Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Delivering ‘high levels of technical specialisation and successful practical strategies’, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría's 13-strong team has significant sector expertise in banking, finance, telecoms, media, natural resources, transport, agriculture, insurance, and healthcare. In addition to its focus on corporate and private wealth, along with domestic and international tax planning and structuring, the full-service group routinely acts in high-stakes tax litigation and administrative procedures before Chile’s tax authorities. Other notable areas are tax advisory work, legal opinions and M&A transactions, as well as anti-avoidance rules, international restructuring and double taxation treaties. Recent mandates include assisting Chilean healthcare conglomerate Isapre Cruz Blanca with challenging a tax assessment issued by the Chilean Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Co-leading the team, current President of the Chilean Institute of Tax Law, Mario Silva, advises corporate, family office and private wealth clients on tax planning, corporate restructuring, and personal and corporate taxation; finance, energy and natural resources sector specialist Guillermo Infante assists with M&A-related tax issues; and former Chilean IRS official, Arturo Selman, heads up the firm’s tax disputes department. In the associate ranks, the workload of principal Ariel Castillo covers tax structuring, and cross-border and domestic reorganisations; ruling requests before Chile’s tax authorities; and assisting private clients with wealth organisation matters.