Acting for individuals, as well as domestic and multinational companies, Dentons' team in Chile is ‘exceptional for the provision of clear, incisive, bespoke legal advice’. The Santiago practice handles the gamut of tax work, including transaction structuring, tax planning, day-to-day advisory work and tax litigation. The department also covers corporate structure, wealth succession and personal estate planning. Focused on personal and corporate tax planning and local and international taxation, Juan Pablo Orellana is ’very strong at bringing teams together across numerous jurisdictions’; Karen Kulka maintains a wide-ranging tax practice; and Francisco Hurtado's track record includes tax trials against the IRS. At associate level, Agustin Rodriguez advises on domestic and foreign taxation; and international tax, corporate and investment law practitioner Constanza Reyes is a March 2024 arrival from Deloitte Legal Chile. Ismael Vergara exited the firm in May.
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‘Up-to-date knowledge of tax regulations.’
‘Business-oriented and a good network of contacts.’
‘Exceptional for the provision of clear, incisive, bespoke legal advice.’
‘The team offers both global reach and local experience - capable of distilling big picture ambitions into actionable results. Exceptional at every turn.’
‘Juan Pablo Orellana is very trustworthy.’
‘Juan Pablo Orellana really understands his clients and has an extraordinary ability to work seamlessly with client teams to the extent that clients can forget he is an outside adviser as he integrates so tightly with the deal team.’
‘Juan Pablo Orellana has amazing responsiveness, deep technical knowledge and very sound judgement. He has superb knowledge of the LatAm market generally, and is very strong at bringing teams together across numerous jurisdictions.’
‘Juan Pablo Orellana is an outstanding partner.’
Key clients
- Lipton
- SK Inversiones Automotrices
- Mall & Outlets Vivo
- Banco de Crédito e Inversiones
- Ingeniería y Construcción Sigdo Koppers
- Amazon Global
- Rio King
- SMU
- Enaex
- Sumup
Work highlights
Advised Rio King on the tax side to restructuring assets, investments, real estate, and shares in foreign companies, so as to transform short-term liabilities into long-term debt.
Assisted a fruit exporter with the tax issues surrounding a a corporate reorganisation process.
Advised on the tax side to the cross-border merger of two companies.
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Practice head
Juan Pablo Orellana