Samuel, Founding Partner and residing in the United States, is one of the most prominent lawyers in mergers and acquisitions involving Brazil and the United States. He brings extensive experience working with global clients and transactions, having represented entrepreneurs, families, and Brazilian and American multinationals in significant domestic and international mergers and acquisitions. His expertise spans a broad range of areas, including complex commercial negotiations between Brazil, the U.S., and China, global corporate restructurings, family successions, as well as mediations and corporate and commercial arbitrations.Samuel also serves as a trustee for several wealthy family businesses, consistently advising founders, successors, and C-level executives. Additionally, he has led key pre-immigration and post-immigration tax planning initiatives, tax administrative litigation, and holds positions on the boards of directors of companies in Brazil, the U.S., and Commonwealth countries. As a tax specialist, he has successfully defended major cases before the Board of Tax Appeals of the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service and managed several corporate and tax restructurings. His wealth planning experience is particularly notable in pre- and post-M&A structuring for private clients. Samuel is also a member of the John Henry Wigmore Alumni Club of Northwestern University.