With ‘solid experience in tax issues’, regional law firm Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría is home to senior lawyers (as well as an in-house accountant), who advise on corporate and private wealth, and domestic and international tax planning and structuring. The full-service, fourteen-member practice group is also experienced in tax litigation and administrative procedures before Chile’s tax authorities, along with tax advisory work and M&A transactions. It is additionally sought out to provide legal opinions on anti-avoidance rules, international restructuring processes and double taxation treaties; and the practice’s sector expertise encompasses banking and finance, telecoms, media, natural resources, transport, agriculture, insurance and healthcare. The team is co-led by current President of the Chilean Institute of Tax Law, Mario Silva, an adviser to corporations and family offices on corporate and personal taxation, tax planning and corporate restructuring; Guillermo Infante, an expert in the finance, energy and natural resources industries, in addition to M&A deals; and Arturo Selman, who is experienced in tax proceedings before Chile’s IRS, as well as litigation before the Tax and Customs Courts, Appeals Courts and Supreme Court. At associate level, principal Ariel Castillo specialises in tax structuring and cross-border and domestic reorganisations; and María Jesús Ibáñez is an experienced international tax lawyer.
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‘High level of quality in the reports and arguments presented, solid experience in tax issues, and strategic conflict management that is very well addressed.’
‘Great team involvement at all levels, including partners.’
‘Very high-level technical knowledge and very precise.’
‘Availability and interest in knowing the client's business.’
‘Mario Silva and Arturo Selman are outstanding.’
'A firm with a lot of knowledge on the subject, and with answers to each of the questions requested by the Internal Revenue Service.'
'Very prepared people and a tremendous attitude to solve problems, within the required deadlines.'
Key clients
- Resource Capital Funds
- Isapre Cruz Blanca
- Grenergy Renovables
- AD Retail
- Patagonia Biotecnología
Work highlights
- Advised Resource Capital Funds on the tax aspects of its equity financing for the development of a mining project.
- Advised Grenergy Renovables on the tax aspects of its project financing for two photovoltaic projects.
- Advised AD Retail on the tax matters associated with its merger with Empresas La Polar.
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Practice head
Mario Silva; Guillermo Infante; Arturo Selman