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Fischer y Cía Offices
21st floor
Avenida Andrés Bello 2687
Las Condes, Santiago
Chile
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Alex Fischer
Work Department
General Tax Advisory, Tax Disputes Litigation, Private Wealth
Position
Partner.
Mr. Fischer advises domestic and foreign clients in personal and corporate tax planning, tax litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and foreign investment structuring. He stands out for offering innovative tailored solutions by combining tax expertise with international experience in financing and capital markets.
Career
Alex Fischer heads Fischer y Cía’s tax practice and has been consistently ranked in top tier national and international rankings for his practice in Private Wealth and Tax matters.
He was admitted to the New York Bar in 2002, participates at the Tax Experts Committee of the International Bar Association and in 2023 was appointed by the Ministry of Finance as an Advisor of the Taxpayer’s Ombudsman.
Prior to founding Fischer y Cía. (formerly BF&C) in 2016, he was a partner and co-head of the tax practice at Carey. Before that, he worked as an associate at the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and served as Ernst & Young’s representative for the Chilean desk in New York City.
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
STEP
IFA
IBA
Education
Mr. Fischer graduated as a lawyer from Universidad de Chile and earned his LLM from New York University Law School; he also completed an advanced professional certificate in law and finance at NYU’s Stern Business School, and the international tax programme at Harvard University Law School.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Tax
(Leading individuals)‘With good strength in depth across the team’, Fischer y Cía’s 20-strong tax team acts for major domestic and international clients on a broad array of tax-advisory areas, such as general corporate matters, M&A, and financings. The practice also assists with transfer pricing, estate planning, and tax compliance issues, while the firm’s tax litigation team handles heavyweight disputes. The group is headed by widely-respected name partner Alex Fischer, who advises domestic and foreign clients on personal and corporate tax planning, tax litigation, M&A, and foreign investment structuring; and Carolina Collantes is a highly-rated tax litigator. The second line of experienced practitioners features international tax advisory specialist Isabel Espinoza; and tax disputes and private wealth expert Juan Cristóbal Ortega. At associate level, senior Juan Cristóbal Valenzuela is experienced in indirect taxation and tax planning work; Patricio Casas is currently undertaking his doctorate; and semi-senior Gert Greve maintains a broad, multifaceted tax practice. Associates Macarena Reyne, Francisco Vial and Javier Figueroa are also well-regarded younger practitioners.