The team at Quisumbing Torres brings expertise in local and international law, often handling complex tax litigation, wealth management, and tax structuring issues. The practice’s broad client base spans the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, financial services, and technology industries. Leading the practice, Kristine Anne Mercado-Tamayo advises on tax planning, audits, and dispute resolution matters, and she has specialist knowledge in the industrial, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. Maria Ana Camila Jacinto-Lagustan's areas of expertise include corporate restructuring, tax deficiency assessments, and tax litigation.
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Testimonials
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‘The team has excellent relationships and contact with the relevant tax authorities, an ability to solve cases at an administrative level, strong negotiating power, and handles cases with the necessary tact and sensitivity.’
‘Kristine Anne Mercado-Tamayo has strong and wide knowledge of Philippines tax matters and provides value-added advice to the point. Her refined negotiation skills in tax audits led to an excellent outcome, surpassing our expectations in terms of timing and settlement achieved.'
Key clients
- Alphabet (Google Inc)
- Universal Entertainment Corporation
Work highlights
Representing the Philippine subsidiary of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in an ongoing judicial protest with the CTA against deficiency tax assessments issued by the BIR for calendar year 2020.
Advised a leading local delivery platform on the tax implications of cross-border services, specifically digital services rendered to Philippine business customers, in light of a series of controversial circulars issued by the BIR which appear to deviate from clear statutory rules and settled jurisprudence.
Representing a global leading cloud computing and ad services provider in over 7 litigation matters across all its Philippine subsidiaries.
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Practice head
Kristine Anne Mercado-Tamayo
Other key lawyers
Maria Ana Camila Jacinto-Lagustan