Marienne M. S. Coutinho is a tax partner KPMG in Brazil and leads the International Corporate Tax & Transfer Pricing practice. She is a lawyer and has an IFRS specialization (FIPECAFI). She has been with KPMG for 17 years and has also worked with KPMG in New York in the Trade & Customs group. She is a frequent speaker in Brazil and abroad on Brazilian and International Tax matters.
Marienne has very strong experience in advising foreign investors in Brazil in understanding investment structures, Brazilian direct and indirect taxes, environment for tax planning, supply chain models, etc.
She works closely with other KPMG member firms to structure the outbound investments of Brazilian companies in light of Brazilian controlled foreign corporation rules, tax treaties and taxation in other countries. She also helps Latin America tax directors based in Brazil with the coordination of their tax affairs in the region.
She specializes in M&A tax structuring, private equity investments, capital markets, corporate restructurings, domestic and international tax planning, supply chain projects and tax governance.
Marienne co-leads the Global Business Group of KPMG in Brazil (a group specialized in attending Newcomers and Brazilian Multinationals), KPMG’s Network of Women in Brazil (KNOW) and is a member of a group of Brazilian tax advisors and tax authorities to discuss technical matters (GET). She is a member of KPMG Global International Corporate Tax (GICT) and of KPMG GICT Technical Core Group.
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