Juan Cristóbal Ortega > Fischer y Cía > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Fischer y Cía Offices
21st floor
Avenida Andrés Bello 2687
Las Condes, Santiago
Chile
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Juan Cristóbal Ortega
Work Department
General Tax Advisory, Tax Disputes Litigation, Private Wealth.
Position
Partner.
Juan Cristóbal Ortega advises local and international clients on a wide range of tax matters and leads the permanent tax advisory our firm provides to important market players and families. Also, has participated in the structuring of many key operations during the last years.
Career
Mr. Ortega has been outlined as Next Generation lawyer for his tax practice in The Legal 500 as well as a private wealth advisor at other international rankings.
Juan Cristóbal Ortega was formerly a senior associate at Carey, and a foreign associate at Cleary Gottlieb. He joined Baraona Fischer & Cía. as a partner in 2016, together with Isabel Espinoza and Alex Fischer and now is founder at Fischer y Cía (January, 2021).
Languages
Spanish and English.
Memberships
IFA
Education
Mr. Ortega graduated from the Universidad de Chile, School of Law and earned an LL.M. in International Taxation at New York University Law School.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Tax
‘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.