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Luis Gerardo Del Valle Torres

Luis Gerardo Del Valle Torres

Work Department

Tax Transactions Tax Legislation & Regulations Tax Litigation Tax Controversy

Position

Managing Director

Career

Mr. Del Valle is Managing Director at the Law Firm of de Jáuregui y Del Valle, S.C. (2013 to date). He is also Founding Partner and Chairman of the Board at the Law Firm of Del Valle Torres, S.C. (2008 to date) and was a Partner at the Law Firm of Jáuregui, Navarrete y Del Valle, S.C. (2002-2008).  Mr. Del Valle over the past 20 years has actively participated in some of Mexico’s most important Tax Transactions. Mr. Del Valle specializes in Tax Consultancy, including Domestic and Cross-border Transactions; Structuring of Real Estate Funds, Infrastructure and Private Equity Funds, Private Clients, Tax Litigation and Tax Policy.

Languages

Spanish, English and French.

Memberships

Mr. Del Valle is President of the Board of Directors of Pueblo Hacia Arriba Foundation (Fundación Pueblo Hacia Arriba). He is Board Member of the American Chamber Mexico and President of the Fiscal Committee of this Organization. He is Member of the International Fiscal Association, the International Academy of Trust and Estate Law, the Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados, the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados), the College of Professors and Researchers of Tax Law and Public Finance (Colegio de Profesores e Investigadores de Derecho Fiscal y Finanzas Públicas), the National Association of Business Lawyers (Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa), the STEP México (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), the National Legion of Honor of Mexico, President of the Board of Trustees of The Aspen Institute México, A.C., for the period 2019 - 2021, Board member of the International Tax Specialist Group “ITSG” and Member of the Young Presidents Organization "YPO".

Education

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Attorney at Law, Magna Cum Laude; University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, Master of Commercial Law, British-Chevening Scolarship; New York University, School of Law, Master in International Tax Law. Mr. Del Valle received from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) authorities the Eduardo García Maynez and Gabino Barreda medals for obtaining the highest academic achievement in his class.

Leisure

Mr. Del Valle has written articles on Tax Law, Tax Litigation and Amparo Proceedings. He is the author of “The Mexican Federal Tax System 'Its review under Economic and Legal Principles' (Sistema Fiscal Federal Mexicano.- Su Revisión ante los Principios Jurídicos y Económicos) edited by the Federal Tribunal of Tax and Administrative Justice. He is currently Professor at the National University Autonomous of Mexico.