Our Team
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Professional experience
Between 1999 and 2004, lawyer of the International Standards Department of the SII in the application and interpretation of international tax rules.
21 years of professional experience in tax matters, 12 of which he was a leading partner of Tax & Legal at BDO. He has been ad-honorem counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (SII) between 2008 and 2014.
He was representative of Chile to the OECD Tax Forum, Paris, France and Mexico City, Mexico. Consultant of the IDB for Nicaragua and of the National Superintendency of Tax Administration (SUNAT) of Peru.
- Professor of Tax Law in undergraduate courses at Universidad Alberto Hurtado.
- Professor at Universidad de Santiago (USACH) in the Master in Tax Planning and Management.
- Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in LLM Magister in Law, mention in Tax Law.
- Ranking Best Lawyer, recognized since 2020 in the area of Tax Law.
- Languages: Spanish and English.
Profile and studies
Lawyer from Universidad de Chile.
Master of Laws in Taxation (“Master of Laws in Taxation – LLM”), Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, United States, 2001-2002.
Fulbright Scholar in 2001.
Postgraduate degree in Economics and Finance, Universidad de Chile.
President of the Chilean Institute of Tax Law from 2013 – 2017, where he is now a member. Member of the Chilean Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association (IFA).