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McDermott Will & Emery LLP

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McDermott Will & Emery LLP’s Miami office has a strong cohort of international tax lawyers that have extensive experience in cross-border transactions with Latin America. The team is best known for inbound investments into the US from the region – particularly from Brazil. Many of these transactions involve south Florida, with real estate investments a particularly active segment. Co-head of the Latin America practice and leading the tax group in Miami, Michael Silva‘s practice demonstrates a strong emphasis on international tax, US investment structures, fund formation and advice to Latin American family offices. Steven Hadjilogiou and Arianne Plasencia provide additional international tax expertise.

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Key clients

  • Nautic Partners
  • Delta Electronics, Inc

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Work highlights

  • Represented Sterling Capital Partners on its sale Costa Rican higher-education entities Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (ULatina) and Universidad Americana, Costa Rica (UAM), to Universidad de las Americas, a private, non-profit higher education institution in Quito, Ecuador.
  • Advised a wealthy Chilean family on tax planning and the restructuring of their investments in the US in a tax efficient manner, involving extensive analysis of US M&A rules in order to optimise the structure and ensure compliance with US witholding tax regulations.

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