PRACTICE AREAS
- International Corporate and Finance Transactions
- Pre-Immigration Planning
- International Estate and Succession Planning
- Real Estate
- Global Compliance
Experience
- Tax Planning for international transactions and investments.
- Tax planning involving FIRPTA and U.S. investment structures.
- Treaty-based tax optimization structures.
- Pre-immigration tax planning for non-resident aliens.
- Tax planning for international individuals and families.
- FATCA compliance.
- Aircraft financing and leasing.
- Tax aspects of project finance.
Education
- New York University School of Law, LL.M. in International Taxation, 2000
- Escuela Libre de Derecho, Graduate Degree in Taxation, Mexico D.F., 1995
- Escuela Libre de Derecho, Law Degree, Mexico D.F., 1992
Bar & Court Admissions
Professional Associations
- Tax Club, Member
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association
- La Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados, A.C.
Selected Articles
- Co-Author, “Derecho Fiscal Internacional,” Instituto Nacional Autónomo de México, Editorial Porrúa, 2011
- Co-Author, “The New Income, Gift and Estate Tax Regime for Expatriating
- Individuals,” Warren’s Heaton Legislative & Case Digest, October 2009
- Co-Author, “The Future Will Be Better Tomorrow:
- The Obama Tax Agenda is Released,” GT Alert, May 2009
- Co-Author, “IRS Provides Favorable Guidance on, and Parameters for, Convertible
- Bond Hedge Issuances,” Practical US/Domestic Tax Strategies, November 2007
- Co-Author, “The New Mexican Flat Rate Business Contribution and its Creditability for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes,” Practical Mexican Tax Strategies, September/October 2007
Selected Lectures
- Speaker, NFP International Symposium on Offshore Business Opportunities, May 22, 2014
- Speaker, “An Introduction to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA),” GT Seminar, May 8, 2014
- Speaker, “Cross Border Transactions – Corporate and Tax Considerations Relating to Choice of Mexican Entity,” GT Seminar, March 20, 2014
- Speaker, “Problemática Fiscal Derivada de la Doble Ciudadanía (Mexico-EEUU) y Sus Alternativas de Solución,” Step Capítulo México Seminario Anual 2014, March 19, 2014
- Speaker, “Seminario Precios de Transferencia: Perspectiva Integral Sobre Factores Decisivos Para Las Empresas,” Thomson Reuters/Mexican Stock Exchange, Mexico City, September 26, 2013
- Speaker, “El Alcance Transfronterizo de las Reglas FATCA,” Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C., May 23, 2013
- Speaker, “The Far Reaching Impact of FATCA Across Borders and Across Industries,” GT Seminar, April 18, 2013
- Speaker, “International Planning under FATCA,” Crump’s Affluent Market Spring Symposium, New York, NY, April 9, 2013
- Speaker, “The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA),” GT Seminar, Mexico City, Mexico, June 22, 2012
- Speaker, “Structuring U.S. Real Estate Investments,” International Wealth Planners, New York, January 26, 2012
- Speaker, “Immigration and Tax Law: What’s the Connection?” Immigration Litigation Committee, The ABA Section of Litigation, November 16, 2011
- Speaker, “International Tax: Inbound and Outbound Issues and Current Developments,” International Legal Training, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, October 20, 2011
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