Antonio G. Lobón

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Antonio G. Lobón has a Degree in Law from Complutense University of Madrid, a Master’s Degree in Tax Law from the University of Deusto, Bilbao and Spanish CPA and is trained in the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. He is member of Madrid Bar Association and the Spanish Institute of Chartered Accountants.

After 36 years of experience with KPMG, he retired in October 2014 since he reached the statutory retirement age. He started his career at KPMG in Madrid in 1978, became partner in 1987 and moved in 1999 to New York office where, amongst other responsibilities, he was the Partner-in-charge of Latin-American Legal Services, served Global Accounts in Latin-America and leaded the Spanish and Portuguese Centers of Excellence in that Office.

He specializes in European Union Tax Legislation as well as International Taxation, restructuring, cross border transactions, due diligence and M&A, in different sectors. Some of the sectors that he has rendered services to are: Banking & Financial services, including Funds and Alternative Investments industries, Oil & Gas, Car Manufacturing, Food & Beverages, Hotel Chains, Communications; Cement & Construction, Airlines and related services.

Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Law
  • Tax Law
  • International Law
  • Immigration and nationality

Publications and Conferences

Antonio has participated in various conferences and seminars, has presented several lectures on International Taxation and participated in writing articles, amongst others:

  • 2006 – Ilustre Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México Conference – Acapulco, Mexico – Topic: International Taxation;
  • 2006 – International Tax Review Publication – Topic: Spanish Holding Regime;
  • 2008 – Practical Latin American Tax Strategies Publication – Topic: Structuring Latin American Investments via Spanish ETVE Holding Company;
  • 2011 – Anefac 20th Anniversary International Taxation Conference – Topic: Recent developments in the International Taxation Arena

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • Spanish

Firm Description:

Larrauri & Marti Abogados is a Law Firm with more than 37 professionals, specializing in different law fields that cover all Company law areas.

We form multidisciplinary teams to study the issues from all legal perspectives required by the client. These teams always include one of our partners who gets directly involved with each case we handle.  This represents the main difference in how we provide our services.

At the present time, our firm has offices in Madrid, Bilbao and Malaga. We are also a member of an international alliance of cooperating firms throughout 16 countries, which allows us to provide our clients the legal support that they need in side and outside Spain.

Our success is based on the values that consolidate our firm:

  • The EXCELLENCY of our services that we achieve thanks to the personal and direct implication of our partners in all matters which guarantees agile, interactive, solid, and efficient legal counseling for our clients.
  • The TRAINING of our lawyers.  We aim for the constant advancement of knowledge in order to provide our clients with innovative and efficient service.
  • Constant COMMUNICATION with our clients, helping us make critical decisions for them and decide the best way to intervene in defense of their interests.  We cooperate with our clients in order to minimize the legal risk and maximize the results.

History

The firm Laurrauri & Marti ABOGADOS began in January 2009 from the fusion of two heavy weights from the Spanish legal profession, Josu Larrauri and Jose Marti.   Together they add up to more than 46 years of experience within the business.

The purpose of such union has been to create a firm capable of offering complete and quality service to our clients.

Our system is based on four basic pillars: direct communication with our partners, adaptation to our clients’ needs, search for efficient solutions and rendering of quick and high-quality legal services.

Clients

We provide advice to a wide range of national and international clients; mainly, small and medium-size companies of various fields and sectors as well as large companies in matters that require great expertise.

We also collaborate with other law firms providing them coverage and services in those areas in which they do not count with specialists.

Our clientele is very heterogeneous what enables us to know several industries, ways of operating and understanding business and provides us a wider and more innovative vision of the legal issues. We always try to adapt ourselves to our clients’ needs according to their activity, characteristics, organisation and sector where they operate.

The Firm offers excellent legal services, with the dynamism that the present business world requires and with the permanent implication of our partners in each and all the projects.

We are permanently in contact with our clients; we send them periodic reports on the status of their matters and hold meetings to be aware of their needs and the new issues that may arise en each moment.\

 

Jo Vanbelle

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Education:

·    University : Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Louvain), Law School, Master of Laws cum laude

·    High school: Classical division Latin-Greek (final degree: 85%)

Professional qualifications:

·    Lawyer, Member of the Bar Association of Brussels (since 1995)

·    Deputy Judge (Juge de Paix & Juge de Police) in Brussels (since 2006)

·    Visiting Professor in  Law (since 1990)

·    Editor-in-Chief of “Jura Falconis”, law review of Louvain Law School (1992-1995) and of “Tijdschrift huurrecht”, law review on property and renting law (1995-1998)

·    Author of several (ca. 35) legal publications (books, essays, etc.), court case reviews on specific legal topics related to real estate, company law, and contracts, financial and banking law – some of which are still used as references within the industry.

Tax Law Practice:

·    (Inter)national tax planning and recommendations (direct taxes, VAT, local and regional taxes, European tax law, inheritance tax) for companies and high-net-worth individuals

·    Tax litigation (administration and courts)

·    Tax and financial criminal law

Vanbelle Law:

Vanbelle Law offers highly specialised advices, assistance and solutions for the professional market covering both (inter)national companies and enterprises wishing to establish, merge, acquire or improve their business in Belgium or elsewhere in Europe, or wanting to obtain tax and company advices, audit or assistance during court proceedings, rulings or international (tax or corporate) planning operations.

The firm also offers similar services to high-net-worth individuals or families in their quest for solutions or improvements regarding their assets and wealth, both privately held as through their companies or other legal structures.

Given its “boutique” size and solid partnerships, Vanbelle Law excels in offering fast, efficient, meticulous and personalised services covering Belgium and EU member states, within the legal field as well as in accounting, audit, financial analysis, real estate, notary, banking and insurance.

Vanbelle Law is located on the prestigious Avenue Louise in Brussels, from where all core services of the firm and its partners operate. The firm also keeps offices in Madrid, Barcelona and Marbella.

 

Michael W. Hardgrove

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Michael Hardgrove has provided international tax consulting, legal entity structuring and intangible property transaction services to numerous public and private companies with operations throughout the world.

Michael’s practice focuses on optimizing the potential benefits of international structures and business operations, including assessing international tax exposures, recommending efficient strategies, and executing the legal steps required to meet the primary objectives of minimizing costs, lowering tax rates and improving cash flows.

His team of lawyers, economists and tax professionals consistently deliver on achieving international tax and structuring objectives.  Whether driven by events such as equity transactions, business growth, new technology or product development.

This proactive and unique legal practice has often been recognized for its consistent capabilities in identifying opportunities, advocating defensible positions and advising on strategic approaches to manage international tax matters:

  • International Structuring: developed efficient global legal entity structures that created efficiencies, limited financial exposures, positioned intangible property rights and designed intercompany arrangements
  • Global Alignment: achieved M&A transaction value and synergies following deal closings by utilizing structural simplification, appropriate transfers of intangible property and streamlining of intercompany transactions
  • Regional Supply Chain: created efficiencies with centralization of procurement, manufacturing oversight and distribution, resulting in increased controls, improved standardization and enhanced profitability.
  • Controversy services: privileged and confidential advice, file memoranda, legal opinions, advanced tax agreement negotiations, tax audit defence, financial audit positions and tax appeals procedures

DLA Piper (Boston):

DLA Piper’s Boston office serves a variety of global, national and local clients, from leading multinational and national companies to emerging companies with cutting-edge technologies and investments. The office’s principal areas of practice are Real Estate, Litigation, Government Affairs, US and International Tax and Corporate and Finance.

As an integral part of the firm’s global presence, the Boston office offers experience in all practice areas that local, national and multinational clients seek when choosing a law firm. DLA Piper is located in all the most important and emerging markets domestically and internationally, positioning us as one of a few Boston firms able to serve our clients worldwide.

 

Juan Ignacio Fraschini

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Juan Ignacio Fraschini is a founding partner at Innovation Tax & Trust since 2012. His area of expertise is International Tax Law.

From 1997 to 1999, Juan Ignacio worked at Uruguay XXI, the Institute for the Promotion of Investments and Exports, where he advised foreign investors and Uruguayan companies in commercial and tax matters.

Then, in 2002 Juan Ignacio has been working as Tax Advisor for the law firm Fraschini & Asociados, advising Uruguayan and foreign clients on national and international tax planning deals and structures; and in 2007, he began to represent EnterPricing Consulting in Uruguay, focusing on Transfer Pricing and other related services.

In 2009 he founded Diferencial Consulting, a boutique consulting firm, specialized in International Tax Planning;  He also did a joint venture with Tax and Finance Group for Latinamerica (2010).

Juan Ignacio is a Professor of National and International Tax Law at the University of Montevideo, for both graduate and under-graduate courses. He is also in charge of certain classes of the Latin-American International Tax Law course at the University of Complutense, Madrid.

Juan Ignacio studied Law at Uruguay’s Universidad de la República del Uruguay and graduated in 2002. He then studied Tax Law, Tax Planning and Transfer Pricing at the Universität Münster. He has also graduated from the Universität Konstanz in 2006 and is LLM in International Tax Law.

He speaks English, Spanish and German fluently.

At Innovation Tax & Trust, client´s are assess in their international expansions, cross-border investments and international operations. Such clients include multinational companies, SME companies, private equity groups, venture capital firms and private individuals, as well as professional firms and international associations.

With partners and affiliates in over 25 jurisdictions around the globe, Innovation provides access to a range of services that go from traditional tax and legal structures to local and abroad implementation services.

Confidentiality and transparency, as well as integrity, honesty and loyalty are some of Innovation Tax & Trust’s core values.

Innovation Tax & Trust provides expert knowledge and thoughtful planning in the legal and accountancy fields to enhance tax efficiency.