Revenue Service (Receita Federal).
- Drafting and reviewing petitions, administrative appeals, and memoranda.
- Attending to Federal Revenue audits and inspections.
- Delivering oral arguments and handling hearings and procedural rulings at CARF.
- Managing deadlines and a portfolio of cases.
- Participating in audits, reviewing reports, and monitoring follow-up actions.
- Performing and coordinating legal work of varying levels of complexity.
- Conducting strategic document analysis with recommendations on critical issues.
- Leading internal and external client meetings, including meetings conducted in English.
- Leading a team: delegating tasks, mentoring, reviewing work, and developing junior professionals.
- Managing time records and ensuring work aligns with contracted fee agreements.
- Participating in institutional initiatives to improve processes and department planning.
- Supporting client development strategies, identifying opportunities, and preparing commercial proposals.
Requirements
- Law degree.
- OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) registration, admitted in 2016 or 2017.
- Specialization in Tax Law (postgraduate or LL.M. preferred).
- Experience with federal administrative tax litigation (CARF).
- Experience in tax advisory/consulting.
- Experience participating in audits, delivering oral arguments and hearings at CARF, and handling Federal Revenue inspections.
- Experience managing teams and organizing deadlines and tasks.
- Knowledge of accounting is a plus.
- Advanced English (verbal and written).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
law degreeOAB registrationspecialization in tax lawfederal administrative tax litigationtax advisoryauditsoral argumentshearingsaccountingadvanced English
Soft skills
team managementtask delegationmentoringclient meetingstime managementprocess improvementclient developmentstrategic document analysisorganizational skillscommunication
