Mr Víctor Manuel Avilés > Larrain y Asociados Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Larrain y Asociados Abogados Offices
Avenida El Bosque 130
Piso 12, Las Condes
SANTIAGO
Chile
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Mr Víctor Manuel Avilés
Work Department
He mainly practices in the areas of energy and tax laws, specializing in tax planning for local and foreign clients.
Position
Partner
Career
Víctor Manuel Avilés joined the firm in 1998 and has been a partner since 2008.
Mr. Avilés is Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at Universidad de Chile since 1998 and is the author of “Economic Public Order and Penal Law” (Editorial ConoSur, 1998) and “Law Exclusivity in Tax Matters” (Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 2005), as well as a number of articles in specialized magazines, such as Public Rights Magazine, Journal of Law, and Jurisprudence and Leading Sentences in Libertad y Desarrollo (think-tank), among others.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
He is a member of the Chilean Association of Constitutional Law and the Chilean Association of Tax Law.
Education
He studied at the Faculty of Law of Universidad de Chile (LL.B.), and was admitted with maximum honors in 1997. In 2005 he obtained a Degree in Tax Law at the Universidad de Chile.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Tax
(Leading individuals)Assisting with both tax advisory matters and tax disputes, Larrain y Asociados Abogados‘ practice also incorporates compliance work, as well the implementation of business reorganisations; and the firm’s sector experience covers energy, gas, mining, airlines, agribusinesses and investment funds. The four-member team is led by tax planning specialist Víctor Manuel Avilés; and within the firm’s associate pool, Eduardo Irribarra is a former adviser to Chile’s IRS, while Manuel Larrain focuses on commercial, tax and customs matters.
Chile > Dispute resolution: litigation
Housing ‘a team of lawyers at the highest level‘, Larrain y Asociados Abogados is routinely mandated on commercial, civil, bankruptcy, tax and administrative litigation. The nine-member team also acts in disputes brought before Chile’s Consumer Agency, SERNAC, in relation to the energy, water, sanitation and public services sectors. José Pedro Baraona has a strong track record in litigation; Carlos Aravena acts in disputes involving public infrastructure works; and Isabel Palacios -a partner since January 2022- specialises in civil and commercial cases. Tax expert Víctor Manuel Avilés is also a key contentious practitioner. In the associate ranks, seniors César Vásquez and Claudio Torres, along with Macarena Gonzalez, Catalina Cortez, and 2022 hire from Andrade Leiva Abogados, Daniela Baron all maintain litigation-focused practices.