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

Work Department

Tax

Position

Guillermo joined O’Farrell in 1999 and since 2007 he´s been is a Partner of the Tax Law Department.
His main areas of practice are constitutional tax law and complex tax litigation, with focus on national tax law and local taxes.

Career

In 1996 he worked at Asorey & Navarrine Law Firm and later in M & M Bomchil Law Firm.
In 2002 he was appointed speaker at the Asociacion Argentina de Estudios Fiscales (Argentine Association of Fiscal Studies) during the XXI Jornadas Latinoamericanas de Derecho Tributario organized by ILADT, on “El sistema tributario como instrumento de desarrollo e incentivación: hacia una teoría de la justicia en la no imposición” (“The tax system as a development and incentive tool: towards a theory of Justice in non-taxation”).

He is professor of the Master´s program on Tax Law at the School of Law of the Universidad Austral, of the Master´s program on Tax Law at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) and in the specialization program of Tax Law at the Universidad de Córdoba.

He frequently publishes articles and chapters in books and magazines in the field of tax law and he has been a speaker at courses in Spain (Master en Asesoria Fiscal – Universidad de Navarra) and in Peru (IX Encuentro Nacional Juridico – SUNAT).

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

Member and former President of the Board of Directors of the Argentine Fiscal Association (Asociación Argentina de Estudios Fiscales).

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Education

He is a lawyer graduated from the Law and Social Sciences School of Universidad de Buenos Aires. He is a Doctor of Law graduated from Universidad de Navarra, Spain. With his PhD thesis “Los beneficios tributarios a la inversión y el empleo en el derecho comparado -España, Italia y Francia”, he obtained the highest grade (outstanding cum laude) in 1996.

He undertook a Major Program in Corporate Law (Programa de Especialización Derecho de Empresa, PEDEM).

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > Tax

(Leading individuals)

Guillermo LalanneO’Farrell

O’Farrell is widely recognised for its exceptional track record in tax litigation, successfully representing corporates and individuals in complex, precedent-setting tax disputes before all levels of national, provincial and municipal courts. Market segments where the team is particularly strong include energy taxation, new taxes on extraordinary wealth, transfer pricing, tax inflation disputes, and discrepancies between double conventions and local regulations. Practice head Miguel A.M. Tesón is a stand-out practitioner with expertise spanning cross-border transactions, tax planning for foreign corporations, transfer pricing, federal tax law and local taxes. He receives high quality senior support from a strong bench of partners: Valeria Estathio has deep expertise in federal and international tax law; María Valls has a strong tax disputes practice; and Guillermo Lalanne is an authority on constitutional tax law and complex litigation.