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Mr Antonio Weffer
Position
Antonio A. Weffer is a tax principal in Baker McKenzie’s Tax Practice Group and the head of the Firm’s transfer pricing practice in Luxembourg.
He has over 20 years of experience handling complex financial and non-financial multinational enterprises, cross-border transactions, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions across a range of industry sectors.
Antonio is an active member of several international professional tax organizations, and regularly publishes articles on international tax issues and speaks at worldwide seminars and conferences. He is recognized as a highly regarded practitioner in the World Transfer Pricing 2023 guide and named once again as Leading Individual by Legal 500 EMEA in 2023. Other professional honours of this year include:
Languages
English, French, Italian, Spanish
Memberships
- AMCHAM Tax Committee working group member
- ALFI Digital taxation and Transfer Pricing working groups’ member
- Camera di Commercio Italo-Lussemburghese (CCIL) member
- British chamber of commerce (BCC) member
- Chambre Française de Commerce et d’Industrie au Grand Duché du Luxembourg (CFCI) member
- International Bar Association member (IBA) member
- International Fiscal Association (IFA) – Luxembourg Branch member
- Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA) member
- Luxembourg association of family offices (LAFO) member
- Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association member
- The Luxembourg Banker’s Association member
- Association des compagnies d’assurances et de réassurances du GDL member
- The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry member
- Cámara de Comercio de España en Bélgica y Luxemburgo member
- International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)
- International Tax Center Leiden University – Holland
- International Latin American Tax Law Association (ILADT) –Venezuelan Branch (AVDT) – Member
- Venezuelan Tax Law Association (AVDT) and Financial Law Association – Member
- Caracas and Miranda State Bar – Member
- International Taxation in ESAN School of Business Diploma – Lima Peru – Professor
Education
- Leiden University (LL.M. International Taxation) (2002)
- Universidad Metropolitana (MS Taxation and Management) (2000)
- Universidad Santa Maria (MS Tax Law and Public Finance) (1998)
- Universidad Santa Maria (LL.B.) (1994)
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Tax
(Leading partners)Combining local expertise with global best practice, the ‘knowledgeable and experienced’ team at Baker McKenzie acts on its own as well as frequently alongside international firmwide offices to provide ‘pragmatic and solutions-oriented advice’ on tax structuring associated with corporate and finance transactions, as well as advising on standalone compliance/advisory and litigation mandates. The team is best-known for its international tax structuring expertise, an area where the ‘highly experienced and sophisticated’ Diogo Duarte de Oliveira excels and is always able to advise on the most appropriate structure to facilitate fundraising and large-scale cross-border M&A transactions. Amar Hamouche also provides ‘pragmatic and solutions-oriented advice’ on corporate and international tax structuring for funds on their downstream investments (as well as on management incentive arrangements), in addition to a considerable volume of tax structuring associated with structured capital markets transactions. Antonio Weffer heads up the firm’s transfer pricing sub group and often handles applicable work for funds, multinational corporates and financial services firms. As well as his flow of tax structuring for corporates, funds and financial institutions, Olivier Dal Farra, who rounds out the team at a partner level, is also noted for his ‘comprehensive knowledge of wealth structuring solutions for private clients’.