Rodrigo Álvarez

Practice Areas

Real Estate

Tax

Career

Rodrigo Álvarez co-heads the Tax practice area at DLA Piper in Chile. He has more than 20 years of experience advising Chilean and foreign clients on a wide range of tax matters, both inbound and outbound, having participated in the structuring of businesses and companies in Chile, as well as in tax compliance issues and conflicts with the tax authority. 

Rodrigo also has extensive experience in real estate and construction matters. He has advised over 100 commercial, housing, and industrial projects developed in Chile. His experience covers all stages of development of real estate and infrastructure projects as well as natural resources projects, including, among others, title studies and regularization of titles, structuring, permits and compliance with urban planning regulations, bidding, financing, and negotiation with financial institutions, land purchase, urban planning, long-term leases, leasing contracts, negotiation of construction contracts (EPC and BOT), and commercialization of the projects.

In addition, Rodrigo has extensive experience in corporate matters, which includes advising on due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, creation of consortiums, and also, in matters necessary for the development of the clients' day-to-day business.