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Ulloa & Cía Offices

Ulloa & Cía
MAGDALENA 140, 23TH FLOOR
LAS CONDES
Chile
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Chile > Tax Tier 3

The ‘solid and complete team’ at tax law firm Ulloa & Cía predominantly acts for family businesses and investment funds, as well as real estate, finance, engineering and retail sector companies. The sizeable 19-strong group covers corporate taxation, restructuring, tax compliance, tax disputes, and domestic and international tax advisory work. Jointly heading the group, Nicolás Ulloa advises Chilean family groups and companies on the tax side to business structuring; and fellow founding partner Adriana Zaidan (who also leads the firm’s international tax law department) advises multinationals on the structuring of their investments in Chile. From the associate ranks, seniors Pablo Bucchi, Felipe Welkner and Bernardita Vercellino all maintain noteworthy tax practices, as does Paris Norambuena, a February 2023 hire from Lembeye.

Practice head(s):

Adriana Zaidan; Nicolás Ulloa

Testimonials

‘A solid and complete team, from the partners through to junior associates.‘

‘Clients love that they work and invoice mainly by project and not by the hour, which gives greater transparency.‘

‘Very deep local and international focus.‘

‘The people are great without a doubt.‘

‘A very professional team and always available, particularly Adriana Zaidan and Nicolás Ulloa, who are exemplary professionals.‘

Key clients

Moneda Asset Management

Parque Arauco

Econsult RS Capital

Clínica y Universidad de Los Andes

Credicorp Capital Chile

Capital Advisors

Greystar Real Estate Partners

Compass Group

Fundación MC

Algramo Corp

Inmobiliaria Maestra

Talbot (Holiday Inn and Hyatt Centric)

Hero Capital

Cruzados SADP

Sigro

Work highlights

  • Advised CCLA Group on the tax aspects of the development of a real estate project in Providencia.
  • Advised Parque Arauco on the structuring of prop tech-related venture capital investments in the US.
  • Advised Greystar on the application for a refund of a VAT tax credit, derived from the acquisition of the Lo Ovalle building in La Cisterna.

Ulloa & Cía > Firm Profile

The firm: Ulloa & Cia Abogados is a tax law firm with great expertise in assisting clients at both national and international levels. The firm delivers a fully-fledged service that includes understanding the client’s issues, developing solutions and implementing them. By accompanying the clients in all phases of the work, the firm’s team is able to follow up on the proposal and verify that the designed plan is the best alternative for the client.

Formed in June 2016 by Nicolas Ulloa and Adriana Zaidan, former PwC partner and manager respectively, the firm has had fast growth with clients that see an opportunity to find excellent work in a more private and boutique environment. Ulloa & Cia Abogados’ clients are mainly family businesses, investment funds, and companies acting in the real estate, financial, engineering and retail sectors. When rendering tax advice to family groups, the firm also provides counsel to high-net-worth individuals in matters concerning their personal as well as their business affairs.

Areas of practice: Ulloa & Cia Abogados’ main areas of practice are the following:

Domestic tax consultancy and corporate restructurings: The firm provides a full range of services in the domestic tax area, from designing and implementing complex restructuring transactions to providing advice in day to day income tax, VAT and inheritance tax issues. The domestic tax team at Ulloa & Cia Abogados analyzes and designs the strategies which are best adapted to its clients’ local business, allowing it to maximize its legal, administrative and tax efficiency within the legal framework.

International tax consultancy and corporate restructurings: In the international tax area, Ulloa & Cia Abogados is recognized in the Chilean market for having a deep understanding of the legal and tax systems of different countries, together with a significant knowledge of tax treaties and other international tax rules. These are key factors that allow the practice to best structure outbound and inbound investments of clients, and to solve their day to day problems.

Specialized tax compliance: The firm has a tax compliance team that works in coordination with the domestic and international tax practices in order to verify that all the strategies and suggested solutions are implemented correctly from an accounting and tax compliance perspective. Ulloa & Cia Abogados also provides tax compliance services to clients with foreign investments and to holding companies.

Tax controversy solutions: The tax controversy solutions practice at Ulloa & Cia Abogados focuses on protecting the interest of taxpayers before the local tax authorities and courts. The main objective of the practice is to make sure that cases are solved at the administrative level, so as to avoid the case becoming a judicial matter.

Family business and governance: The lawyers of Ulloa & Cia Abogados commonly address family business governance issues with the firm’s family business clients, helping them to structure their companies and prepare their business to future generations.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Consultancy in local tax matters and corporate restructurings
International taxation
Specialized tax compliance
Tax litigation
Family business and governance