Susana Suárez is a principal associate in Garrigues’ Tax Department, where she has pursued her professional career since 2014, which is when she decided to specialize in the area of indirect taxes, particularly value added tax.

She has participated in numerous M&A transactions, overseeing the implications from an indirect tax standpoint.

Given the complexity of determining the VAT treatment of real estate transactions, the firm relies on Susana as a specialist in this field. She has participated in large-scale transactions principally involving real estate assets.

She has also participated in providing ongoing advisory services to the main Spanish financial groups.

She advises a significant number of groups on the application of the special VAT grouping scheme.

She also advises different clients on ongoing tax matters relating to both direct and indirect taxation.

Susana provides tax advice to Spanish business groups and foreign investors on both their ongoing transactions/activities in Spain, as well as on their investments in and divestments from the territory, particularly in the context of M&A and real estate transactions.

Fluent in Spanish, English, Catalan and Gallego.

Degree in Business Administration and Management, Universidad de Barcelona

Finance and marketing coursework, Regent's University London

She is a regular speaker in seminars organized by Garrigues.

She carries out training sessions for clients on tax matters of their interest.

Cataluña Economists’ Association

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