##  [Pilar González Cofré](/en_GB/team/pilar-gonzalez-cofre) 

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 Pilar González Cofré  Partner 

 <pgonzalez@bsvv.cl> - [Santiago de Chile](/en_GB/office/santiago-chile) - +56 2 23070900





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Pilar González is a partner in the Tax area of Garrigues' Santiago de Chile office. Her practice focuses on providing tax advisory services to companies and individuals, including the structuring and reorganization of both domestic and international businesses and personal estates. She also provides ongoing advice on the design of tax-efficient structures and the assessment of tax contingencies in all stages of the business life cycle. She has experience in dispute resolution before the Chilean Internal Revenue Service and the Tax and Customs Courts, participating in tax inspection and litigation processes. She has a post-graduate degree in tax law, having obtained an LL.M. from Queen Mary University of London. She is a professor of tax law at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Chilean academic institutions.

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Her practice focuses on providing tax advisory services, including company reorganizations, tax planning and investment structuring for businesses and individuals, at both local and international level. She advises clients across a range of industries, such as investment, services, real estate and business groups, supporting them in the development of their businesses and the assessment of tax contingencies. She also has experience in resolving tax disputes before the Chilean Internal Revenue Service and the Tax and Customs Courts.

Before joining Garrigues as a partner, Pilar had been a partner at Barros Silva Varela &amp; Vigil since 2023, where she previously served as a director between 2020 and 2023. Prior to that she was an associate at Zarhi, Dreyse &amp; Amar (2019–2020) and at Cabello, Letonja y Cía (2012–2017).

She is fluent in Spanish and English.

 

 

 

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- Degree in Law, Universidad de Chile (2010).
- Admitted to practice law by the Supreme Court of Chile (2019).
- Postgraduate diploma in Tax Reform, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2016).
- Master of Law (LL.M.) in Tax Law, Queen Mary University of London (2019).
- Postgraduate diploma in University Teaching, Universidad de Chile (2024).

 

 

 

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- Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (since 2023).
- Professor of Tax Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Chile (since 2022).
- Member of the Chilean Institute of Tax Law (Instituto Chileno de Derecho Tributario) (since 2023).
- Listed in the Directory of Women Expert Lawyers, Chilean Bar Association (since 2023).
- Young Arbitrator at the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
- Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
- Member of the Chilean Institute of Tax Law.
- Member of the Chilean Branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).

 

 

 

 





 

 



 

 

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