Gerardo Nieto

Practice Areas

Specialized in tax and administrative issues, consultant and litigant, strategist and business advisor.

He is a member of the Strategic Committee of the Firm.

Career

Gerardo has more than 37 years of professional experience attending tax, administrative and constitutional matters. He has given conferences in Mexico and abroad for multiple organizations on tax and administrative topics.

Professional Memberships

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

Former World Chair of the Tax Committee of Lex Mundi, the world’s largest alliance of Independent law Firms.

Former Chair of the Mexican Bars Board Association,

He is an active member of the International Fiscal Association. (IFA).

He is an active member of the Tax Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Gerardo is also a member of the Tax Committee of the International Chambers of Commerce, Mexico Chapter.

He is a member of the International VAT Association.

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

Publications

Is the author of the essay “Unconstitutionality of the Assets Tax Law”. Is the creator of the Perimetric Principle (Principio Perimétrico), a legal tool for the interpretation and application of tax treaties to avoid the double taxation, which has been analized even by the Supreme Court of Justice. He is coauthor of "Tax Controversy" book, Edited by Thomson Reuters. He has been author of many legal-technical articles that have been published in specialized magazines.

Experience

Gerardo has over 25 years of experience as professor of tax law at Universidad Panamericana, both in the Mexico City and the Guadalajara campuses. He is also frequently invited as a speaker in different forums in Mexico and abroad by different universities, as well as by organizations such as the Mexican Corporate Counsel Association, different chambers of industry and commerce, the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the International Fiscal Association, Lex Mundi, the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, the International VAT Association, the Colegio de Abogados of Madrid, Spain, among others.

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English

Education

Awards