Jose Manuel Ramirez

Managing Director
A&M Practice Leader for Mexico
Works with large multinational companies and LATAM family-owned businesses
New York
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Jose Manuel Ramirez is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in New York City. He serves in the Latin America Complex Transactions Tax Team and as the firm’s Practice Leader for Mexico.

With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Ramirez specializes in providing strategic tax services to large multinational companies and LATAM family-owned businesses. His background encompasses domestic, international corporate and personal tax planning, corporate restructuring (liquidations/spin-offs/mergers), centralized offshore treasury, cross-border transactions, M&A, indirect and excise duties, value chain management structures, site location, captive reinsurances, shared services centers, ruling negotiation, dispute resolution and tax controversy, and tax incentives projects.

Mr. Ramirez has provided services to clients across a wide range of industries, including retail, logistics, transportation, distribution, manufacturing/maquiladoras, food, tourism, construction, telecommunications, wines and spirits, pharmaceutical, broadcasting and media, mining, energy and renewable energy, real estate, infrastructure, venture capital, private equity, pension and sovereign funds, family offices, family-owned business transformation, captive reinsurance and banking.

Mr. Ramirez has been based in New York for the last 18 years and is currently advising multinationals investing in the LATAM region as well as Mexican and other LATAM multinationals investing worldwide. He also assists clients in designing efficient supply chain structures and the institutionalization of family-owned businesses.

Mr. Ramirez is a Mexican CPA, holds a professional tax certificate issued by the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants, and is a Regional Board Member of the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce Northeast Chapter.

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