Carlos Rodríguez

Carlos Rodríguez

Partner
About

Carlos is a partner in the tax department at DLA Piper Spain. He has extensive experience in providing tax advice on mergers, acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Carlos specializes in international tax planning for both foreign investments in Spain and Spanish investments abroad. He also advises on the design and implementation of global, integrated tax strategies to identify and mitigate tax risks. His expertise in the energy, food and beverage, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors is notable.

Carlos advises private equity funds on the planning of their investments and also assists managers. Additionally, he is a lecturer at the Instituto de Empresa on Private Equity taxation and teaches on Transfer Pricing in the Master's program in Tax Consultancy at ESADE/Universidad de Comillas.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Tax Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Transfer Pricing, International Tax Planning, Tax risk analysis, Tax Litigation

RECENT EXPERIENCE

  • Ongoing advice to a multinational in the food and beverage sector on designing its tax strategy, conducting risk analysis and establishing procedures with the Spanish tax authorities.
  • Advising a global investment and financial services fund on the tax structuring for the acquisition of a 50% stake in four companies in Colombia whose activity is the operation of several concessions.
  • Advising a French private equity fund on the tax structuring of the acquisition of a Spanish insurance group; on the manager's incentive plan (MIP) and on the structure of the management services.
  • Tax counsel to an international company in the renewable energy sector, including transfer pricing, to create an efficient cross-border financing structure for the group.
  • Advising a UK investment fund on the tax structuring for the acquisition of a Spanish renewable energy group.
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
Education
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Postgraduate Degree in Tax Law
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Degree in Law
  • Universidad San Pablo CEU, Diploma in Business Law

Awards

  • The Legal 500 (Tax) – Ranked
  • Chambers and Partners Europe (Tax) – Ranked

Memberships

  • Madrid Bar Association

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