Alejandro Barrera Fernández

Practice Areas

Specialized in general tax consulting offering a wide spectrum of tax advisory services including international taxation, tax audits, litigation and dispute esolution, tax compliance, tax planning & strategy, direct and indirect taxes, personal tax advice, and transfer pricing.

Professional Memberships

Former Chair of the Tax Committee of the Mexican Corporate Counsel Association (ANADE).

Active member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).

Member of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados).

Alejandro is member of the International Tax Committee of the College of Mexican Public Accountants (Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México).

Alejandro is Member of the Board of the Mexican-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (CAMEBRA).

Co-Chair of the Tax Committee of the Mexican-French Chamber of Commerce (Cámara de Comercio Franco Mexicana)

He is member of the Fulbright Scholars Association.

Member in Mexico of The Society of Trust and State Practitioners (STEP)

Publications

Co-author of the book “Introduction to International Taxation” published by the Institute of Public Accountants of Mexico 2006, 2009 and 2016.

He has been author of many legal-technical articles that have been published in specialized magazines in Mexico and abroad, and concurrently has been interviewed on the media on tax matters.

Languages Spoken

Spanish

English

Portuguese

Career

Alejandro has more than 28 years of professional experience attending tax matters.

Previously to Basham, Ringe y Correa he worked at the Federal Tax Prosecution Agency (Procuraduría Fiscal de la Federación) and then at Probursa International, Inc., a Brokerage Mexican firm based in New York.

Experience

Professor to International Taxation and Tax Treaties courses for over 20 years at the Masters of Laws in Taxation at Universidad Panamericana in Mexico, Santa Fe and Aguascalientes. Alejandro is also professor in International Taxation for the Master of Laws Tax programs as well as Taxation on the Juris Doctor Program for Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the Universidad Anahuac. He is a frequent speaker on tax matters in different forums in Mexico and abroad including the International Fiscal Association, US-Mexico Bar Association, Procopio Tax Institute, the Mexican Bar Association and the Public Accountants College of Mexico, among others

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