Lizette Tellez-De la Vega

Biography

Lizette is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Tax Practice Group in Mexico City. With over 18 years of experience handling tax matters, Lizette has established herself as an expert in her field, providing effective counsel and innovative solutions to global problems. Specializing in tax consulting, estate planning, and anti-money laundering, Lizette delivers outstanding legal advice to multinational companies, high-net-worth individuals, and charitable entities. She provides high-quality tax advice, issues tax opinions, and advises on international reorganizations, generating efficient solutions for the North American tax region.

Lizette’s participation in conferences includes the Latin America Tax Conferences, private conferences with high-net-worth families, conferences with international banks, Baker Academy Compliance Learning, Women in Compliance, and Baker Women events in various locations such as Miami, London, Madrid, Houston, Villahermosa, New York, Brazil, and Mexico City. Her impressive conference experience and exceptional presentation skills make her a sought-after speaker.

Practice Focus

Lizette’s practice primarily focuses on tax and estate planning for international corporations and high-net-worth individuals. She regularly advises on and executes international restructurings. She provides strategic regulatory compliance and anti-money laundering counseling. Lizette leads the beneficial owner practice in the Mexico office. She is a valued member of the Compliance Initiative, advocating for the transversal implementation of compliance programs in Mexican subsidiaries of multinational companies.

Representative Legal Matters

Successfully led the compliance of the ultimate beneficial owner obligation for a Fortune 500 company in Latin America.
Provided tax advice for the implementation of a reorganization of a multinational group, leading the team for the migration and liquidation of certain companies.
Advised a foundation owned by high-net-worth families on pursuing charitable activities in Mexico.
Led the beneficial owner matters for the sale of the infrastructure business of a global company.
Successfully represented a major record label before the Mexican courts.
Led the anti-money laundering audit for a global company, successfully mitigating risks and safeguarding the interests of the Mexican subsidiary.
Led the restructuring of the assets of a high-net-worth international family.

Professional Associations and Memberships

International Fiscal Association - Member

Admissions

Mexico (2008)

Education

Institute de Empresa (Certificate Business Administration) (2015)
Northwestern University School of Law (Master of Laws LL.M.) (2015)
Escuela Libre de Derecho (Bachelor's Degree Law) (2010)
Georgetown University Law Center (Legal English Course) (2010)
University of Cambridge (Certificate English) (2003)

Languages

English
Spanish

Publications

Author, "Implicaciones fiscales para mexicanos con cuentas en el extranjero" (Tax implications deriving for Mexicans that held foreign accounts), Forbes México, November 2015
Author, "Casinos, Fine Art and Attorneys: The New Anti-Money Laundering Frontier in Mexico," US-Mexico Compliance Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2015
Co-author, "Assisted reproduction technology and inheritance: examining the laws of Spain and Mexico," Trust and Trustees Volume 20 Issue 3, Oxford Journals, April 2014
Co-author, "Regímenes Fiscales Preferentes. Hipótesis de Acumulación de Ingresos y Declaraciones Informativas" (Preferential Tax Regimes – Hypothesis for Income Accrual and Informative Returns), Práctica Fiscal Laboral y Legal-Empresarial, October 2012
Co-author, "Tax Treaties," Practical Mexican Tax Strategies, Volume 12, Number 5, September-October 2012
Co-author, "Preferential Tax Regimes/Blacklisted - Hypothesis for Income Accrual and Informative Returns," Practical Latin American Tax Strategies, Volume 15, Number 7, July 2012