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2025 Merida International Tax Conference, The University of San Diego School of Law - Chamberlain International Tax Institute

February 17, 2025

Various Panels

Mérida, Mexico

Various Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys were panelists at The University of San Diego School of Law - Chamberlain International Tax Institute's 2025 Mérida International Tax Conference in Mérida, Mexico where they presented during the following sessions:

Andrés Berdugo

  • International Tax Update: Summary of Major Developments in 2024 in Mexico and the U.S.

Larry A. Campagna

  • Cross-Border Tax and Financial Fraud in 2025 and Beyond: Criminal Investigations - Where Are the U.S. and Mexican Governments Focused?

Zachary Cruz

  • Can I Count on the Foreign Tax Credits? Analysis of Foreign Tax Credit Limitations and Regulations in Both the U.S. and Mexico.
  • Cross-Border Financing v. Equity: Strategies, Risks, and Tax Implications and Tax Treaty Implications of Both.

Anuar Estefan

  • Cross-Border Partnerships and JVs, Reporting and Planning: Tax Implications and Planning Opportunities for Flow-Thru Entities and Reporting in Mexico and the U.S.
  • International M&As - Joint Ventures - Getting the Deal Done: Key International Tax Issues and Planning (Buy-sell side).
  • Impacts of Mexico's Judicial Reform (Voting and Politics): A New Judicial World Order in Mexico and Implications in the "USMCA" (previously "NAFTA") World
  • U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Corporate Distributions to Shareholders

Patrick W. Martin

  • Judicial Deference to International Tax Regulations: Revisiting a range of cross border investment and trade or business tax issues after Loper Bright.
  • Realization and Wealth Taxation in the Post Mexico/U.S. 2024 Presidential Elections - Those Pesky 2801 Regulations - Now Final After Decades: Exploring "tax fairness" and Constitutional limitations after the Moore decision.
  • Cross-Border Real Estate Investments: After the Acts of God - and Impacts Beyond Taxation in U.S. and Mexico.
  • Tax Treaties Applying the Law; Including Regulations: U.S.-Mexico - benefits, traps for the unwary, and opportunities.

Charles Rettig

  • Cross-Border Tax Controversies: Using AI and Technology by governments re: Tax Audits, Collecting Information, and Creating Taxpayer Audit Profiles for Tax Audits.

Jaime Vasquez

  • Cross-Border Tax Controversies: Using AI and Technology by governments re: Tax Audits, Collecting Information, and Creating Taxpayer Audit Profiles for Tax Audits.

Luz E. Villegas-Banuelos

  • Transportation Businesses - Tax and Immigration and Much More: Tax, Corporate, Regulatory and Recent Legal Implications Across the U.S.-Mexico Border.
  • I Have a Trust - My Rich Grandpa Made It - Now What? Proposed U.S. Foreign Trust Regulations and Reporting Obligations and Income Tax Consequences.
  • Cross-Mobility and Remote Work (Cross Border Retirement Benefits: FICA/FUTA - Seguros Sociales: Tax Treaty Law) Corporate and International Tax Implications and Income Inclusion.

More information about the conference can be found here.