Fuensalida & Del Valle Abogados

With the ‘ability to plan and understand taxes’, Fuensalida & Del Valle Abogados is a law firm that is exclusively dedicated to corporate tax matters, private wealth management issues, and administrative and judicial tax litigation. The 16-strong team’s expertise extends to securities and capital markets-related taxation; the design and implementation of efficient tax and corporate structures; and the fiscal impact of complex corporate restructurings that frequently involve cross-border acquisitions and global reorganisations. Also of note, the firm’s tax litigators have a strong track record in significant tax assessments and trials that are conducted in Chile. The group’s principal figures are name partner Carolina Fuensalida (’stands out for her professionalism and intelligence’), whose experience includes high-stakes tax litigation, domestic and international restructurings, corporate tax planning, and general tax advisory work; fellow co-founding partner Jaime Del Valle, an expert in wealth planning and restructuring, as well as the tax side to securities and capital markets; corporate group head Cristóbal Ureta, who also co-leads the administrative and judicial litigation team; and local tax planning department head Trinidad Fernandez. In the firm’s associate team, senior Pelayo Valdivia acts for both Chilean and foreign clients on tax issues, while the more junior Felipe Fernández is ‘destined to go very far’.