David Roberto R. Soares da Silva was born in São Paulo. He graduated in law in 1993 from the Mackenzie University’s School of Law (São Paulo), participating in the LLM course in American and international taxation at Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology). He is a member of the São Paulo and Minas Gerais Sections of the Brazilian Bar Association and the International Bar Association (London).
He has worked in the areas of national and international tax consultancy, litigation, and tax planning since 1993, serving companies and individuals from different parts of the world, such as the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He is a legal advisor, tax consultant, and member of the board of investment funds and foreign companies with interests in Brazil. He worked in large law firms in São Paulo and for the Latin America and Tax departments of the American firm Baker & McKenzie (Chicago, USA).
With more than 25 years of experience, David Silva has advised numerous investors and companies to establish their operations in Brazil or do business with local partners in various business areas such as oil and gas, mining, finance, electronics, reforestation, real estate, renewable energy, architecture, information technology, automotive, engineering, sports equipment, telecom, pulp and paper, fashion and luxury, civil construction, among others. For individuals, he advises families on estate and estate planning in Brazil and abroad. Since 1995, he has actively participated in panels, lectures, and seminars in Brazil, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
He is a founding partner of Battella, Lasmar & Silva Advogados, a law firm in São Paulo and Minas Gerais specializing in mergers and acquisitions, international operations, estate, and succession planning, and tax matters. In recent years, Mr. Silva and his firm have been awarded by international publications such as International Tax Law Firm of the Year (2015), Best in Estate and Succession Planning (2016), Private Client Tax Advisor of the Year (2017), Best Succession & Estate Planning (2018), and Leading Tax and Inheritance Planning Lawyer of the Year for Brazil (2019).
With over 1,600 articles and news published on taxation, David Roberto R. Soares da Silva has been the correspondent for Brazil for the international publications World Tax Daily and Tax Notes International since 1999. He has also published articles in other international publications, such as Practical Latin American Tax Strategies, Latin American Business & Law Review, Global eCommerce Law and Business Report, International Internet Law Review, Tax Planning International Review, The Exempt Organization Tax Review, and Seu Patrimônio.
He published the first edition of the Brazil Tax Guide for Foreigners in 2011 and four others in 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2021, reaching more than 47 countries. He also coauthored Planejamento Patrimonial: Família, Sucessão e Impostos, of 2018, Tributação da Economia Digital no Brasil, of 2020, and Renda Variável: Tipos de investimentos, tributação e como declarar, of 2021, all written in Portuguese and published by Editora B18.
