Cuevas Abogados has grown during 2016 and 2017, the firm incorporate three new lawyers and realized a merger with Amplus Tax and Legal, what has positioned us, as one of the strongest tax teams of the market, and also achieving the consolidation of a corporate area of excellence.

During 2016, Joaquin Erlbaun joined Cuevas Abogados as Director of the Tax Department. Joaquín is specialist on Tax Litigation and Controversy practice. Joaquin worked at Ernst & Young as TAX Controversy Leader (2011-2016). He also worked at Internal Revenue Service as a lawyer of the Large Taxpayers Division (2009-2011). Also, he worked at Deloitte as a lawyer in the International Tax department (2007-2009).

Cuevas Abogados is pleased to announce the incorporation of Matias Robertson, specialist in tax and financial optimization, and Director of the Tax Optimization Department. Matías was Director of Tax Consulting in Amplus Tax & Legal (2014-2017), Manager of Tax Consultant area in Ernst & Young (2011-2014), Senior Associate of the Tax Department in Cariola Diez Perez Cotapos (2010-2011) and Tax Lawyer in Ernst & Young (2007-2010).

Additionally, Renato Catalán has become the new Head of the Contentious-Economic Department of Cuevas Abogados. Renato worked previously as Director of Tax Defense in Amplus Tax & Legal (2014-2017), Managing Director of Tax Defense in KPMG (2013-2014), Senior Manager of the Disputes and Conflicts Department in Ernst & Young (2012-2013), and Lawyer at Internal Revenue Service (2001-2011).

Also, during 2016, Anna Tarasevich, Russian- French lawyer, joined to the Corporate Team of Cuevas Abogados. Anna’s practice has been focused on International M&A. Her wide experience on corporate law is reflected in her experience working for more than 8 years as a Corporate lawyer in international companies and law firms such as PHOENIX PHARMA SAS, a pharmaceutical distributor (2011-2015), PRO DISTRIBUTION, a retail supermarket group (2009-2011) and BELOT MALAN & Partners (2008-2009). She also was an intern lawyer at LIZOP & Associates in Paris (2007), at Sobinbank limited company, Perm, Rusia ( 2006 ), and SARL OLKA, PERM, Rusia ( 2003-2004 ).

Together with Matías and Rento, from Amplus Tax & Legal, María Paz Contreras has been incorporated to the Corporate Team. She has specialized in Tax Optimization. María Paz was a Tax Lawyer in Círculo Verde (2015-2017), and Associated Lawyer in MGC Abogados, responsible of the corporate law and Labor law Department (2008-2014).

In addition to the above mentioned incorporations, from December 2017 Ann Bruggeman, lawyer in Belgium and Luxemburg, will join the Corporate team. Ann’s practice has been focused on complex legal and financial international arrangements and International M&A. Ann was Associated Lawyer of the Corporate Department in Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg SARL, Luxembourg (2012-2017), Intern in Loyens & Loeff Winandy, Luxembourg (2010), intern in Bonn Schmitt Steichen, Luxembourg (2009), and Intern in De San – Goethals, Lasne, Belgium (2008).

Finally, the multidisciplinary team of Cuevas Abogados would not be complete without Dennise Beddings, who is Tax Advisor of our firm. Dennise was a Compliance Tax Manager in Amplus Tax & Legal Limitada (2015-2017), and Senior Tax Advisor in Ernst & Young (2011-2015).

We are pleased to inform these new incorporations to our team that will allow us to provide more and better services to our international and domestic clients, in the development of their business, and become a true strategic partner regarding the conduct of their business.