With more than 25 years of tax experience, Mr. Ahumada has helped companies to navigate complex tax audits and litigation, providing day-to-day tax advisory. He has worked with clients across various industries, including logistics, construction, hospitality, financial services and air transportation.

Mr. Ahumada’s notable assignments include helping several logistics companies to recuperate VAT refunds denied by the tax authorities in an aggregate of more than $40 million. Most recently, he was responsible for defending several companies against a tax assessment of more than $100 million.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Ahumada spent 18 years with his own boutique firm (Ahumada y Asociados), where he provided quality and personal legal tax services to a broad, mostly international clientele.

Previously, Mr. Ahumada was Partner in Charge of the legal services practice of KPMG Mexico and the Partner in Charge of the tax litigation group at Deloitte Mexico, a firm that he joined after six years as an associate of the tax litigation practice at Chevez, Ruiz, Zamarripa. Earlier, he was a foreign associate in the tax group at the New York office of Shearman & Sterling (now A&O Shearman).

Mr. Ahumada earned a bachelor’s degree in law from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México. He is a member of the Mexican Bar Association.