Tax
João Paulo Mendes Neto is a partner in the Tax practice and works where taxation shapes business decisions: in the structure of a transaction, the cost of a reorganization, the risk of a tax assessment. His practice combines preventive advisory work, tax planning and administrative and judicial tax litigation, with an emphasis on developing tailored legal arguments for each industry.
He served as a taxpayer-appointed board member of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF) and chaired the Special Committee on Business Law of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB). He holds a Ph.D. from PUC-SP and is a full professor of Tax Law and coordinator of postgraduate law programs at CESUPA.
Education
- LL.B. (Law degree), Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará (CESUPA), 2009, graduating first in his class.
- Postgraduate specialization in Tax Law: A Constitutional Perspective, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 2011.
- Postgraduate specialization in Tax Procedure, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 2011.
- Master's degree (LL.M.), Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 2013.
- Ph.D. in Law, Constitutional Tax Procedure research track, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), 2022.
Publications and talks
- Co-author of the chapter "Poder de Controle e Acionistas Minoritários na Sociedade Anônima do Futebol", in Sociedade Anônima de Futebol: Questões Atuais (Futebol 4.0), 2025.
- Regime Jurídico Tributário da Sociedade Anônima de Futebol (ed., with Alexandre Coutinho da Silveira). Florianópolis: Habitus, 2023.
- A Proteção da Saúde no Brasil e o CNJ. Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris, 2018.
- Direito Tributário Brasileiro: inovações e perspectivas (ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Lumen Juris, 2018.
- Tributação, Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (ed.). São Paulo: Forense, 2015.
- Speaker representing Brazil's North Region at the Luso-Brazilian Conference "O Futuro do Trabalho no Mundo Globalizado", University of Lisbon School of Law, 2018, on the tax impacts on modern labor relations.
Academic and institutional roles
- Taxpayer-appointed full board member of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (CARF), 2019 to 2021.
- Chair of the Special Committee on Business Law of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), 2019.
- State Councilor of OAB/PA, 2019.
- Founding President of the Pará State Tax Lawyers Association (AATP), 2018 and 2019.
- Coordinator of the CAPES Environmental Taxation Research Group and of the Fiscal Federalism in the Amazon project.
- Member of the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (IBDT).
- Order of Merit Jus et Labor, Regional Labor Court of the 8th Region, 2017.
Languages
English and Spanish