DLA Piper Chile

DLA Piper Chile covers a range of tax areas,  including day-to-day tax consultancy, income tax, VAT, compliance, and structuring M&A, venture capital and private equity deals. The group also comprises experts in wealth management, tax audits, and administrative procedures before the Chilean Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Customs Authority, as well as tax litigation before Chile’s Tax and High Courts. It additionally handles  tax matters and restructuring procedures for start-up companies. The practice is further able to leverage the firm’s global tax practice, in relation to double taxation treaties, cross-border transactions and transfer pricing. Amory Heine advises on corporate and personal tax planning; and Rodrigo Álvarez assists with tax compliance, conflicts involving Chile’s Tax Authority, and structuring businesses and companies. In the senior associate pool, Francisco Argüello's ‘support and experience are essential’; and tax litigator José Ignacio Basualto is a February 2024 hire from PricewaterhouseCoopers Consultores, Auditores y Compañía Limitada.