Listen to the Talk 2 Brazil interview by Tom Reaoch with Joseph Low and Claudia Low on LA Talk Radio, Los Angeles. PLAY or DOWNLOAD. Interview date Monday, June 2, 2014 .
This interview is a follow up to their first Talk 2 Brazil interview which aired on May 23, 2013.
Since the publication of their first book, “They Don’t Speak Spanish in Brazil,”Joseph Low and Claudia Low have jointly been working with numerous small to mid-size companies interested in better understanding the processes involved with business entity formation in Brazil. We´talk about their upcoming book to be published in August.
Joseph Low is a Florida based strategic marketing and management professional with over twenty-one years of experience leading cross-cultural teams focused on Latin American business development. Since 1992, the majority of Mr. Low's career has been keenly focused on Brazil. He has held numerous leadership roles with large multinationals such as Nokia, Research In Motion, and Challenge Air Cargo (later acquired by UPS) and numerous smaller enterprises such as Celistics and SFE - all with offices in and strategically important operations focused on Brazil. While living in São Paulo as an expatriate with Nokia for over four years in the late 1990's, Mr. Low co-founded Nokia do Brasil and was instrumental in the hiring of most of the office's first Brazilian employees. Innumerable business opportunities have fortuitously allowed Mr. Low the opportunity of visiting and working within most of Brazil's twenty-six states. And, most importantly to Mr. Low, his work with Brazil has presented him with the invaluable lifetime gift of learning from the Brazilian peoples’ "glass half full" energy, tireless entrepreneurial spirit, and internationally recognized business acumen.
Mr. Low maintains Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Latin American Studies from the University of Kansas, graduate course work in Latin American Studies from the University of Florida, and a Master's in Business Administration with a focus in International Marketing from the University of South Florida. Mr. Low is both fluent in Spanish and Portuguese
Claudia Low joined the Miami based firm of Kaufman Rossin in January of this year as a manager in their tax department. She currently provides a variety of tax planning and compliance services for high-net worth individuals and privately held businesses. Her experience includes the development and implementation of tax planning strategies for both domestic and cross-border international transactions.
Prior to joining Kaufman Rossin, Claudia was a senior tax executive with a large multinational firm focusing on Latin America. She also worked for KPMG in São Paulo, Brazil and for many years owned a tax consulting practice in San Diego, California. Claudia is a Brazilian (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - São Paulo) registered attorney who is internationally recognized for being an expert in the field of Brazilian taxation. In addition, she served as a federal tax judge within the 1º Conselho de Contribuintes in Brasília DF (US Tax Court of Appeals in the United States), and was the youngest judge to serve there.
Claudia earned a Juris Doctorate from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, and is currently pursuing an LLM (Master of Laws) degree in Taxation from the University of Miami.
