BackGabriela is a firm believer in the responsibility of a job well done and using a keen tax strategy for business. She likes to start her client conversations stating, “If we take into account that the tax authority is your 30% shareholder, with a preferential dividend, we better start by addressing how we are going to meet the expectations of this shareholder as efficiently as possible.”
She is a partner and co-leads the Tax and Wealth Management practices at Galicia. Clients are drawn to her unique ability for solving intricate tax issues in transactions, mergers, spin-offs, acquisitions, restructurings and capital reductions as well as in the applicability of international treaties, tax audits and legal defense.
Her international interests have driven her to advise not only Mexican companies but numerous foreign companies as well. Gabriela’s people skills and empathy are a great asset to private clients, whom she advises on tax compliance and investments abroad. She has developed a great capacity for structuring businesses efficiently, balancing strict adherence of the law to the client’s benefit and satisfaction.
She is well known for developing long-term and personal relationships with clients, who usually seek her involvement at the corporate level first and subsequently retain her services as a trusted personal and asset advisor, often becoming counsel to the family. She is one of the driving forces behind Galicia’s cross-practice Wealth Management group.
Before joining the Firm, Gabriela was partner of a boutique law firm specialized in tax law. Her academic interests motivated her to publish numerous articles and studies on tax issues.
She holds an MBA from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, in partnership with University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, and obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Universidad Iberoamericana.
Gabriela is recognized as an expert and leading lawyer by renowned international publications, such as Chambers Latin American Guide, Chambers Global Guide, The Legal 500 Latin American Guide, The International Tax Review (ITR World Tax) and Leaders League, in the practice of Tax: Non-Contentious, also known as Tax Consulting. She is also considered a pioneer and leader in the Wealth Management practice by Chambers High Net Worth Guide and The Legal 500 Latin American Guide. Latin Lawyer recognizes her as an expert lawyer on tax matters in Mexico.
