TATIANA COUTINHO MILAN SARTORI
São Paulo
Summary
Highly accomplished legal professional with more than 20 years of experience as an in-house counsel and lawyer, specializing in Tax and Business Law. Proven expertise in tax and social security advisory, tax planning, due diligence, capital markets taxation, contract negotiation, and compliance. Skilled in managing outsourced law firms, leading legal teams, and overseeing contingency and provision control.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Tax coordinator
Tavano Maier Advogados
08.2024 - Current
- Oversaw Tax department, managing litigation and consultancy operations.
- Handled tax litigation in administrative and court disputes.
- Led team to achieve departmental objectives through effective management.
Tax coordinator
UNIGEL S/A
12.2022 - 07.2023
- Coordinated administrative and judicial legal proceedings with internal teams and outsourced law firms.
- Conducted risk assessments of lawsuits for auditing, contingency planning, and provision control.
- Advised business areas on daily tax matters to ensure compliance.
- Managed tax benefits, special regimes, and debt certificates to optimize financial performance.
Senior Lawyer – Tax
Siqueira Castro Advogados
06.2021 - 09.2022
- Tax litigation in administrative and judicial disputes
Senior Lawyer – Tax and judiciary bonds (precatórios)
Magro Advogados
08.2018 - 02.2021
- Responsible for the Litigation Judicial tax department. Review and preparation of petitions, control of tax lawsuits' portfolio, management of outsourced attorneys, client assistance, and control of provisions and guarantees (August 2018 - August 2019).
- Responsible for structuring the judiciary bonds (precatórios) and credit rights department. Coordinating a team of six lawyers, conducting civil legal proceedings related to the area, as well as analyzing credit rights to be acquired by clients (May 2019 - Feb 2021).
Senior in-house Legal Counsel – Tax and Social Security
B3 S/A – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão
06.2011 - 10.2017
- Expertise in tax and social security consulting, analyzing the tax aspects of products, services, revenues, documents, financial operations, contracts, and payments to be made by the company.
- Legal advice on the interpretation and application of tax rules to the internal areas (executives, managers, and other employees).
- Analysis of the taxation and fiscal aspects of the merger between BM&FBOVESPA and CETIP. Legal advice aiming at the uniform treatment of the services and products resulting from the referred merger.
- Lead tax clearance certificate proceedings, and assist in complying with ancillary obligations.
- Responded to inquiries and tax inspections, providing legal advice, preparing defenses and sectoral claims
- Follow-up, control, and management of tax and social security proceedings (judicial and administrative litigation).
- Reviewed of payroll routines and items, compliance with the law and assistance in the implementation of ESOCIAL and EFDReinf by the company
- Representation of the company related to legal discussions before external entities and inspection bodies.
- Risk assessment of lawsuits for auditing purposes, contingency, and provision control.
Senior in-house Legal Counsel – Tax and Social Security
Paranapanema S/A
03.2009 - 06.2011
- Responsible for Tax and Social Security Consulting, providing legal advice to internal clients and stakeholders
- Management of outsourced attorneys in Social Security proceedings, and analysis of procedural documents to be filed.
- Analysis of the tax aspects of the merger between Caraíba S/A and Paranapanema S/A (M&A).
- Review of the HR policies of the companies in order to standardize the practices for the entire group.
- Lead tax clearance certificate proceedings
- Compliance with inspection requests and representation before public agencies.
- Control and analysis of payments to service providers and analysis and renegotiation of contracts with them
- Responsible for the Real Estate area, properties' regularization and management of outsourced counsels in real estate proceedings
- Credit analysis and negotiation with debtors, looking for a fast and effective solution in the credit recovery of the Group's companies.
- Management of Trademarks and Patents, analysis of possible opposition requests, registration of trademarks, classes or patents of interest to the Group's companies and actions aimed at preventing unfair competition
Junior Tax Attorney (associate)
Andrade Advogados Associados
04.2005 - 01.2009
- Judicial and administrative tax litigation.
- Legal advice on the interpretation and application of tax rules
- Representation, hearing before the court (judicial and administrative), with disputes related to taxation, and oral argument.
- Procedural follow-up, updating and preparation of reports, letters, and invoices, control of deadlines, analysis of documents to file a lawsuit, and legal research.
- Risk Assessment of lawsuits for auditing purposes
Junior Attorney – civil litigation
Sprosser, Milan e Orcichio Advogados Associados
04.2003 - 04.2005
- Legal pleadings, petitions, appeals and Wills
- Contract drafting, reviewing and negotiating
- Monitoring procedures, procedural follow-up, doctrine, legislation and Court decisions’ research
- Representation of clients before Court and administrative proceedings. Hearing before State Court of Justice
- Administrative organization of the Firm, coordination of interns and client advice
Education
Lato Sensu - Tax Law
Centro De Extensão Universitária - CEU / IICS
06-2008
Specialization - Economic & Business Law
Fundação Getulio Vargas - FGV/SP
12-2004
Bachelor of Laws -
Pontifícia Universidade Católica De Campinas - PUCCAMP
12-2002
Training
- Certification in Virtual Assets (CEAV), ABCripto (2025)
- Tax Reform, ABDF (2025)
- Corporate Restructuring and Taxation, ABDF (2021)
- Practice of Investment in Judiciary Bonds (precatórios), BCN Treinamentos (2020)
- Professional, emotional and technological skills for changing times - PUC/RS (2020)
- Leadership, people and knowledge management for innovation - EAD-USP (2018)
- Business Combination - CPC 15 - IFRS 3, FBM Educação (2017)
- International Tax Law, Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Tributário - IBDT (2016)
- Negotiation, Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV/SP (2016)
- Compliance Management, Associação Brasileira de Bancos Internacionais - ABBI (2016)
- Commodity Futures Commission Training on Derivatives Regulation, BSM (2012)
- Accounting for non-accountants, Associação Brasileira de Bancos Internacionais - ABBI (2012)
- International Tax Law and Financial Market Taxation, Instituto Internacional de Ciências Sociais - CEU/IICS (2008)
- English for Law, University of Westminister (2007)
- Instrumental English: legal and business, COGEAE/PUC (2007)
- Basic accounting, IOB (2006)
Languages
Portuguese
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Spanish
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Timeline
Tax coordinator
Tavano Maier Advogados
08.2024 - Current
Tax coordinator
UNIGEL S/A
12.2022 - 07.2023
Senior Lawyer – Tax
Siqueira Castro Advogados
06.2021 - 09.2022
Senior Lawyer – Tax and judiciary bonds (precatórios)
Magro Advogados
08.2018 - 02.2021
Senior in-house Legal Counsel – Tax and Social Security
B3 S/A – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão
06.2011 - 10.2017
Senior in-house Legal Counsel – Tax and Social Security
Paranapanema S/A
03.2009 - 06.2011
Junior Tax Attorney (associate)
Andrade Advogados Associados
04.2005 - 01.2009
Junior Attorney – civil litigation
Sprosser, Milan e Orcichio Advogados Associados
04.2003 - 04.2005
Lato Sensu - Tax Law
Centro De Extensão Universitária - CEU / IICS
Specialization - Economic & Business Law
Fundação Getulio Vargas - FGV/SP
Bachelor of Laws -
Pontifícia Universidade Católica De Campinas - PUCCAMP
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