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Private Wealth Law - Chile
What the Team is Known For
Allende Bascuñán & Cia acts for high net worth clients and family offices on a number of matters within wealth and tax planning such as offshore trust structuring. The firm routinely advises closely held enterprise owners, and it is capable of handling cross-border work.
Strengths
They are very good to work with, very professional and give great instructions for clients. They organise the clients so that things are seamless, regardless of language or cross-border issues.
They are up-to-date with the tax and regulations. They seriously study matters and take the time to understand the objectives before giving specific advice. I find the team very business-oriented.
The firm has the expertise to handle complex matters which involve Chilean and international laws. The partners and associates are well-versed and clear on what is required for each transaction.
Notable practitioners
We have worked with Francisco on international transactions which resulted in positive outcomes. He has the required knowledge to go through the matters with ease, on time and keeping to the budget.
Francisco is very good at bringing together people and building long-term client relationships. In international trust structuring, he is a star and is really building a network for himself.
José Luis Ibáñez is a wealth management and corporate law specialist. He is capable of working cross-border and on complex matters, including tax and corporate advice, wills and family structures.
Having worked with José Luis on matters which require knowledge of local and international laws, his timing regarding responses and actions was excellent.
José has a great manner with clients and provides them with a high level of expert service. He is pragmatic and gets the job done.
Mauricio is an experienced lawyer assisting high net worth clients on planning and trust reorganisation. He often works on cross-border investments, and the set up of structures in Canada, New Zealand and the US.
Mauricio is an expert tax advisor who provides clear advice and solutions on complex tax issues.
He definitely represents wealthy clients. He is very knowledgeable on the local laws and personable. He appears to be well connected with cross-border groups of lawyers.
I am impressed by his ability in building a great team of advisors. He is a very technical tax lawyer but is also able to bring in that human touch and build a rapport with the family.