Dr. Luana Tavares
Attorney | Brazilian Bar Association, State of Maranhão (OAB/MA) No. 25,302

Luana Tavares is an attorney with a law degree from UNICEUMA. She holds an LL.M. in Tax Law and Tax Procedure from the Fundação Escola Superior do Ministério Público (FMP) and an MBA in Project Management from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). She also earned a degree in Marketing, with an emphasis on international and strategic marketing, from EPHEC in Belgium. That degree has been formally recognized in Brazil by the University of São Paulo (USP).

Her practice covers social security and public benefits law, civil law, banking law, and consumer law, in advisory, administrative, and litigation matters. She also handles Portuguese citizenship applications and international law matters for individuals with ties to Brazil and other countries, with a particular focus on cross-border social security benefits.

Her background includes public administration and strategic consulting for state and municipal institutions. That work has covered administrative proceedings, public procurement, government contracts and cooperative agreements, governance, and the monitoring of public projects and programs. She lived and worked in Brussels, Belgium, for eight years. There she worked in the European financial sector and advised clients of many nationalities, gaining hands-on experience in multicultural and cross-border settings.

As founder of Luana Tavares Advocacia, she brings her legal, public-sector, and international experience to the analysis and handling of the firm's matters.

She serves clients in Portuguese, English, and French and has advanced proficiency in Spanish.