John Guarin

John Guarin is a Managing Director who runs DLA Piper's Latin America and Caribbean Tax Desk based in New York City. He focuses his practice on advising companies from several sectors on how to navigate the tax complexities involved in the region. He is praised by clients for being very responsive, clear on presenting issues and technical solutions.

John has extensive experience managing global international tax and corporate restructuring projects for U.S., E.U., China and Latin American-based multinational companies. He advises these companies on setting up international holding company structures; IP migration; regional operation headquarters; offshore procurement centers; nearshoring; legal entity elimination projects (liquidations, mergers, strike-offs); and/or review and realignment of supply chain structures.

John's typical deliverables include non-US tax, corporate, employment and regulatory effects write-ups; steps and documentation requirements listings (micro legal step plans); implementation budgets; presentation of alternatives when the circumstances require it; and systematized implementation documentation/binders.

John Guarin is a lawyer admitted to practice in Colombia only.