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Manuel E. Marín Palavicini

Partner
Sociedad Civil Baker & McKenzie

Biography

Manuel Marín has been with Baker McKenzie since 1997 and became partner in 2002. Prior to joining the Firm, he served as chief attorney of the tax division of Legislación Económica, and held various management positions in the Venezuelan Customs and Tax Administration (SENIAT).

Manuel has authored and co-authored various key publications and has spoken extensively in several customs and tax seminars and conferences. He has been a trade and customs professor in the advanced program for counseling and tax administration at the Universidad Metropolitana (UNIMET), and has given extension courses in the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), the Universidad Católica Andres Bello (UCAB), and the Escuela Nacional de Administración y Hacienda Pública (ENAHP).

Practice Focus

Manuel focuses on issues arising from customs transactions, including international customs and integration treaties. He has advised clients on imports, exports, valuation, tariff classification, and temporary admissions/temporary exports. He works on special customs regulations, international trade planning, customs warehousing, In bond, specials customs zones duty free, and all trade and customs matters. Manuel also handles administrative and judicial litigation in his field.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Represented a leading multinational oil company in its customs valuation and tariff classification administrative process.
  • Represented several Venezuelan and International pharmaceutical companies in various litigation cases before Venezuelan courts.
  • Advised several mining and oil companies to obtain tax and customs benefits for mining and oil projects.
  • Represented several major global pharmaceutical companies in customs valuation and classification matters.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Caracas Bar Association
  • Asociación Venezolana de Derecho Financiero (ASOVEDEFI)
  • Asociación Venezolana de Derecho Tributario (AVDT)
  • International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM) - Former chair of the Trade & Commerce Committee
  • Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Caracas (La Cámara de Caracas) - Founder and current chairman of the Foreign Trade Committee

Admissions

  • Venezuela (1990)

Education

  • Universidad Central de Venezuela (LLM Tax Law) (1996)
  • Universidad Central de Venezuela (MCL, Honors) (1990)

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Firm Committee Memberships

  • Local Welbeing Committee, Coordinator
Sociedad Civil Baker & McKenzie is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.