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“María Celina Valls provides excellent advice, offers cordial treatment and simplifies complex issues.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

María Celina Valls

Partner

Phone +5411 4341-8432

Expertise

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Professional Experience

Maria Celina Valls is a partner of the Tax Law Department. She joined the firm in 2006

She leads complex tax disputes relating to international and national taxation matters. She is in charge of litigations related to transfer pricing. In addition, she advises local and foreign companies on international, national and local taxation.

 In 2010, she completed an internship in the Tax Department of Roca Junyent legal firm in Barcelona, Spain.

Education

She is a lawyer graduated with honors from Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. She also holds the degree of Notary Public from the same University.

She earned a Master’s Degree in Law and Economics with an emphasis in Taxes from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and an LLM from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

She passed the “Regulation and Resolution of Disputes in International Trade and Investments” post-graduate course from Universidad de Buenos Aires

Acknowledgments

In 2006, she was awarded a scholarship to participate in a program for young leaders sponsored by the U.S. Department of State called “International Visitor Leadership Program.”

In 2009, she was awarded a merit scholarship by Fundación Carolina, Spain.

The Argentine Federation of University Women (Federación Argentina de Mujeres Universitarias) has awarded her a distinction for best average score in Law, Notary Public and Paralegal courses of studies in 2004.

She is recognized as an expert in her practice area by the following international publications:

  • Chambers & Partners Latin America 2024: Tax
  • Chambers & Partners Global 2023: Tax
  • ITR World Tax 2024: Highly Regarded – Women in Tax Leader
  • The Legal 500 2024: Tax (Next Generation Partner)
  • Latin Lawyer 250 2024: Tax

 

Professional Entities and Associations

  • Co-coordinator of the Transfer Pricing Commission of the Argentine Fiscal Association (Asociación Argentina de Estudios Fiscales).
  • Member of the International Fiscal Association
  • Member of the Argentine Fiscal Association
  • Member of the Student Network of the Department of State (United States)
  • Member of Fundación Carolina Network

Academic Work

She is the director of the Master’s Degree course in Tax Law and LLM in Tax Law at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

She represents such University in the “Iberoamerican Observatory of International Taxation” and the “Global Tax Symposia”, which are academic platforms that gather the main tax experts from different continents

 

Books and Articles

    • Métodos para evitar la doble imposición en la red de convenios de Argentina.” National Rapporteurship Report by Argentina. IFA Regional meeting, Peru 2016.

     

    • Impuestos comprendidos (El artículo 2 del Modelo OECD)” and “Artículo 3 del Modelo OECD. Definiciones convencionales y remisión al derecho interno”, International Tax Law Treaty, published by Editorial La Ley, 2013. Co-authored with Miguel Tesón, Esq.

     

    • La ocupación del espacio público y privado. Su encuadre en la doctrina, la legislación y la jurisprudencia”, Municipal Taxes, published by Editorial Lexis Nexis, 2008. Co-authored with Miguel Tesón, Esq.