Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos’ ‘tax team is made up of highly-qualified professionals with extensive experience’. The seven-strong department, which fuses tax experience with corporate law, litigation and mining expertise, is led by ’brilliant lawyer’ and tax litigator Javier Cerón. Providing key support at associate level, María Paz De Carcer acts for corporate and HNW individuals on tax structuring, as well as domestic and international tax matters, while Brian Bustos, Tamara Campos, Ivanna Olsen and Elizabeth Paya are also key tax team members.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Cariola's tax team is made up of highly-qualified professionals with extensive experience.’
  • ‘Their advice is comprehensive, timely and detailed.’
  • ‘They are always at the forefront of the latest events. Their advice is comprehensive and they propose different alternatives and scenarios that facilitate good decision making.’
  • ‘Cariola's quality of service is far superior to that of any other team of lawyers and their response times are fast.’
  • ‘Javier Cerón is highly committed to his clients - permanent availability and explains issues very simply despite their complexity.’
  • ‘Javier Cerón offers clients a lot of peace of mind despite the delicacy of the issues.’
  • ‘Javier Cerón is a brilliant lawyer.’
  • ‘Ivanna Olsen is an outstanding tax associate.’

Key clients

  • Río Tinto
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Whoosh
  • Warner Bros Discovery
  • Mercado Libre
  • Transvip
  • Bicicletas Publicas de Santiago (Tembici)
  • Prize
  • MarVal (Maritima Valparaiso)

Work highlights

  • Advised Rio Tinto on a joint venture with Codelco for copper exploration in Chile.
  • Advised Warner Bros-Discovery on the sale of CNN Chile.
  • Advised Whoosh on its landing in Chile.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Javier Cerón