Ernst & Young (Santiago)

The huge, 72-strong, team at multinational professional services firm EY Chile is ‘one of the great local reference points for tax matters’. The practice acts across the gamut of tax disciplines, its expertise covering corporate, international and transactional taxation, as well as compliance and reporting issues; and the Santiago office further leverages the firm’s extensive global network for cross-border work. Tax practice head Javiera Contreras focuses on corporate and international taxation; Pablo Greiber’s specialisms include the taxation of family businesses; and Alicia Domínguez is the lead mining and energy tax partner. The next line of active practitioners features Cristián Sepúlveda Reed, who ’produces excellent results’; Darío Romero, who focuses on cross-border transactions, investment projects and public concession tenders; Juan Pablo Navarrete, whose career includes working as international associate at Chadbourne & Parke’s New York office; Nicolás Brancoli, who advises companies on corporate and international taxation; and Nicolás Orezzoli, ‘an excellent adviser on cross-border matters’, who was promoted to the partnership in July 2022. Associate Nicolás Grof has over 10 years’ experience in tax advisory matters.