Tax
Latin America Guide 2025 : Venezuela
Band 2
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Provided by Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie's highly experienced Tax team is considered one of Venezuela’s most capable and dependable. With an advanced level of corporate tax knowledge, the team designs, implements and defend tax strategies for domestic and multinational companies.
The deep knowledge and experience handling complicated fiscal matters, enables us to provide tailored advice to clients in the increasingly complex Venezuelan market. We work to understand our client's unique business needs, with the aim of acting as a full-service business advisor.
Our commercially oriented advice combines up-to-date tax planning and transfer pricing with a good understanding of the challenging situation in Venezuela and our corporate legal expertise to achieve maximum transaction value.
Our team also advice on wealth management structuring, determining and forecasting risks and consequences and setting a path for taxation strategies for major multinational corporations. Our local practice is strengthened by one of the world's leading global tax networks.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie's strong practice group benefits from the firm's outstanding global reach. The team is adept at handling a diverse range of tax mandates, including tax planning and audits, along with contentious issues. The department possesses significant expertise in advising on the tax aspects of acquisitions, liquidations, and corporate restructurings, particularly those with cross-border elements. The firm's impressive client portfolio encompasses multinationals from sectors including pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and telecommunications.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie assisted Grupo Fuller with a tax audit conducted by the National Tax Administration.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Baker McKenzie is very well known for the high-level services it offers to its clients in delicate and challenging cases involving cross-border elements."
"Baker McKenzie is very well known for the high-level services it offers to its clients in delicate and challenging cases involving cross-border elements."
Notable Practitioners
Pre-eminent partner Ronald Evans boasts a stellar practice assisting clients with tax planning, as well as risk assessment, auditing, and tax advice related to operational shutdowns.
"Ronald Evans is my reference point. He is an excellent all-round professional and highly specialised. I am always pleased to refer my cases to him because he is also very personable."
"Ronald Evans knows tax very well. He always provides an international perspective, and he is always available."
Serviliano Abache joins the rankings and handles both advisory tax matters and tax litigation matters.
"Serviliano Abache is an excellent professional and very well-prepared and informed about tax cases."