Miguel A.M. Tesón > O'Farrell > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

O'Farrell
French 3155
CP 1425AWM, CABA
Buenos Aires
Argentina

Work Department

Tax

Position

Miguel A.M. Tesón is the Partner in charge of the Tax Law Department. He joined the firm in 1989.

Career

Mr. Tesón specializes in tax law counselling. In addition, he has broad experience in contentious matters as well as in complex litigation before the Argentine Supreme Court, given his extensive experience in the public and private practice.
He worked as an Assistant at the Defender’s Office before the Argentine Supreme Court of Justice and Federal Courts in the City of Buenos Aires, Court Reporter and Secretary-Legal Counsel (Secretario Letrado) of a Judge’s Office (Vocalía), General Secretary of the Argentine Tax Court and General Secretary of ENTel.

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

  • Member of the Argentine Fiscal Association (Asociación Argentina de Estudios Fiscales). He worked as a counselor, treasurer and secretary, and was appointed President of this prestigious institution for the period 2013-2014.
  • Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member of the Tax Law Institute of the Argentine Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Buenos Aires (Instituto de Derecho Tributario de la Academia Nacional de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de Buenos Aires).

Education

He is a lawyer graduated from the Law and Social Sciences School of Universidad de Buenos Aires (1982). In addition, he earned a Master’s Degree in Advanced Studies in Public Administration from Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain, which is officially recognized by the Ministry of Education and Sciences of Spain with academic validity equivalent to a PhD.

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Tax

(Hall of Fame)

Miguel A.M. TesónO’Farrell

O’Farrell is best known for its outstanding track record in tax litigation, where it has secured favourable outcomes for corporate and individual taxpayers in high-stakes, precedent-setting tax disputes in the municipal, provincial and national courts. In addition to the strength of its contentious practice, the firm also covers tax-free organisations, social security tax, holding company taxation, stamp taxation and energy taxation. The practice is led by exceptional tax practitioner Miguel A.M. Tesón, who is called on by blue-chip international and domestic clients for advice on cross-border taxation matters, transfer pricing, tax planning, federal tax law and local taxation. A trio of three partners provide further senior expertise. The vastly experienced Guillermo Lalanne is a reference on constitutional and national tax law, and advises on complex litigation; Valeria Estathio is a go-to name on federal and international tax law matters, with double taxation conventions, inbound investments, and cross-border reorganisations particularly strong areas; and tax disputes lawyer María Celina Valls handles transfer pricing disputes in agribusiness and leads on inflation adjustment taxation issues.