Ricardo Gómez

Garrigues
Spain
International Tax, Transaction Tax

Ricardo joined Arthur Andersen in 1982 and in 1993 was promoted to partner level within the Tax Advisory Division. Since 1997 he has been the head of the Garrigues Tax Division and member of the Managing Committee of the Firm and of the Professional Practice Committee. Ricardo is also a member of the Board of Taxand, the global network of leading tax advisors.

His expertise includes group reorganisations and international deal structuring. He has worked in MBO and LBO transactions, project finance, acquisitions and product design for the banking industry.

He is a frequent speaker in seminars and conferences on these matters in Spain and abroad.  He has been a member of the Editorial board of two of the Recoletos Group financial media (Expansión and Actualidad Económica) and publishes frequent articles about tax law and tax policies.

Ricardo is a Professor at the Garrigues Tax and Law School (Centro de Estudios Garrigues), teaching Corporate Tax and the Mergers and Acquisitions regime.

He has represented Arthur Andersen Asesores Legales y Tributarios and Garrigues in consultative groups organised by the General Directorate of Taxation for various tax reforms, i.e. 1995 and 2002 Corporate tax reforms. He also represented the Film Association for the establishment of corporate tax incentives in 2001.

Areas of Expertise

• International Tax
• Transaction Tax
• Reorganisations

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