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Mario Barrera Vázquez

Clark Hill

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly Regarded
Practice Areas:
Tax controversy
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Spanish
English
French
Biography

Seasoned tax attorney with a career spanning almost 30 years, advising multi-nationals and large domestic groups on issues concerning international taxation, transfer pricing, corporate taxation and Value Added Tax in Mexico.

Recent matter highlights
  • Advised a large domestic group in the reorganization and migration of its IP towards Luxembourg in a tax efficient manner.

  • Advised a multi-national real estate company in recovering its VAT refund claims from the government in an amount exceeding 7 million dollars.

     

  • Advised a US hospitality group in the sale of its interest in Mexico in a tax efficient matter.

     

  • Advising a Korean car company in re-aligning its transfer pricing policies taking into account newly imposed tariffs.

Key practice areas

Corporate Tax Matters

  • APAs

     

  • Corporate taxes

     

  • Cost-sharing arrangements

     

  • M&A

     

  • Restructuring

     

  • Transactions

Dispute Resolution

  • Audit support

     

  • Controversy management

     

  • Litigation

     

  • MAPs/ADRs

     

  • Pre-litigation

Indirect Tax

  • VAT

Tax Advisory

  • International tax advisory

     

  • Tax consulting

     

  • US outbound

Transfer Pricing

  • Audit defence

     

  • Business model optimisation

     

  • Business restructuring

     

  • Controversy management

     

  • Cost-sharing arrangements

     

  • Dispute resolution

     

  • International tax planning

     

  • Litigation

     

  • TP policy design

     

  • TP risk management

Sector specialisations
  • Automotive

     

  • Energy

     

  • Financial services

     

  • Food and beverage

     

  • Healthcare

     

  • Industrials

     

  • Insurance

     

  • Mining

     

  • Natural resources

     

  • Oil and gas

     

  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences

     

  • Real estate

     

  • Shipping

Academic qualifications
  • J. D. degree, Universidad de las Américas, 1999

     

  • International Tax Program certificate, Harvard Law School, 2000

     

  • LL. M. in taxation degree, Universidad Panamericana, 2004

Association memberships
  • International Fiscal Association, 2001
  • Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México, 2017
  • Club Harvard de México, 2000
Bar admissions

Mexican Bar, 1999

Address:
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma 115, 15th floor, Lomas de Chapultepec Sección II
Mexico City, 11000
Mexico
Tel:+525554323091 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.clarkhill.com

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