Pilar leads the firm's tax practice and specialises in corporate reorganisations of both high net worth individuals and domestic and foreign companies doing business in Chile. Her advice includes consultancy on corporate tax matters, which involves accompanying the business from its creation, structure design and all the challenges presented at each stage.
Pilar has extensive experience in resolving tax disputes before the Chilean Internal Revenue Service and Tax and Customs Courts. She is also a member of the young arbitrators' corps of the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
She has been a lecturer in different undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and Universidad de Chile, where she is currently Professor of Tax Law, in undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
PRACTICE AREAS
Tax Law.
Wealth Management.
EDUCATION
Law, Universidad de Chile, 2010.
Certificate in Tax Reform, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 2016.
LLM in Tax Law, Queen Mary University of London, 2018-2019.
Diploma in University Teaching, Universidad de Chile, 2024.
ADMISSIONS
Chile, 2019.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Partner, Barros Silva Varela & Vigil, 2023.
Director, Barros Silva Varela & Vigil, 2020 - 2023.
Associate, Zarhi, Dreyse & Amar, 2019 - 2020.
Associate, Cabello, Letonja y Cía, 2012 - 2017.
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Assistant Professor, Adolfo Ibáñez University Law School, 2023.
Professor of Tax Law, Universidad de Chile Law School, from 2022.
Assistant Professor, Master in Taxation, Postgraduate School, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de Chile, 2020 - 2021.
Assistant LLM, mention in Tax Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2016 - 2017.
Member of the Board of Expert Lawyers of the Chilean Bar Association, Tax Law category, since 2023.
Member of the young arbitrators' body of the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.
Member of the Institute of Tax Law.
Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
LANGUAGES
Spanish and English.
