Holland & Knight Mexico Practice - Taxation by Holland & Knight

Taxation Practice Holland & Knight's Mexico Taxation Practice offers domestic and International tax services, as well as estate tax and succession planning. Our team interprets, structures and negotiates client transactions and designs strategies to maximize tax benefits and minimize liability. Our attorneys are members of the firm's global Taxation Practice, which includes more than 80 lawyers worldwide who work collaboratively to achieve our clients' goals.

Domestic and International Tax Services Our Mexico Taxation Team advises clients in domestic and international corporate reorganizations, investment vehicles, startups and financing structures, as well as in designing tax-efficient strategies on different types of client transactions to avoid tax overpayment at a domestic or international level. Our attorneys provide significant planning to Mexican companies in their international expansions and cross-border operations. We have structured novel ways to reduce the impact of taxes on a variety of transactions. We advise small to large corporations and individuals on how to avoid tax pitfalls, and help them develop preventive measures to limit their tax liability and strategies to benefit from available tax credits. We also provide representation in tax audit procedures, during legal challenges and before various local, state and federal regulatory and governmental agencies.

Estate Tax and Succession Planning Members of our estate and patrimonial tax planning advise high-net-worth individuals and families, including executives of private and public companies; principals of private equity, venture capital and hedge fund firms; and entrepreneurs, celebrities and owners of closely held businesses, in all aspects of business succession planning and wealth transfer. Each wealth plan that we devise is personally tailored to a client's current circumstances and long-term goals. Every comprehensive lifetime wealth transfer plan that we develop involves an iterative process that includes continual attention and adaptation to ensure that it remains responsive to changes in the client's situation and future goals. As wealth, family circumstances and laws change, so must the plan. Hence, our advice will always be dynamic in furtherance to design and implement tax-efficient wealth transfer strategies. In addition, our team has in-depth experience on offshore tax compliance needed by anyone with foreign assets. We provide assistance regarding compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) – two new sets of regulations providing for an automatic exchange of financial information between countries. We have assisted Mexicans with foreign assets on the best manner for structuring ownership and reporting those assets. The goal of our offshore tax compliance team is to keep you compliant in the ever-changing world of foreign asset taxation. Our clients range from the largest Fortune 100 company list to individuals protecting their personal and business assets. The firm's multioffice platform enables us to draw on experienced practitioners in every major market center to deliver service and experience from across a wide range of industries and business formats. With more than 1,300 attorneys in 28 offices across the globe, the value that we bring is the coordinated efforts of professionals with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints to help ensure that our clients receive the most upto-date interpretations of tax and business opportunities available anywhere.