Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, welcomes Mauricio Rivero in Miami, expanding the national presence of the Tax Practice Group and widening the firm's expertise in international taxation. Rivero resolves domestic and international tax matters, representing foreign trusts and estates, investors, and businesses in cross-border transactions throughout the U.S. and Latin America.
"Mauricio's experience guiding clients through the fluid and dynamic particularities of international tax law and foreign jurisdictions is of added importance to our clients whose transactional work extends throughout the U.S. and Latin America," said Tax Practice Group Chair Peter Larsen. "His client-driven practice and cross-border tax experience complement the firm's continued focus to offer innovative tax strategies to businesses and enterprises all around the world."
Rivero focuses his practice on international tax planning, business succession planning, U.S. tax compliance, and tax controversy work. He has experience servicing high-net-worth international families with U.S. tax planning, expatriation, pre-immigration and succession planning, including the use of Private Trust Companies (PTCs), and U.S. income and transfer tax aspects of foreign trusts and estates. He has also assisted U.S. and foreign investors and businesses with both inbound and outbound U.S. tax planning, income tax treaty planning, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate and partnership tax matters, and has assisted clients with REIT structuring, particularly involving foreign investors.
Rivero follows the arrival of Robert Lowey to Akerman's Tax Practice Group in New York. He focuses his practice on U.S. and international tax planning.
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Akerman LLP is a top 100 U.S. law firm recognized among the most forward thinking firms in the industry by Financial Times. Its more than 700 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world’s most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and help drive innovation and growth. Akerman is known for its results in middle market M&A and complex disputes, and for helping clients achieve their most important business objectives in the financial services, real estate and other dynamic sectors across the United States and Latin America.
Akerman’s Tax Practice Group collaborates with some of the most notable market leaders in the United States and internationally. Recognized by Law360 as a “Tax Practice Group of the Year” for our precedent-setting work, we help multistate and multinational companies navigate these challenges and disputes and drive growth and expansion in the financial services, retail, e-commerce, sharing economy, digital goods, technology, hospitality, and healthcare sectors, among others. Moreover, we develop novel tax strategies for companies operating at the forefront of disruption—from ridesharing to gaming innovation.