Mercel Imery
Imery Urdaneta

Marcel Imery is managing partner of Imery Urdaneta and provides tax advice in terms of international, national and municipal taxation, including tax litigation, tax planning and structuring for corporate, real estate and private banking clients, often involving international double taxation conventions, offshore structures, foundations, trust, estates and conventions for the protection of foreign investments in Venezuela.

Before founding Imery Urdaneta in 1997, Marcel worked for 8 years at the law offices of Baker & McKenzie (Caracas), Tax and Corporate departments, from 1987 to 1996.

Marcel works closely with attorneys of other departments of the Firm advising on the tax implications of all sorts of corporate transactions, including M&A and restructuring transactions. Marcel has also been instrumental in the handling of various tax litigation proceedings, related to tax assessments issued by the National and Municipal Tax Administrations, to companies engaged in the oil and gas, manufacturing, consumer goods, services, distribution and electricity industries.

Marcel has also served as a “tax expert witness” in international arbitrations and international litigations.

Marcel has lectured at conferences in various areas of taxation, in matters of electronic commerce and regarding tax reform. He is also Lecturer in the Company Creation Course given by the Young Entrepreneurs Association (AJE) and INFOEM.

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