International: Digital Tax Services in Latin America

José P. Barnola Jr. joined Baker McKenzie in 1996 and became partner in 2003. He is a senior member of the Venezuela tax practice group and counsel of the tax practice group in Mexico, and has extensive experience in tax advice, transactional tax and tax litigation. José has authored over 30 legal articles on several legal and tax issues published in Venezuela, United States, Canada and México (see list in https://www.linkedin.com/in/josepbarnolajr/) and has over 18 years' experience as tax law professor. He has written and spoken on investment protection and tax planning, cross-border distribution activities, corporate reorganizations, VAT, tax litigation, employee taxation and other hot topics of the Venezuelan tax system. Since 2018, José has been based in Baker McKenzie's office in Mexico City on a special temporary assignment, where he provides complex planning and transactional investment protection and tax advice, especially for the oil and gas industry, as well as tax litigation. José is the Latin America representative in Baker McKenzie's Tax Dispute Resolution Global Steering Committee, in charge of designing and implementing the global, regional and local strategic plans of the Firm.

Martin Barreiro is experienced in various areas of tax law. He is a member of the Buenos Aires Bar Association, the American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina, the Tax Sub-Committee and the Argentine Association of Taxation Studies. His extensive list of publications include "New Argentine Social Security System" for the International Company and Commercial Law Review and "The S.R.L. in the tax planning of US investors in Argentina" for the Economic and Tax Journal.

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Diana Juarez Martinez joined the Tax Practice Group of Baker McKenzie’s Mexico City office in 2008. She advises on general tax planning and international taxation.

Ciro is a lawyer graduated from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and a specialist in Tax Law from Universidad del Rosario. In 2006 he obtained a LL.M. degree in International and Comparative Law from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, USA.
Over almost 20 years, he has advised companies in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, technology, mass consumption and mining sectors, on matters related to tax planning and consulting, and litigation. From 2006 to 2010, he worked as a tax manager at Deloitte Colombia. Prior to this, he served as associate for two firms focused on tax and international trade. He has also been a professor of tax law courses at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Externado de Colombia and Universidad ICESI.
Ciro joined Baker McKenzie in 2010, and since 2014 he heads the Firm's Tax practice group in Bogotá.

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Jorge Narváez-Hasfura is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Mexico office. With 32 years of experience, he has been voted as a leading tax practitioner in Mexico on tax litigation, transfer pricing and indirect taxation by the International Tax Review. He has been nominated to appear in the Guide to the World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers. He has been voted as one of the leading tax practitioners in Mexico by Chambers & Partners every year since 2011, and praised by well-known international publications for his transfer pricing and corporate reorganization work alongside his very strong practice in tax rulings, treaties and litigation.

Adriana Stamato leads the group of indirect taxes, working with in consulting and litigation matters. She has extensive experience in assisting clients in corporate reorganizations, tax planning, risk assessment, tax inspections, modeling of new businesses, obtaining special regimes, among others. Adriana also has extensive experience in analyzing the different tax regimes applicable to each sector, having assisted clients in selecting the best business model for implementing structures in Brazil. She represents customers in the automotive, technology, energy, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, hygiene and cosmetics, retail, agribusiness and services, etc.
*Trench Rossi Watanabe and Baker McKenzie have executed a strategic cooperation agreement for consulting on foreign law.

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Catalina is a member of the Tax practice group in Baker McKenzie's Santiago office. She has experience in energy, IT, real estate, financing and health industries, assisting both local and multinational companies. She has been a member of the tax departments of two leading Big Four accounting firms prior to joining Baker McKenzie in 2019.

Laura Durán is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Bogotá office. She graduated from Universidad de los Andres, specialized in administrative law at the Universidad del Rosario, and has an LLM in International Taxation at King's College London. She has eight years of experience in tax matters, both nationally and internationally, and focuses on consulting and tax panning matters. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Laura worked as an associate in Godoy Hoyos Abogados in Colombia.

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