It was published an article about the admission of its new partner Jorge Henrique Zaninetti.
ARAÚJO E POLICASTRO CONTINUES EXPANSION WITH TAX HIRE
Brazil’s Araújo e Policastro Advogados has hired a tax partner from Siqueira Castro Advogados as part of its bid to strengthen its full-service capabilities.
Jorge Henrique Zaninetti joined Araújo e Policastro on 19 May. He was a partner at TozziniFreire Advogados between 2005 and 2011, before leaving to head Siqueira Castro’s tax practice.
Zaninetti, 48, said he decided to make the move because of Araújo e Policastro’s focus on corporate law and M&A work. He joins the firm’s other tax partner, Sylvio Fernando Paes de Barros.
At Araújo e Policastro he is aiming to build on the day-to-day advice that the practice provides, partly by bringing tax knowledge to other areas, including international trade and competition law. “The tax area is pretty much related to all corporate areas and I think my main obligation here is to make the tax practice more profitable with a bigger range of tax services,” he says.
For the last decade, Araújo e Policastro, which opened its doors in 1962 with a corporate and litigation focus and celebrated its 50th birthday last year, has focused on becoming a full-service firm. To this end, the last two years have seen it hire partners across a number of practices – most recently, corporate lawyer Eduardo Fazoli, who joined the firm two months ago.
“Both Eduardo and Jorge are very skilful lawyers with substantial experience and solid careers and will certainly enrich the services provided to our clients,” says founding partner Theodoro Araújo. The firm is looking to make further hires in other practice areas, but it would not reveal which at this moment in time.
Siqueira Castro did not respond to requests for comment before publication. In December the firm announced eight new partners across several practices areas, in its Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Fortaleza offices. Since then it has seen three of its partners depart, two to Costa, Waisberg e Tavares Paes Sociedade de Advogados in May and one to Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados in April, bringing its partnership to around 70.
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