BRAZIL Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Flávia Santanna Benites, Priscila Camargo, Jhonatan Poiana and Sandro Miguel Junior Ernesto Borges Advogados
Ernesto Borges Advogados has advised clients in the agribusiness sector for more than 90 years, with a team of 32 partners and 11 associates. The firm was established in Brazil’s Central-West region, the coun- try’s principal agricultural and livestock production hub, and now has offices in ten states, advising cli- ents throughout Brazil. It represents a broad range of participants across the agribusiness supply chain, in- cluding major rural producers, agricultural machinery and equipment manufacturers, financial institutions,
trading companies and leading industry associations. The firm’s practice encompasses rural credit instru- ments and private financing, including CPRs, LCAs, CRAs, CDCAs and FIDC structures; corporate re- structuring, credit recovery and insolvency; land dis- putes and agrarian contracts; arbitration and dispute resolution; agro-industrial and commodities trading agreements; and tax planning for rural producers, co- operatives and agribusiness companies. Priscila Camargo is head of the credit recovery, judicial restructuring and bankruptcy practices at Ernesto Borges Advogados, and one of the leaders of the firm’s multidisciplinary agribusiness team. Her work in the sector focuses primarily on agro-industrial contracts and financing, structured financial services transactions, and capital markets. Her extensive experience in asset recovery has given her impressive insight into the particularities of the agribusiness sector and the impact of these issues before the Brazilian courts. This expertise underpins her work on judicial restructuring proceedings and structured transactions throughout the agribusiness supply chain, acting for major industry participants.
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Flávia Santanna Benites is the head of the tax area at Ernesto Borges Advogados, and is part of the firm’s cross-disciplinary agribusiness team. She operates mainly in serving companies in the pulp and
agribusiness industries, focusing on tax planning, tax incentives, administrative and judicial litigation, and strategic consulting. Flávia’s experience in complex tax projects and in advising large business groups gives her a comprehensive understanding of the tax challenges faced by the industrial and agro-industrial sectors, allowing the delivery of sound legal solutions aligned with the business objectives of clients.
Jhonatan Poiana is a partner in the restructuring and insolvency practice at Ernesto Borges Advogados. He specialises in corporate restructuring and bankruptcy law, having co-authored a number of books on
Sandro Miguel Junior is a partner in the tax team at Ernesto Borges Advogados. He is a Master and Specialist in Tax Law from IBET, a professor in Graduate Programmes in Tax Law (IBET, BSSP and UCDB), and
the subject. He holds a specialist qualification in Judicial Restructuring and Bankruptcy from PUC- SP, and a postgraduate qualification in Civil Procedure from PUC-MG.
author of the book “Responsabilização Tributária de Grupos Econômicos na Constituição de Crédito Tributário e na Execução Fiscal” (Noeses, 2025). Sandro graduated in Accounting Sciences at FIPECAFI, with a focus on tax litigation, tax consulting, and structuring of complex business operations.
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