Professional portrait of Alan Chaves

Founding partner

Alan Chaves

Business and tax lawyer with over 18 years of experience in advisory, planning, disputes and legal leadership.

TaxBusinessBusiness strategy

Career

Experience on every side of a tax decision.

Alan began his legal career in 2007 as a student at PUC-SP and built experience in the Judiciary, leading law firms, consultancies and a corporate tax department. He holds a postgraduate degree in Tax Law. This background brings complementary perspectives on risk prevention, transaction implementation and dispute defense.

Throughout his career, he has worked on direct and indirect taxes, corporate reorganizations, M&A, foreign trade, due diligence, tax credit recovery, audits and administrative and judicial proceedings. He has also held management, partnership and tax leadership positions.

He has been the founder of Chaves Advogados since 2017 and is president of the Tax Law Committee of the Butantã Subsection of the São Paulo Bar Association (2025/2028 term).

Verified education

PUC-SP

Law degree, 2007–2011

IBDT

Postgraduate degree in Tax Law, 2015–2016

USP

Special student in Current Issues in International Double Taxation, 2018

Senac

General Accounting, 2009

Tax advisory and disputes

Business planning and transactions

Risk and liability management

Fluent English and intermediate Spanish