Juan Pablo Orellana
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 4 : Tax
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About
Provided by Juan Pablo Orellana
Practice Areas
Tax, Business Structures and Tax Planning, Corporate and Individual Taxation, International Taxation, and Tax Litigation and Dispute Resolution. M&A, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Sales and Mergers and Acquisitions Taxation.
Career
Juan Pablo Orellana is a partner of our tax department in Dentons' Santiago office. He co-leads the Dentons Latin America and The Caribbean Tax group.
He advises and provides consultancy services to domestic and foreign clients on personal and corporate, local, and multinational tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, and foreign investment transactions.
He also has broad experience in disputes, tax litigation, and administrative procedures before the Internal Revenue Service, Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, Tax Courts, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, and Constitutional Court.
Juan Pablo has written texts and books about tax law. He is a professor, and he was a director of postgraduate programs on tax law.
Professional Memberships
Chilean Bar Association
Publications
Co-author, “Tax treatment of mining in Chile” Thomson Reuters, Legal Publishing Chile, 2014.
Co-author, Chile chapter, “Is there a permanent establishment?”, Cahiers de Droit Fiscal, Studies on International Fiscal Law by the International Fiscal Association, Volume 94a, 2009.
Personal
Universidad de Chile, 2001, Master in Tax Law (LL.M.)
Universidad Diego Portales, 1995, JD.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Santiago-based partner Juan Pablo Orellana of Dentons Chile gains market endorsement for his activity in Chile's tax space. He skilfully handles a range of tax matters including domestic and international taxation, advice on income and indirect taxes, along with controversial tax cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Juan Pablo Orellana's business vision and experience differentiates him from other tax lawyers."
"Juan Pablo Orellana's business vision and experience differentiates him from other tax lawyers."