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Miguel is a Partner in the Firm’s Dispute and Risk Management Department. He joined the Firm in June 2016 as an In-service Trainee, and became an Associate in November 2016. Miguel was appointed Partner at the Firm in November 2023.
Miguel’s core practice is in corporate commercial and tax law litigation and advisory support across a diverse range of issues which affect corporate entities including take overs, enforcement of security instruments and debt collection, breach of contract, trade, and tax issues involving border transactions, arms-length pricing issues, artificiality and reclassification of financing instruments, corporate income taxation and double taxation treaties. Miguel also provides assistance with tax registrations and establishment of operations within the jurisdiction, and support for tax issues commencing from audit and objection stages, to litigation.
The Law Association of Trinidad & Tobago
The American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad & Tobago
2022: Master of Laws in International Tax Law (LL.M); King’s College London
2016: Legal Education Certificate (L.E.C.); Hugh Wooding Law School
2014: Bachelor of Law (LL.B) (Hons.); University of the West Indies
Author: “Recent tax incentives in T&T…a pre-budget consideration” featured in the T&T Guardian newspaper on September 17, 2023
Author: “Corporate Structures in Trinidad and Tobago” featured in the T&T Guardian newspaper on July 2, 2023
Author: “Transfer pricing: A mutually beneficial framework” featured in the T&T Guardian newspaper on May 14, 2023
Author: “Robots and the future of tax” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on January 15, 2023
Author: “From Free Zones to Special Economic Zones: One step closer to international tax compliance” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on June 19, 2022
Author: “Guyana’s Local Content Policy: A cause for Caricom concern?” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on March 13, 2022
Author: “Withholding tax in cross-border contracts” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on January 9, 2022
Author: “Property Tax: What to know” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on October 10, 2021
Author: “The regulation of the casino industry in T&T” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on September 12, 2021
Author: “A Unified Caribbean Region – What are your rights?” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on August 29, 2021
Author: “Code Red: Climate change and renewables” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on August 15, 2021
Co-Author: “NFT’s: Beyond cryptocurrency and regulation” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on April 11, 2021
Author: “Tax Audits: What to expect?” published in the T&T Guardian newspaper on November 22, 2020
Author: “Covid-19 and the tax residency implications of running a business remotely”; T&T Guardian newspaper September 27, 2020
Co-Author: “Stop Holding Me Back! Exposure to Withholding Tax in Cross-Border Contracts” Hamel-Smith Forum, Vol. 10 Issue 5, November 2018
Co-Author: Transfer Pricing-A Diamond in the Rough, Special Edition Forum, June 2018;
September 22, 2023: Live television interview on the topic of “Recent Tax Incentives” on AM Prime; WESN Content Capital television station.
October 2, 2023: Panelist – Live Post Analysis of Budget 2023-2024 “Our Financial Future”; WESN Capital television station.
2016: Trinidad & Tobago
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