Gerardo Flores Castañón

Tax Consulting and Planning Specialist – Corporate

Mr. Castañón is Managing Partner of Castañón-Solorio Abogados, S.C. He is a specialist in Tax Law, International Tax Law and Strategic Tax Litigation. He has extensive experience in large cross-border income tax operations. He has participated in various relevant international tax operations in Mexico. His professional and academic career is multidisciplinary since, in addition to being a tax lawyer, he is an economist specialized in taxes, and has international studies in tax matters at the most prestigious universities in the world.

Education:

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Master in of Public Policy on International Tax Matters. London, United Kingdom – Chevening Scholarship, British Government.

Faculty of Economics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.) Specialty in Public Economy (Taxation). University City campus, Mexico City.

Faculty of Economics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.), Bachelor's Degree in Economics. University City campus, Mexico City.

Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.), Specialty in Constitutional Law and Amparo Claim. University City campus, Mexico City.

Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.), Bachelor of Laws. University City, Mexico City.

Diplomas in Law and Economics – Ttaxationes.

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Diploma in International Economic PolicyPolitical Economy. London, United Kingdom.

Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (I.T.A.M.), Diploma in Economics, University City campusCiudad Universitaria, Mexico City.

National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.), Diploma in Constitutional Law and Amparo Claim. University City, Mexico City.

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Cursos y Diplomados:

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Diplomado en Política Económica internacional. Londres, Reino Unido.

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (I.T.A.M.), Diplomado en Economía, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México.

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.), Diplomado en Derecho Constitucional y Amparo. Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México.

Silber Vázquez & Associate Coaching, Legal Marketing Business, Estrategias de negociación, networking y marketing para abogados. San Francisco.

Practice Areas:

Tax Planning and Corporate Planning.

Academic Activities:

Professor in the subjects of Tax Law; Tax Regime for Moral PersonsIncome Tax (ISR); Economic Law; and Commercial Law at in the National Autonomous University of Mexico U.N.A.M. University City campusCampus Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City.

Career Path:

2021 – 2023. Jáuregui and Del Valle, S.C. in charge of the Financial Restructuring area practice in tax and -corporate matters.

2013 – 2019. Jáuregui and Del Valle, S.C. Tax and Administrative Litigation lawyerAttorney.

Probono Activities:

The Aspen Institute México, A.C. – Lawyerlawyer in charge of the association.

Board of Trustees of the Faculty of Law of the U.NA.M., A.C. – Coordinating lawyerLawyer.

Pueblo Arriba, A.C. – Coordinating Lawyer.

Memberships and Associations:

Active member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).

Active member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and member of the Tax Committee.

Another Activities:

Mr. Castañón hosts the television program DERECHO TV on Channel 22 which is broadcast on national TV where national legal issues are discussed with experts in the field.

Mr. Castañón has been invited to give courses, conferences and classes on taxation matters; among them at: the UNAM School of Law at UNAM School; the Faculty of Accounting and Administration at UNAM; Faculty of Economics at U.N.A.M.; the ITAM, the Academy of Experts in Forensic Sciences (CTL); the International Science and Training Institute; Legaton Academy; Chamber of Deputies; Mexican Institute of Humanist Lawyers; among others.

Mr. Castañón has participated in interviews and publications of about opinions on legal-economic issues in tax matters; on channel 22, in El Búho Legal Magazine, Radio 96.1 FM; Right to Debate, Radio UNAM; UNAM Gazette; Mexican Times, among others.

Mr. Castañón was an active member of Animal Heroes, A.C. where I he provided legal advice to the donoree in the tax treatment and defense of the animals.

Achievements:

In 2021, Mr. Castañón was awarded the Award from the Mexican Institute of Leaders of Excellence (IMELE) “for leadership, example and career in the country”, along with 2 two Ministers (SCJN), two2 Secretaries of State, 1 one governor, two2 legislators, and three3 renowned businessmen, among others.

In 2019 – and 2020, Mr. Castañón was selected two consecutive years to obtain the Chevening Scholarship, chosen among the 2% of more than 54 thousand applicants each year.

In 2019 – 2020, Mr. Castañón was selected by the Mexican government, through the Ministry of Public Education, among more than 3 thousand applicants from Mexico to be co-sponsored along with the British government in my master's degree at LSE, London.

2019 –In 2020, Mr. Castañón was accepted to study the master's degree in public policies in the United Kingdom at: The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); University of Oxford; University of Cambridge; University College London (UCL); Kings College London; Edinburgh University; Warwick University; University of York; University of Bristol; and Leeds.

In 2017 Mr. Castañón was chosen by the U.N.A.M. Law School to be a judge of the interuniversity competition in Human Rights, Sergio García Ramírez, together with judges from the IACHR, the CNDH, the Legal Research Institute of U.N.A.M., etcamong others.

In 2014 – 2016, Mr. Castañón was elected to occupy the position of Proprietary University Counselor of the U.N.A.M.; I represented more than 350,000 students.

In 2013, – 2014 Mr. Castañón was elected to occupy the position of President of the Student Society of the Faculty of Law at UNAM, representing more than 15,000 students.

Languages:

Native spanish
English C2 (proficiency)