Daniel Durão de Andrade

Daniel Durão de Andrade spent 15 years handling tax matters at leading law firms. His experience is concentrated in complex administrative and judicial tax litigation.

He advises Brazilian and international companies across a range of industries, including oil and gas, hospitality, food services, infrastructure, retail, energy, cosmetics, beverages, real estate, and human and animal healthcare. He holds an LL.B. from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from FIPECAFI/SP.

Practice Areas

Complex administrative and judicial tax litigation.
Tax advice to Brazilian and international companies across a range of industries.
Legal opinions on the legality and constitutionality of taxes.

Education

LL.B. from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (2006).
Postgraduate degree in Tax Law from Universidade Cândido Mendes (2008).
MBA in Tax Management from Universidade Candido Mendes (2010).
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Contábeis, Atuariais e Financeiras – FIPECAFI (2018).

Experience

More than 12 years of experience in complex tax litigation, particularly before adjudicative bodies of municipal, state and federal government authorities, as well as in preparing legal opinions on the legality and constitutionality of taxes.

Professional Associations

Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section.
Brazilian Bar Association – São Paulo Section.

Languages

Portuguese.
English.

Recognitions

The Legal 500 – Tax – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.
Latin Lawyer 250 – Tax – 2023, 2024, 2025.
Leaders League – Tax Litigation – 2024, 2025.

Publications

Co-author of “Transnational Groups: Remittances Abroad to Reimburse Expenses under Cost-Sharing Agreements – The (Non-)Incidence of Withholding Income Tax – IRRF” (Estudos de Tributação Internacional, Lumen Juris, 2016).