DLA Piper Chile

Tax; Real Estate; Projects, Energy and Infrastructure

Senior Counsel

Rodrigo Álvarez is a founding partner of DLA Piper in 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 on more than 100 projects, including 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, among others, 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 (engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and build-operate-transfer (BOT)) and marketing of projects. In this context, Alvarez has advised and advises several of Chile's leading real estate and construction companies.

Rodrigo also has extensive experience in corporate matters, including due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, creation of consortia, as well as in matters necessary for the development of clients' day-to-day business.

His broad experience includes advising in various industries and sectors, such as real estate, financial services, technology, mining, family offices, and production companies.

Spanish, English

Chilean Bar Association

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