Finance Monthly Global Awards 2018 Edition

TRANSFER PRICING LAWYER OF THE YEAR About Roberto Arena Roberto Arena is a trusted advisor for businesses in the energy, insurance, electricity, financial, and oil and gas sectors, including many public companies with an interest in international tax planning and international inbound and outbound transactions. He often handles sophisticated interpretation of treaties to avoid double taxation, large-scale mergers and acquisitions, real estate, corporate organizations and reorganizations, and multi-jurisdictional litigation-related matters. Roberto is the founding partner of the Latin American Network, a group of leading independent law firms representing global businesses concerned with privatization and the emerging free economies in the region. Clients seek Roberto’s wide-ranging insights and experience with general business needs, and the structuring and planning of tax-efficient structures. Particular strengths include: • Procurement law • Efficient tax treatment of shares and asset purchases • Federal and state tax and commercial litigation • Tax consequences of transactions and business operations Most of Roberto’s clients are foreign companies doing business in Mexico or Mexican entities operating with foreign participation, including the U.S., Europe and Latin America. Many of his energy clients rely on Roberto’s strategic, 360-degree perspective for guidance on the major foreign investment reforms currently under way as a result of Mexico’s 2013 initiatives and 2014 secondary legislation. Roberto has assisted the following public and private corporations with their tax, corporate, transactional, commercial and business legal needs in Mexico and Latin America: • AIG Life Insurance (now Alico) • Aker Marine Contractors U.S. Inc. • Akzo Nobel Comex • Clear Channel Entertainment • Ford Credit • Gencom • GE Capital Bank (now GE Money) • Goldman Sachs • GTECH Corp. Firm Profile Founded in 1909, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is an Am Law 200 firm and one of the Southwest’s largest full- service law firms – with approximately 250 attorneys based in three of the largest cities in Texas, as well as Colorado and Mexico, and covering more than 40 different areas of practice. We are noted for our commitment to client service and our ability to assist clients with their most complex and demanding legal and business challenges worldwide. By combining the comprehensive resources of a large firm with the specialized, boutique-like expertise of the lawyers in each of our practice areas, we have the unique capabilities and resources necessary to provide our clients with efficient, effective and quality legal counsel. Our attorneys are known for being the best practitioners in their fields. One look at our all-encompassing areas of practice, our unrivaled roster of attorneys and our history of successes confirms that we are able to provide wide-ranging expertise in each area of law we practice. But our overarching goal, and the barometer of the Firm’s success, is the level of service we provide to our clients. Client service, responsiveness and quality of work are fundamental to the success of our clients and the Firm, which has been named a leader in client service by BTI Consulting Group. We strive to create and maintain relationships with our clients that go beyond just being their legal counsel – we work to become a strategic partner, integral to each client’s success. Areas of Expertise International Tax and Transfer Pricing Tax Mexico Tax Project Development and Finance • Hercules Offshore • Johnson Matthey • KSL Capital Partners • Lehman Brothers • Nokia • Pride International • Teijin Twaron • Universal Compression Contact Roberto Arena Reyes Rentana Torre Esmeralda IIm Blvd. Manuel A. Camacho No. 36-1802, Lomas de Chapultepec, Ciudad de Mexico 11000 Tel: 011.52.55.5.284.8542 | Fax: 011.52.55.5.284.8569 | Email: rarena@gardere.com ROBERTO ARENA Partner of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Finance Monthly Global Awards 2017 www.finance-monthly.com 61 mexico