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Deloitte & Co. S.A. Offices

Deloitte & Co. S.A.
TTE. GRAL. PERÓN 646, 2DO PISO
CITI OF BUENOS AIRES
BUENOS AIRES
C1038AAN
Argentina
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Profiles

Deloitte & Co. S.A. > The Legal 500 Rankings

Argentina > Tax Tier 4

The ‘efficient’ Deloitte & Co. S.A. tax team specialises in tax controversies, and works closely with Deloitte’s tax accounting arm to advise local and international corporates on dispute resolution strategies. Cynthia Calligaro leads the practice, which has secured favourable outcomes for clients in inflation adjustment and turnover tax disputes.

Practice head(s):

Cynthia Calligaro

Testimonials

‘Deloitte has a good team.‘

‘All the people who make up the team always maintain a good predisposition when responding to the client.’

‘The team is efficient and responds with responsibility and commitment.’

Key clients

Compañía de Alimentos Fargo

Coca Cola Femsa

HSBC Argentina Holdings

Sony Argentina

Soluciones Multimedia

Phillips Argentina

PPG

RPB

MSD Argentina

Cosméticos Avon

Fertilo Agropecuaria

Galeno

BASF

Ingredion

Banco Santander

Work highlights

  • Supported Philips with the submission of a reimbursement request to the customs directorate, requesting the amount paid in excess of the statistical rate.
  • Analysed judiciary and administrative strategies for Soluciones Multimedia to obtain a ruling recognising the effects of inflation on income tax.
  • Advised Sony Argentina on the adjustment of turnover tax related to its role as a collections agent.

Argentina > Corporate and M&A

Deloitte & Co. S.A.'s growing corporate and M&A practice is led by all-rounder Cynthia Calligaro and covers a broad range of services, including transactional work and day-to-day corporate support.

Argentina > Labour and employment

Specialising in corporate and tax-related work, the labour and employment practice at Deloitte & Co. S.A. advises across a range of sectors and industries; practice head Walter Mañko is the key contact.

Deloitte & Co. S.A. > Firm Profile

Skilled and experienced Deloitte Legal* professionals work together with other Deloitte professionals in tax, consulting, risk- and financial advisory to guide their clients through a project in a coordinated way around the world. Deloitte Legal, present in over 84 countries, is able to provide holistic guidance around strategic business decisions as well as offer support services that can increase efficiency and reduce the cost of some routine legal activities. As part of the global Deloitte professional services network, Deloitte Legal helps you in delivering multinational legal solutions that are consistent, technology-enabled, tailored, and sensitized.

With 23 legal professionals in Argentina, Deloitte Legal* offers competent yet pragmatic advice in many fields of national and international business law. Our professionals provide tailored solutions for demanding projects and complex domestic and international transactions. And we offer even more: Multidisciplinary advice incorporating tax, consulting, risk- and financial advisory.

Whether family-owned smaller and medium-sized companies, listed stock corporations or international groups of companies—with our service lines commercial, corporate/M&A, employment law and benefits, and legal management consulting we cover those fields of business law that are important for our clients.

Collecting and combining multidisciplinary expertise in our industry groups Financial Services, Energy, Resources and Industrials, Consumer, TMT, and LSHC enables us to render interdisciplinary advice which anticipates industry- or sector-specific trends and developments. And thereby help our clients to face the challenges of an ever-changing regulatory and economic environment.

We understand legal advice not as an isolated component, but as a contribution to a comprehensive solution of the issues that our clients face. Working together with our Deloitte colleagues we can help our clients in taking informed decisions in the context of legal as well as other business considerations.

Areas of practice
Commercial law solutions: Companies are facing an increasing number of business challenges globally including more rigorous regulations and enforcement by local authorities in the countries where they operate. As experienced advisers with a practical focus Deloitte Legal* can help clients meet these challenges and develop commercial solutions. Our experience and expertise allow us to provide businesses facing complex legal regulations and challenges with personalized, tailor-made services. Services include but are not limited to:

  • Commercial advisory
  • IP for BEPS: transfer pricing of intangibles
  • Data protection
  • Full-scale pre-insolvency solutions
  • Commercial contracts
  • Transfer pricing documentation
  • Dispute resolution (including tax litigation)

Corporate and mergers and acquisitions solutions: Deloitte Legal* provides a full range of corporate law services from complex advisory services related to major business life events (including advising in restructuring and mergers and acquisitions processes) through to general secretarial services. Services, include but are not limited to:

  • M&A transactions
  • Integrated due diligence
  • Corporate law, corporate governance
  • Corporate reorganizations
  • Shareholders agreement and joint ventures
  • Post-merger integration
  • Legal and tax services to startups

Employment law and benefits solutions: Turbulent economic times require companies to be agile and flexible in their staffing to remain competitive. Complex polices, frequent legislative changes and global operations make managing employee relations and compliance with employment law challenging for businesses. Deloitte Legal* provides businesses with the advice they need to make informed decisions and comply with a multitude of regulatory and procedural requirements. Services include but are not limited to:

  • Compensation and benefits
  • Individual employment law
  • International employment remodeling
  • Human cloud
  • Legal mobility services
  • Social security

Legal Management Consulting (LMC): It is a new approach and a new discipline, developed by lawyers in corporation with other relevant experts. With this collection of models, frameworks, and systems, Deloitte Legal* helps in-house lawyers run their departments more efficiently and meet the needs of their business more comprehensively. Services include but are not limited to:

  • Legal department strategy and operations consulting
  • Legal technology consulting
  • Multinational corporate entity management
  • Multinational business integrity and legal risk management

* “Deloitte Legal” means the legal practices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firm affiliates that provide legal services. For legal and regulatory reasons, not all member firms provide legal services.

Main Contacts

DepartmentNameEmailTelephone
Commercial Law Cynthia Calligaro
Corporate Law/M&A Cynthia Calligaro
Legal Management Consulting Cynthia Calligaro
Employment Law & Benefits Leticia Lenisa

Staff Figures

at this office : 22
in this country : 23
Number of legal professionals worldwide : 2,500+

Languages

English
Spanish

Memberships

Deloitte Legal worldwide network

Deloitte & Co. S.A. > Firm Profile

Deloitte Legal is an international legal service provider, that offers legal services in over 75 countries with more than 1,700 professionals. As part of a multidisciplinary service firm, we aim to design and implement integrated solutions for our clients.

Our team of committed lawyers, our cross-border capabilities and our technology driven solutions make us particularly well equipped to help our clients with legal challenges that require deep local understanding of regulations and business culture or are complex due to their scale and international dimensions.

Whether family-owned smaller and medium-sized companies, listed stock corporations or international groups of companies—with our service lines commercial, corporate/M&A, employment law and benefits, and legal management consulting, we cover those fields of business law that are important for our clients.

Collecting and combining multidisciplinary expertise in our industry groups financial services, energy, resources and industrials, consumer, TMT, and LSHC enables us to render interdisciplinary advice which anticipates industry- or sector-specific trends and developments. And thereby help our clients to face the challenges of an ever-changing regulatory and economic environment.

We understand legal advice not as an isolated component, but as a contribution to a comprehensive solution of the issues that our clients face. Working together with our Deloitte colleagues we can help our clients in taking informed decisions in the context of legal as well as other business considerations.

Main Contacts

DepartmentNameEmailTelephone
Legal Cynthia Calligaroccalligaro@deloitte.com54 11 4320 2700
Legal María Inés Del Genermdelgener@deloitte.com54 11 4320 2700

Staff Figures

Commercial Law : 2
Corporate & M&A : 5
Tax Controversy : 8
Legal Management Consulting : 2
COMEX & Customs : 2
Employment & Benefits : 4

Deloitte & Co. S.A. > Firm Profile

Krehić & Partners in cooperation with Deloitte Legal* is a leading corporate, commercial and competition legal practice in Croatia, with a breadth of expertise in all corporate transactions and corporate law matters across various highly regulated industries.

Krehić & Partners in cooperation with Deloitte Legal is a leading corporate, commercial and competition legal practice in Croatia. All of our lawyers are leading M&A, corporate and competition EU-level experts from the most prominent Croatian law firms and largest companies. We represent our clients in major local/cross-border strategic mergers and group restructurings, local and cross-border acquisitions and dispositions, complex carve-out transactions, joint ventures, public-private partnerships and collaborative alliances structures. In addition, we assist our clients with sensitive corporate governance and compliance issues, structuring ESOP transactions, bond issuance and internal risk-management and employment-restructuring matters. Resulting from the legal and business savvy of our partners, we can proudly emphasize that we have become sought after for our niche specializations, including telecommunications & media, ICT, pharmaceutical and energy.

Although truly grounded in Croatia, Krehić & Partners through Deloitte Legal network, actively connects actives Adria region, Europe and beyond, a real benefit for clients operating in these dynamic and growing markets.

We address your challenges with comprehensive thinking, powered by experience and insights drawn from diverse business disciplines, industries, and global perspectives. We bring together legal advice, strategy, and technology to develop innovative solutions, create value for you and your business, and transform the way in which legal services are delivered and consumed.

Operating in approximately 80 countries, Deloitte Legal practitioners work closely across borders, providing a strategic perspective to help companies meet local responsibilities and thrive in the global marketplace. With access to industry specialists and an unparalleled range of professional services, we also employ technology to pioneer innovative solutions to the most complex business problems.

Deloitte Legal pairs strategy with technology to aggregate, organize, and analyze complex data from multiple sources, providing the insight to enhance clients’ decision-making process. Deloitte has reshaped many functions with its transformative thinking, which Deloitte Legal applies to reshape the legal department. We focus on people, process, and technology to help legal departments free up time for what matters.

Deloitte Legal doesn’t just work for clients, but with clients to develop the right solutions for their business. Understanding the client’s needs and putting a business lens on legal problems enables us to help the General Counsel become a business partner.

* “Deloitte Legal” means the legal practices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firm affiliates that provide legal services. For legal and regulatory reasons, not all member firms provide legal services.

Main Contacts

DepartmentNameEmailTelephone
Corporate/M&A Tarja Krehictkrehic@kip-legal.hr+385 98 938 92 19
Corporate/M&A Ivan Zornadaizornada@kip-legal.hr+385 91 68 000 91
Banking & Finance Tarja Krehictkrehic@kip-legal.hr+385 98 938 92 19
Banking & Finance Ozren Kobsaokobsa@kip-legal.hr+ 385 99 450 76 69

Staff Figures

Worldwide : 2500+
In this country : 9

Languages

English
Croatian

Memberships

Deloitte Legal*

Client testimonials


CLIENT: CARGOTEC ARGENTINA S.R.L.
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: To work with Deloitte in Argentina has proven to be the right choice to guarantee and improve the quality and effectiveness of all of our legal aspects and have the highest compliance standards available. The Deloitte team has always been extremely proactive in presenting opportunities to increase Cargotec’s compliance and secure the maximum alignment of the local statutory to the best practices worldwide, allowing the Headquarters in Finland to have the maximum confidence on managing investments in Latin America. Deloitte Argentina has always delivered beyond our needs and makes me extremely satisfied and comfortable in having Deloitte looking after us!

CLIENT: Central de Desejos
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: Deloitte Argentina Legal team was very helpful and supportive during the various steps of capitalization, restructuring, buy/sale transaction and winding up Argentina entities. We have worked in a challenge environment with different teams and tough deadlines. Deloitte coordinated by Paola Caballero was always available to clarify and advise on multiples scenarios discussed during the project. The ability of dealing with different teams involved and in a respectful manner definitely helped achieving the project goals. The team continued working through the pandemic times with the same supportive approach and making sure the milestones were on track.

CLIENT: COSMETICOS AVON ARGENTINA
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: My experience with Deloitte so far has been very satisfactory. The team with which I work is multidisciplinary which is a plus, technically high level and is always ready to assist us in a timely manner. On time responses are much appreciated in AVON. Services although somehow expensive are worthy. We have found in Deloitte a very good partner in terms of Tax Planning, with creative ideas always evaluating the risk likelihood involved. Deloitte also assists us with several tax claims including Customs claims.

CLIENT: GlobalLogic Argentina
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: We had the opportunity to work with Deloitte Legal Argentina in a process of corporate transformation that, in itself, requires good planning and coordination. We received the necessary advice to be able to carry out the process in an orderly manner, without unforeseen events and counting, at all times, with the guidance and accompaniment both by mail and through virtual meetings in times of Pandemic. The support received was accurate and professional.

CLIENT: HSBC Bank Argentina S.A.
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: We started working together a year ago. In this time, in addition to the technical support received, Deloitte has shown great responsibility, speed and closeness to the client. These characteristics add value to the service.

CLIENT: Ingredion Argentina S.R.L.
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: We have been working with the Deloitte Legal since the year 2015. They provide us with legal services in various ongoing cases related to different jurisdictions, which cover a wide range of issues including National, Provincial and even Municipal Taxes. We are very satisfied with the work and the follow-up that Deloitte gives in each one of them, advising us both on the defence strategy with remarkable clarity in this regard, as well as with the follow-up of them, rigorously taking care of the times with reasonable anticipation. Likewise, I would like to highlight the willingness and availability of the team at all times.

CLIENT: Sony Argentina S.A.
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: Our company trust Deloitte´s Legal department for its Tax&Legal matters. We have been working with the team for many years and can certify the quality of its work and their compromise.

CLIENT: STINE SEED ARGENTINA S.R.L.
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: “We started working with Deloitte Legal Argentina in 2019. Our relationship is mainly linked to issues related to the legal-corporate world and the preparation of contracts. As our bond progressed and the complexity of our contracts grew, we found an increasingly professional response to meet our needs. We are confident in the performance and professional quality of the Deloitte Legal Argentina team to accompany us in this process of strong growth of our businesses in Argentina.”

CLIENT: JOHN CRANE ARGENTINA
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: The service provided has fulfilled our expectations, especially when it comes to delivering in due time.

CLIENT: MSD ARGENTINA SRL
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: Working with a team that has the highest technical knowledge in the tax controversy area is a guarantee of trust and allows creating synergies to continue growing.

CLIENT: Roxcel Trading Austria / Roxcel Argentina SA
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: “During the existence of Roxcel Argentina we were using the services of Deloitte Argentina, and always were very happy. They always were most professional, friendly, always complied with obligations in time; We always felt that we are in good hands. They helped us with some legal conflicts with some clients as well, same thing here (i.e. Austria), always most professional, we are most happy to recommend them to any other of our business partners.”

CLIENT: COCA COLA FEMSA DE BUENOS AIRES
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal Argentina
TESTIMONIAL: Regarding the Deloitte legal team, I think highly of them. Considering the multiple experiences we had working with them, we are very satisfied with their technical and professional solidity, as well as their personalized attention. High technical quality in a complex area such as the Supreme Court as well as in the lower courts.

CLIENT: Seaboard Energías Renovables y Alimentos SRL
COMPANY/FIRM: Deloitte Legal
TESTIMONIAL: We have worked in tax reimbursement processes as well as in tax audit defenses with the Deloitte legal team who not only has outstanding excellence in tax jurisprudence and is always aware of the latest events in the matter, but also has accompanied us throughout the process. If I had to describe them in one word, it would be excellence.

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At Deloitte, we believe that an inclusive mindset and diverse workforce are two of our greatest competitive strengths. Therefore, we make an impact every day and reinforce our commitment to creating a culture where all our talent has equal opportunity to grow, develop, succeed and be their truest selves. One way to create significant impact on the world and on our collaborators is through the promotion of our inclusive culture; fostering respect and making people feel comfortable being themselves and thrive at work.

At Deloitte, we are committed to creating, developing and raising awareness about equal opportunities during all stages of the career cycle. This way, our talent feel involved, identified, valued, respected, connected and able to contribute without fear of bias or discrimination.

To support this culture of inclusion and diversity, we encourage the following 6 characteristics in our employees:

Interviews

Cynthia Calligaro, Partner – S-Latam Legal Leader Marketplace Cono Sur

S-Latam Legal Leader of the Marketplace Cono Sur Cynthia Calligaro explains how the firm is adapting to client´s changing needs

What do you see as the main points that differentiate Deloitte Legal from your competitors?

We pride ourselves on our continued commitment to our clients. We analyze our clients’ needs to offer pragmatic solutions oriented to improve heir businesses. We care as much about our clients’ long term success as we do about the short-term outcome of a project.

Our practice is both service and industry aligned, with teams specializing in Corporate and M&A, Commercial; Law, Employment & Benefits, Foreign Trade & Customs and Tax Controversy.

For instance in this peculiar 2020 we are helping clients to move rapidly into the recovery phase of the COVID-19 crisis. We shared with them legal thought leadership pieces and several webinars. These have been useful to assist them through new market realities as: laws relating to state aid and other government support; impact on contracts (dispute resolution, force majeure & MAC clauses); safe returning to the workplace and other employee engagement strategies to promote workplace engagement; how to transform their legal operating model for the “new normal”, etc.

A usual answer to this question would be that “we understand our client and his/her needs and listen very carefully” but who doesn´t? Very often, it is much better to listen than to speak and I think this is what any service provider should do and usually does. The difference is that when we as Deloitte do this we can bring a comprehensive offering to our clients as we connect them with other Deloitte´s specialist in M&A, Financial Advisory, Tax, Risk Advisory, and Consulting -among others– giving a holistic approach to our legal advice. This is what allows us to provide our clients the added value they are looking for in this new reality.

Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that?

Probably this would be digital law and capital markets. The new global scenario shows technology is driving a fast changing revolution all around the globe. This means that even the most traditional businesses (from the smallest to the largest companies) will need to do a catch up to adjust their business to new technology, marketing channels, distribution problems, expansion issues from a legal and financial perspective. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, getting financing will be a big challenge so capital markets may appear as an alternative together with cryptocurrency.

To have advisors that fully understand how to assist them and be a driver and enabler of new solutions will be a key component in the evolution of businesses.

What’s the main change you’ve made in the firm that will benefit clients?

Last year Deloitte´s offices from sixteen countries from Mexico to Argentina integrated themselves to be able to provide services in a coordinated way around Latin America. This will allow our clients to have a seamless service as well as more competitive fee quotations.

Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them?

Indeed. Technology is not only changing our clients’ needs but also ours. Clients want to have legal providers that speak the same language. To achieve that we were obliged to design a plan to understand our clients’ challenges and to see how we could offer more efficient and less time-consuming solutions. It is a fact that COVID-19 crisis put all of us to get creative. For example, we are working closely to our clients helping them to implement remote shareholders´ meetings, using worldwide platforms to check the corporate compliance status of all their entities in different countries, helping them to enhance their legal operating model, etc.

Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business?

A practical example I could quote could be one that took place this last year when we detected that a client was registering an extremely high provision for different types of judicial cases. After running several processes and checking their legal process, we were able to help them to reorganize the task flow between different areas of the company including the administration of judicial cases. They were duplicating the provision because of a poor litigation management. It is not that the provision they were considering was wrong. Certain delays and miscommunication between internal departments of the company (e.g., legal, accounting and the payment sector) caused interests and fines that wouldn´t have been due is they had recorded the ruling timely and payed the amount arising from those rulings in time.

Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms – where do you see the firm in three years’ time?

The market has and is becoming more competitive. Nevertheless, I think it is not that much stability and strategic direction what they are expecting from their law firms but consistency and a seamless legal service. In three-years´ time, Deloitte Legal will provide not only the commonly known legal practice areas but will become a key player when it comes to legal technology.



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