Juan José Paullada has more than 17 years of experience advising multinationals from the energy, real estate, private equity, banking and financial sectors in tax, administrative and constitutional controversy matters, as well as in tax advisory.
Juan José specializes in representing clients throughout controversy processes before tax and other governmental authorities, regulators and the Taxpayers’ Defense office, to reduce or eliminate contingencies derived from tax audits and other administrative inspections. He also has experience in advising multinationals on cross-border transactions, confronting complex international tax issues in the application of double taxation treaties.
Juan José is an active member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and of the Mexican Bar Association. He is a professor of tax law at Universidad Iberoamericana, and he is a frequent speaker at the IFA and the American Bar Association. He has also written articles on international taxation in several specialized publications and has authored different book chapters on administrative and tax litigation.
Juan José was a member of Ernst & Young’s international Tax Advisory practice in New York City (2014-2016) and Houston (2016-2017).
Participated in obtaining a favorable decision on behalf of one of the major international banks regarding different administrative fines imposed by the Banking and Securities Commission.
Represented real estate multinationals against different tax assessments concerning deficiencies observed in connection to withholding taxes applicable to interest payments made to foreign residents.
Represented one of the major international banks in different contentious procedures against assessments issued by tax authorities regarding the taxation of financial derivative transactions.
Represented major oil and gas companies in contentious procedures to obtain relevant value added tax refunds. His assistance in the process pioneered the issuance of specific regulations for this type of refunds in preoperative periods.
Represented one of the most important renewable energy project companies in Mexico, subsidiary of one of the world’s largest private equity firms, in an amparo lawsuit against an assessment made by local tax authorities requiring payment of certain duties to operate a wind farm.
Assisted a major oil and gas services company in a contentious procedure related to a potential tax deficiency derived from the obligation to withhold income tax upon cross-border intercompany payments made as a consequence of certain oilfield services rendered in Mexico.
Represented major oil and gas upstream companies in amparo litigations against a legal provision that requires contractors to pay an exploration and an extraction tax, in violation of different constitutional principles.
Has led negotiations with tax authorities on regulations in connection to the tax treatment of cryptocurrency buy/sell operations settled though cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as over the counter transactions.
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