Kristine Anne Mercado-Tamayo
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 3 : Tax
Band 3
About
Provided by Kristine Anne Mercado-Tamayo
Practice Areas
Kristine Anne Mercado-Tamayo is a partner in Quisumbing Torres, and heads the firm’s tax practice group and industrials, manufacturing & transportation industry group. She is also a member of the consumer goods & retail practice.
Kristine obtained her Doctor of Law degree from the Ateneo de Manila in 2005.
Kristine has 17 years of experience assisting and advising clients on tax issues relating to corporate reorganization and M&A, including pre-spinoff and post-acquisition restructuring. She also handles customs and international trade matters, including border and post-clearance disputes, and compliance with applicable government licensing, reporting and documentation requirements. She advocates for disputed assessments, representing clients before the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
She handles wealth management, including the areas of succession, estates and trusts, and advises wealth management institutions on tax considerations of offshore structures. She also advises high-net-worth individuals and families on wealth management solutions and tax planning tools.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kristine Anne Mercado-Tamayo has significant experience assisting clients with audit investigations and hearings before the Philippine Bureau of Customs. She also advises on law formulation, tax implications and other matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kristine is an excellent lawyer and communicator. She is very well connected with both the private sector and governmental agencies and I highly recommend her."
"Kristine is practical, responsive, discussed advantages and disadvantages and is good at providing timelines."
"Kristine is an excellent lawyer and communicator. She is very well connected with both the private sector and governmental agencies and I highly recommend her."
"Kristine is practical, responsive, discussed advantages and disadvantages and is good at providing timelines."