Gabriel Quintanilha is the Founder and Managing Partner of Gabriel Quintanilha Advogados in Brazil and an International Partner of Lupi & Associates in Macau.
He specializes in tax, public, banking and finance, arbitration, dispute resolution and civil, criminal and administrative litigation, as well as labour, regulatory and compliance and corporate matters.
He is qualified to practice in Brazil and a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), the Institute of Brazilian Tax Law (IBDT) and the Brazilian Financial Law Association (ABDF). Gabriel is also a founding partner of the Brazilian Society of Tax Law (SBDT) and the author of the Brazilian tax law book “Mandato de Segurança no Direito Tributário” published by Editora Saraiva.
Gabriel Quintanilha is the coordinator of the Income Tax section of the L.L.M. program of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), professor of tax law of FGV, professor of the L.L.B. program at Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC.RJ), professor of tax planning of the L.L.M. and M.B.A. programs of the IBMEC-RJ, professor of the postgraduate program latu sensu in Tax Law of the University Cândido Mendes (UCAM.RJ), professor in the postgraduate of Public Administration of the Fluminense Federal University (UFF) and the Superior School of Legal Practice of OAB/RJ, and author of Online Education (EAD).
His law firm Gabriel Quintanilha Advogados, established in 2006 and headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, has offices in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Rio Grande do Sul and is a leading tax law firm in Brazil. The law firm represents clients in the energy, infrastructure, oil and gas, financial, logistics and financial services sectors in Brazil, including private and public clients with complex tax structuring solutions.
Gabriel represents Brazilian and international corporations and investment funds with their tax, labour, civil, criminal and administrative matters and disputes.
He provides specialized tax advice and comprehensive legal support to clients in the Brazilian energy, mining, infrastructure, financial services, healthcare, and real estate sectors, advising on their corporate and M&A matters, banking and finance, capital markets and securities, tax planning, commercial contracts, labour arrangements and dispute resolution.
Gabriel holds a Doctor in Law (Ph.D.) of the University Veiga de Almeida (UVA.RJ), a Master in Economy and Business Management of the UCAM.RJ, an Extension in International Tax of the Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands and a Juris Doctor in Law (J.D.) of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). He is currently completing a post doctorate at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
Gabriel Quintanilha has been recognized as a leading Brazilian tax lawyer by Best Lawyers for five consecutive years.
He is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.
