Band 4
Provided by José Gregorio Torres
Tax Litigation
Tax
Dispute Resolution
- Permanent legal counsel of the Venezuelan Association of Hospitals and Clinics
- He has rendered his consulting and defense services to important companies in the Banking, Telecommunications, Health Services, Hospitality and Tourism Construction, Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Media, Air Transportation, Automobile, and E-Commerce industries, among others.
- He has represented national and foreign companies before the Higher Tax Courts, and Higher Administrative Courts and before the Supreme Court of Justice (Constitutional Chamber, and Political-Administrative Chamber).
- Head of Department at the law firm Torres, Plaz & Araujo (1997 – 2008)
- Head of the Administrative Investigations Division, Regional Office for Special Taxpayers, National Internal Revenue and Customs Service (SENIAT) for the Capital Region (1995 – 1997)
- Head of the Legal Department, Administrative Investigations Division, former Ministry of Finance (1994 – 1995)
National Tax Prosecutor of the Tax Control Division of the former Ministry of Finance (1991 – 1994)
- Member of the Lawyers' Institute of Caracas
- Member of the Venezuelan Association of Tax Law (AVDT).
- Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
- Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM)
- Former member of Board of Directors of the Venezuelan Tax Law Association (AVDT) (2003 – 2007).
- “La Prueba en el Derecho Tributario con Especial Referencia al Impuesto sobre la Renta” [“Evidence in Tax Law with Special Reference to Income Tax”], collective work published in Tax Law journal number 59; Venezuelan Tax Law Association
- “The new Tax Organic Code”. Collective work, Ediciones Torres, Plaz & Araujo
- Participated in the negotiations and drafting of the service contract between one of the most important clinics in Caracas and a major medical technology company, assessing the corporate and tax advantages and risks.
- Represented important import and export companies before different customs procedures, including post-clearance audits,, , regarding customs and Foreign Exhange matters.
- Advised on the design and structuring of a Joint Venture entered into by several participants in the technology sector, assisting in the negotiation of the economic participations of the parties and the responsibilities of each of them in the joint operation of the project.
- Assisted several clients in the process of selling real estate with agricultural potential, including a property spanning over than 5,000 hectares, a surface area subject to special regulations in Venezuela.
Provided by Chambers
José Gregorio Torres boasts extensive experience advising clients on contentious tax proceedings, including defending clients in cases relating to VAT withholdings in arrears.