Antonio Ruiz is a partner in the Corporate Tax Law Department, in charge of the transfer pricing area in Levante (Comunidad Valenciana and Murcia) for Garrigues, where he has pursued his entire professional career.

Among other fields related to Taxation, Antonio is a specialist in international taxation and taxation of non-residents and has participated in restructuring international Groups.

Moreover, he is an expert in company reorganization procedures (mergers, acquisitions…) in the context of family companies, as well as having headed operations for acquisition and sale of medium-sized companies.

He has extensive experience in indirect taxation of real estate transactions having participated actively in real estate investment and disinvestment procedures for real estate and financial entities.

From the point of view of his training as an economist, he has undertaken valuations of companies, business and assets of medium-sized companies.

In the transfer pricing area, Antonio advises all kinds of corporate groups from a range of different economic sectors on the formulation of their transfer pricing policies, the assessment of related-party transactions and the preparation of legally required documentation. He also provides advice on inspections, APAs and mutual agreement procedures.

Lastly, as a partner he has extensive knowledge of the tax implications of Public Administrations with special emphasis on the Value-Added Tax, having a regular teacher at internal training courses organized by the Province of Alicante for the municipalities of the province related to Public Sector entities’ taxation matters.

This Garrigues' partner has been an associate professor at the University of Alicante in the Financial and Tax Law Department, and has taught University Master programs both within the University of Alicante and the CEU University Cardenal Herrera for Taxation in Financial Assessment and management of capital resources. Additionally he is a regular speaker at various seminars and conferences organized by Garrigues or by various specialist centers such as COEPA, Valencian Community Textile Employers Association, the Industrial Business Association of Sax, University of Valencia, La Caixa,…

He is a member of the Association of Economists of Alicante.