Mr Víctor Manuel Avilés > Larrain y Asociados Abogados > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Larrain y Asociados Abogados Offices
Avenida El Bosque 130
Piso 12, Las Condes
SANTIAGO
Chile
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Mr Víctor Manuel Avilés
Work Department
He mainly practices in the areas of energy and tax laws, specializing in tax planning for local and foreign clients.
Position
Partner
Career
Víctor Manuel Avilés joined the firm in 1998 and has been a partner since 2008.
Mr. Avilés is Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at Universidad de Chile since 1998 and is the author of “Economic Public Order and Penal Law” (Editorial ConoSur, 1998) and “Law Exclusivity in Tax Matters” (Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 2005), as well as a number of articles in specialized magazines, such as Public Rights Magazine, Journal of Law, and Jurisprudence and Leading Sentences in Libertad y Desarrollo (think-tank), among others.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
He is a member of the Chilean Association of Constitutional Law and the Chilean Association of Tax Law.
Education
He studied at the Faculty of Law of Universidad de Chile (LL.B.), and was admitted with maximum honors in 1997. In 2005 he obtained a Degree in Tax Law at the Universidad de Chile.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Dispute resolution: litigation
The ‘serious, prepared and creative’ litigation department at Larrain y Asociados Abogados regularly acts in trials before Chile’s different courts and tribunals. The nine-strong team is experienced in commercial, civil, bankruptcy, tax and contentious-administrative litigation, as well as disputes over public works concessions. The firm has additionally developed a consumer law practice that assists with disputes before Chile’s Consumer Agency (SERNAC), particularly in relation to the energy, water, public services and sanitation sectors. An ‘outstanding and strategic professional’, José Pedro Baraona represents highway concession holders, individuals and construction and energy companies in civil trials; Isabel Palacios (the firm’s first female partner) and Carlos Aravena are both experienced litigation and arbitration practitioners; and Víctor Manuel Avilés is a tax litigation expert. The associates to note are Claudio Torres, Macarena Gonzalez and César Vásquez, while Daniela Baron left the firm in July 2023.
Chile > Tax
(Leading partners)Larrain y Asociados Abogados‘ four-member team represents utility providers, agribusinesses, investment funds and family offices, as well as energy, gas and mining companies, in tax litigation and audits. It is also active in the structuring of clients’ businesses in relation to VAT and income, stamp and withholding taxes. Department head Víctor Manuel Avilés assists domestic and foreign clients with tax planning; and at associate level, Manuel Larrain advises on commercial, tax and customs matters, while Eduardo Irribarra‘s career includes working as a lawyer for Chile’s IRS.