Mr Rodrigo Álvarez > DLA Piper Chile > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Rodrigo Álvarez
Work Department
Tax; Real Estate; Projects, Energy and Infrastructure
Position
Partner
Career
Rodrigo Álvarez is a founding partner of DLA Piper Chile and co-heads the Tax practice. He has more than 20 years of experience, advising Chilean and foreign clients on a wide range of tax matters, both inbound and outbound, having participated in the structuring of businesses and companies in Chile, as well as in tax compliance issues and conflicts with the tax authority.
Rodrigo also has extensive experience in real estate and construction matters. He has advised more than 100 commercial, housing, and industrial projects developed in Chile.
His experience covers all stages of development of real estate and infrastructure projects as well as natural resources projects including title studies and regularization of titles, structuring, permits and compliance with urban planning regulations, bidding, financing and negotiation with financial institutions, land purchase, urban planning, long term leases, leasing contracts, negotiation of construction contracts (EPC and BOT) and commercialization of the projects, among others. In this context, Alvarez has advised and advises several of Chile’s leading real estate and construction companies.
In addition, Rodrigo has extensive experience in corporate matters, which includes advising on due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, creation of consortiums as well as on necessary matters for the development of the clients’ day-to-day business.
His broad experience includes advising on various industries and sectors such as real estate, financial services, technology, mining, family offices and production companies, among others.
Languages
Spanish; English
Memberships
Chilean Bar Association
Education
Law, School of Law, Universidad de Chile, 1993
Tax Management Program, School of Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, 2006
LL.M Tax, School of Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, 2007
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Tax
DLA Piper Chile
fields a ‘committed team that focuses on the needs of clients’. The seven-strong, full-service tax practice covers general tax advice, income tax, VAT, tax compliance, and structuring tax-efficient transactions for M&A, venture capital and private equity wealth management. It also assists with tax audits before the Chilean IRS, tax litigation, and start-up companies’ tax and restructuring issues. The department is co-led by longstanding tax specialist Rodrigo Álvarez, and the ‘tremendously creative’ Amory Heine, who advises both Chilean and foreign clients on corporate and personal tax planning. At senior associate level, Francisco Argüello predominantly focuses on international tax law.
Chile > Real estate
DLA Piper Chile‘s Santiago office advises on national and international real estate projects in the industrial, energy, commercial, housing, hotel, educational and health sectors. Its assistance covers regulatory, taxation, and urban planning and land issues, as well as financings, title reviews, land purchases, long-term lease agreements, and mergers and subdivisions. The team is also notably experienced in construction contracts. The group is co-led by founding partner Rodrigo Álvarez (who also co-heads the tax practice); and counsel and real estate and corporate law expert, Bernardita Doren.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Data privacy
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity and hydrocarbons
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Labour and employment
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Tax
- Competition and antitrust
- Real estate
- Dispute resolution: arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation