Felipe Vallada graduated from the Law School of the University of São Paulo after brief academic experience in the U.S. and U.K., and is currently based in Vienna as a tax law doctoral candidate at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien. Active in not only in academia but also in the private sector as an Associate of Schindler Attorneys, Felipe deals with international tax law, corporate law, treaty and tax policies, has published in the areas of Permanent Establishments and Beneficial Ownership, and has been a speaker in international events. He is a member of the (São Paulo) Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-SP), the Brazilian Institute for Tax Law (IBDT) and the International Fiscal Association (IFA).