Fischer y Cía ‘stands out for its team of professionals with solid technical and academic training’. The 21-member team advises domestic and international business groups, private clients, families and corporations across a wide range of tax issues. The department’s representative expertise ranges from the tax aspects of general corporate matters, major M&A transactions and financing structures, to transfer pricing, private wealth, tax compliance, and estate planning and structuring. The firm also maintains a robust tax disputes and litigation practice. With ’deep knowledge of the country’s tax regulations’,  renowned name partner Alex Fischer routinely assists with personal and corporate tax planning, tax litigation, M&A and foreign investment structuring; Carolina Collantes advises on the tax issues surrounding M&A deals and corporate restructuring, in addition to high-stakes tax litigation; Juan Cristóbal Ortega‘s practice includes transaction structuring and ongoing tax advice; Isabel Espinoza is highly rated for international tax matters, and particularly focused on general corporate issues and deals; and May 2024-promoted practice director Patricio Casas heads up the firm’s tax litigation group. At associate level, seniors Juan Cristóbal ValenzuelaAntonia Menchaca and Macarena Reyne are the names to note, while the more junior Francisco Vial is ’always available to solve clients’ tax problems’.
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Work Department
General Tax Advisory.
Tax Litigation.
Private Wealth.
Position

Senior associate.
Mr. Valenzuela advises local and international clients with an emphasis in indirect taxes and tax planning.

Career

Juan Cristóbal Valenzuela has been outlined by the last editions of The Legal 500 as Rising Star, as well as elected as leader by his  peers at other international rankings.
Previously to joining Fischer y Cía. in January 2021, Mr. Valenzuela was a Senior Associate at Baraona Fischer & Cía. since 2008. Before, he worked at the Legal Department of the Chilean Internal Revenue Service (2000 – 2008).  He was a teacher assistant of the Economic Law Department at Universidad de Chile School of Law for over 5 years.

Languages
Spanish.
Education

Mr. Valenzuela earned his law degree at Universidad de Chile, School of Law (1997).

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  • ‘Personalised service and top-level professionals. A team with a distinct dynamic. They put egos aside, and that's key.’

  • ‘Stands out for its team of professionals with solid technical and academic training. However, what truly sets them apart is their ability to propose innovative and always well-founded solutions.’