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Juan Pablo Orellana

Juan Pablo Orellana

Latin America 2026

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About

Provided by Dentons Chile

Practice Areas

Tax, Business Structures and Tax Planning, Corporate and Individual Taxation, International Taxation, and Tax Litigation and Dispute Resolution. M&A, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Sales and Mergers and Acquisitions Taxation.

Career

Juan Pablo Orellana is a partner of our tax department in Dentons' Santiago office. He co-leads the Dentons Latin America and The Caribbean Tax group.

He advises and provides consultancy services to domestic and foreign clients on personal and corporate, local, and multinational tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, and foreign investment transactions.

He also has broad experience in disputes, tax litigation, and administrative procedures before the Internal Revenue Service, Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, Tax Courts, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, and Constitutional Court.

Juan Pablo has written texts and books about tax law. He is a professor, and he was a director of postgraduate programs on tax law.

Professional Memberships

Chilean Bar Association

Publications

Co-author, “Tax treatment of mining in Chile” Thomson Reuters, Legal Publishing Chile, 2014.

Co-author, Chile chapter, “Is there a permanent establishment?”, Cahiers de Droit Fiscal, Studies on International Fiscal Law by the International Fiscal Association, Volume 94a, 2009.

Personal

Universidad de Chile, 2001, Master in Tax Law (LL.M.)

Universidad Diego Portales, 1995, JD.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Latin America

Tax - Chile

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Santiago-based partner Juan Pablo Orellana of Dentons Chile gains market endorsement for his activity in Chile's tax space. He skilfully handles a range of tax matters including domestic and international taxation, advice on income and indirect taxes, along with controversial tax cases.

Strengths

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  • Juan Pablo Orellana is an excellent professional - ethical, reliable and always up to date.

    TaxChambers Latin America

Ranked Individuals at Dentons Chile (20)

Chile

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