Tax Advisers - Deloitte

Mexico
Luis Ortiz-Hidalgo
Basham, Ringe y Correa, SC
Paseo de los Tamarindos 400 – A 9th Floor
Bosques de las Lomas
05120 Mexico City
Mexico
Tel: (52) 55 5261 0420
Fax: (52) 55 5261 0496
Email: ortiz.hidalgo@basham.com.mx
Website: www.basham.com.mx
Luis Ortiz-Hidalgo is a tax partner of Basham, Ringe y Correa, SC, a leading law firm in
Mexico. His areas of expertise include taxation, constitutional law, customs and
international trade.
He is highly experienced in fiscal affairs and in advisory and litigation work for both
domestic and international law. He is considered one of the most important experts on
Mexican tax issues.
He has published several articles in English and Spanish. He has just participated in
Mexico’s Final Webinar Series – Taxation Issues as a lecturer on Taxation Considerations
when Doing Business in Mexico, organized by the US Embassy in Mexico where he
provided an overview of key aspects on taxation issues related to US exporters, explained
the most relevant aspects of the tax treaty between the US and Mexico, and tax
responsibilities that an overseas company may have in Mexico.
He has participated as a speaker in national and international conferences of the
International Bar Association, the National Business Lawyers Association, the Mexican
Insitute of Finance Executives and the College of Public Accountants in tax and
administrative law.
He has a postgraduate degree in public finance from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico, a diploma from Harvard Law School and a JSD from Universidad
Panamericana.
Luis Ortiz Hidalgo is a member of several professional associatons: the National
Association of Business Lawyers, the International Bar Association, the International
Corporate Taxation Committee of Lex Mundi, the Tax Law Academy of the State of
Mexico and the Tax Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham).
He was president of the National Association of Business Lawyers (1986-1988), co-chair
of the Tax Committee of the International Bar Association (1998-2002), representative
for Mexico at the International Bar Association, regional vice president for Central and
South America of the International Tax Committee of Lex Mundi, vice chair of the Tax
Academy of the State of Mexico and chair of the Tax Committee of the American
Chamber of Commerce.
He participated as a lecturer in the postgraduate programme of tax law at Universidad
Panamericana and Universidad Anahuac. He has participated as a speaker in several
national and internationl congresses concerning the most important fiscal and finance
associations worldwide.
In September 2005 he received the award for best corporate lawyer of Mexico from the
Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, AC (National Business Lawyers
Association), and presented by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico.
He is author of “The Unification of Administrative Remedies” in 45 años del Tribunal
Fiscal de la Federal (45 years of the Fiscal Court of the Federation); “Joint Venture” in a
publication of the National Business Lawyers Association; “Tax Review Remedy” in the
journal of the Mexican Bar Association; and “Tax Payer Legal Defense and Human
Rights” in Fiscal Practice.
He was born on July 18 1950 and attended the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México (1974).
Mr Ortiz-Hidalgo speaks Spanish and English fluently.
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