André Simão’s practice is focused on tax matters, both consulting and contentious – administrative and judicial.

André has vast experience in providing services to foreign Brazil and Brazilian entities with respect to direct and indirect taxes, assisting them to meet their tax obligations and to define and implement tax optimization structures for their contractual arrangements. His clients operate in a myriad of segments — oil & gas, naval construction, defense, infrastructure, technology, automotive, aviation and railway.

André has already successfully represented clients in important tax cases, both administrative proceedings and lawsuits, having already obtained the cancelation of tax assessments and the recovery of unduly paid taxes of more than hundreds of millions of Brazilian reais.

His assistance to large gas transportation companies is noteworthy: he issued many legal opinions, and proposed amendments to tax laws and regulations applicable to the gas industry that eliminated hindrances to the implementation of the new regulatory framework of the sector.

André also provides legal assistance within the ambit of projects, ranging from the construction of submarines, oil platforms and solar energy plants, to the importation of vessels (REPETRO-SPED), automotive industry and information technology operations, airway and railway transportation.

In a pro bono activity, André has long provided legal services to diverse nonprofit organizations, particularly in the health sector. He is also involved in international human rights advocacy, focusing on freedom of religion or belief, and extreme persecution, in connection with organizations such as the Baptist World Alliance and 21Wilberforce, having enabled international operations for the rescue and resettlement of refugees.