María Inés Brandt

María Inés Brandt is a partner in Marval O’Farrell Mairal’s Tax Department and has more than 30 years’ experience in this practice area.

She specialises in tax advice, the tax structuring of corporate and financial transactions and corporate reorganisations, and the design and organisation of efficient tax structures for new business lines at national and regional level. She also has extensive experience in complex tax disputes.

Before joining Marval O’Farrell Mairal, she was a founding partner of Tanoira Cassagne Abogados and a partner in charge of the Tax Department at Estudio Beccar Varela.

María Inés Brandt has been recognised as a tax expert by leading legal publications (ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America, named a Leading Individual by Legal 500, included as a LACCA’s Thought Leader, recognised as highly regarded in Tax Controversy and Women in Tax by World Tax, named the exclusive winner of the Client Choice Award in the Corporate Tax category for Argentina for 3 years, and also ranked by LL250).

A client quoted in Chambers Latin America 2015 describes her as “exceptional, because she provides services tailored specifically to our needs. She is always focused on results and has strong technical knowledge, which is reflected in her advice”. Since she joined Marval’s tax team in May 2015, Marval has been named Tax Firm of the Year at the ITR Americas Tax Awards, which recognise the notable achievements and developments of tax professionals and firms across the Americas. In 2023, Marval received the award for tax legal advice for the seventh consecutive year.

“Market-leading partner María Inés Brandt boasts extensive expertise advising notable multinational clients from the technology, banking and finance, and insurance industries on international tax planning, the fiscal implication of M&A transactions and administrative tax claims.”
Chambers Latin America, 2024

María Inés Brandt is a partner in Marval O’Farrell Mairal’s Tax Department and has more than 30 years’ experience in this practice area.

She specialises in tax advice, the tax structuring of corporate and financial transactions and corporate reorganisations, and the design and organisation of efficient tax structures for new business lines at national and regional level. She also has extensive experience in complex tax disputes.

Before joining Marval O’Farrell Mairal, she was a founding partner of Tanoira Cassagne Abogados and a partner in charge of the Tax Department at Estudio Beccar Varela.

María Inés Brandt has been recognised as a tax expert by leading legal publications (ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America, named a Leading Individual by Legal 500, included as a LACCA’s Thought Leader, recognised as highly regarded in Tax Controversy and Women in Tax by World Tax, named the exclusive winner of the Client Choice Award in the Corporate Tax category for Argentina for 3 years, and also ranked by LL250).

A client quoted in Chambers Latin America 2015 describes her as “exceptional, because she provides services tailored specifically to our needs. She is always focused on results and has strong technical knowledge, which is reflected in her advice”. Since she joined Marval’s tax team in May 2015, Marval has been named Tax Firm of the Year at the ITR Americas Tax Awards, which recognise the notable achievements and developments of tax professionals and firms across the Americas. In 2023, Marval received the award for tax legal advice for the seventh consecutive year.

A recognised tax expert, she has contributed to numerous articles and publications in her field. She regularly speaks at conferences and other seminars. She teaches on executive programmes at Universidad Di Tella and Universidad Austral.

She is an active member of the Asociación Argentina de Estudios Fiscales and coordinates its Financial Activities Taxation Committee.

She is Argentina coordinator for the organising committee of the annual IFA and ABA conference on trends in tax practice in the United States and Latin America.

She is an active member of Marval O’Farrell Mairal’s Pro Bono Committee.

Education

• She graduated with a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires in 1993, receiving the gold medal, and completed a postgraduate specialisation in tax law in 1995.

Academic Activities

• She has spoken and taught at seminars, programmes and specialist courses.

Memberships

• She is an active member of the Asociación Argentina de Estudios Fiscales,

Awards and Recognition

• María Inés Brandt has been recognised as a tax expert by leading legal publications, including Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500 and LL250. A client quoted in Chambers Latin America 2015 describes her as “exceptional, because she provides services tailored specifically to our needs. She is always focused on results and has strong technical knowledge, which is reflected in her advice”. She also received the Client Choice Award in 2012, 2016 and 2017, as the exclusive winner in the “Corporate Tax” category for Argentina.