Holland & Knight LLP

Maria Otero is a private wealth services and tax attorney in Holland & Knight's Century City office. Ms. Otero focuses her practice on international income tax planning and compliance matters for high-net-worth private clients and multinational businesses.

Ms. Otero has experience advising on a broad range of international tax and estate planning matters, working with individuals and families with cross-border businesses and investments. She also advises corporate clients seeking to optimize their worldwide effective tax rate and to reduce foreign taxes through tax-efficient financing, efficient cash management, repatriation of earnings to the U.S. and transfer pricing analyses.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Otero was an attorney at a boutique private wealth services law firm in Los Angeles. Previously, she worked for a national firm of certified public accountants and concentrated her practice on cross-border tax planning and compliance.

Ms. Otero began her career at a Big Four accounting firm in Switzerland, where she consulted with individuals involved in multiple taxing jurisdictions. She also worked with a broad range of clients such as corporate executives on international assignments, as well as multinational high-net-worth individuals and families, business owners and investors.

Southwestern Law School, LL.M. University of Southern California, Master of Business Taxation University of Southern California, MBA Université de Lausanne, Master of Law