Germán Martín Quirán > Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen > Buenos Aires, Argentina > Lawyer Profile

Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen
SUIPACHA 1111
C1008AAW, BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
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Work Department

International Trade

Position

Mr. Martín Quirán specializes in Tax and Customs law.

His expertise on Customs Law includes challenging export and import duties assessments, customs value matters on import and exports operations, anti-dumping investigations, customs infringements and customs criminal defenses, tax reimbursements and tax benefit claims before Customs Bureau, National Tax Court, Federal Courts and Argentine National Supreme Court. He has also thorough experience providing legal advice on customs matters, including free trade zones, international trade matters, due-diligence processes and strategic planning regarding customs law.

His Tax Law practice also includes the defense of clients, both businesses and individuals, regarding Municipal, Provincial and Federal tax assessments and fines, practicing in all stages of the legal process: administrative and judicial local stages as well as National Tax Court and Federal Courts, and the National Supreme Court of Justice. His experience also includes providing legal advice regarding local and federal tax matters, both for businesses and individuals.

Career

Before joining PAGBAM in 2007, between 2006 and 2007, he worked as paralegal at Podetti & Associates, a boutique law firm specialized in labor matters.

He was awarded with El Derecho Publishing Award, 2009, and was also awarded with the University Excellence Award, 2009 (Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires).

He is the author of several papers about his expertise area.

He is a lecturer at Tax Law seminar at the Graduate Programme, Faculty of Law, Argentine Catholic University, since 2012.

Languages

Spanish - English

Memberships

He is a member of the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires and the Argentine Fiscal Studies Association in its Customs Taxation Commission.

He is admitted to practice in the City of Buenos Aires and before Federal Courts all across Argentina.

Education

Mr. Martín Quirán graduated as a lawyer from the Argentine Catholic University in 2009 (with honors).

In 2009, he attended a Training Program on Criminal Tax Law at Austral University.

He is also a Tax Specialist graduated from Austral University (2010-2011) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He has participated in several courses, workshops and seminars, on Tax and Customs Law.

During 2020 he attended a seminar on Transfer Pricing controversies and new tendencies in International Trade, Tax and Customs Law, Universidad Torcuato DiTella.

Lawyer Rankings

Argentina > International trade and customs

(Rising stars)

Germán Martín QuiránPérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen

Clients turn to Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen for advice across all contentious and non-contentious customs operations. The  practice covers foreign exchange regulations, export and import financing and anti-dumping regulations, and is well known for advising on the trade-and-customs aspects of M&A; it also has experience challenging legislation and administrative acts allowing for the collection of retroactive export duties. Experienced tax partner Manuel Benites, who handles international trade, customs law and customs litigation, co-leads the team with Andrés Galindez, who has a focus on contentious trade matters. Counsel Germán Martín Quirán provides additional support, particulary regarding anti-dumping investigations, with export and import duties, and customs value matters also among his key areas of activity.

Argentina > Tax

Pérez Alati, Grondona, Benites & Arntsen provides comprehensive tax advice on domestic and international transactions and matters, with the team particularly noted for the depth of its litigation practice, which handles federal, provincial and municipal tax cases. The team is further recognised for its expertise in the planning, development and implementation of procedural strategies for client defences in disputes with tax authorities and governmental agencies. Tax planning and the tax aspects of M&A, debt restructurings and company reorganisations are additional areas in which the practice is regularly active. Manuel Benites has more than four decades’ tax litigation and cross-border taxation experience. He co-leads the team alongside tax claims and litigation expert Luis Nuñez; customs litigation specialist Andrés Galindez; and Facundo Fernández Santos, who focuses on transactional work, tax planning and transfer pricing. Further support comes from counsels Matías Corte (tax litigation) and Germán Martín Quirán (customs); and Cristina Di Benedetto who is sought out for her expertise in hydrocarbon tax and royalty claims.