Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez joins International Sports Tax Association as Partner Firm for Mexico

08 July 2024

We are pleased to announce that Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez is joining the International Sports Tax Association as a Partner Firm for Mexico. 

Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez is widely recognized as one of the premier law firms in Mexico. Its leading practices are recognized in the market as dominating the mergers and acquisitions, finance, and tax legal fields, and its wide array of other practice areas, with specialized expertise, work closely together in a true partnership to provide clients with a unique team of attorneys with extensive knowledge to anticipate and resolve issues and efficiently achieve clients’ legal and business goals.

An award-winning, full-service corporate law firm that has over 85 years of experience in providing international and domestic clients with technical excellence, knowledge of the market and unparalleled client service. The firm has been influential in the development of cutting-edge legal products and financial instruments, and major sports events in Mexico.

Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez is the firm of choice of prominent multinational and domestic financial institutions, industrial corporations, commercial enterprises, investors, international multilateral institutions, and sports teams, clubs and organizations, such as the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The firm’s international sports tax team has participated in the 2014 Update to Article 17 of the OECD Model Tax Convention and its Commentary; mutual agreement procedures (MAP) to resolve double taxation of sportspersons; major sports events in Mexico, such as the NFL Mexico Games, and an array of projects related to the taxation of international sportspersons.

Sofia Thomas, Chair of ISTA, said,

“We are absolutely delighted to welcome Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez to the International Sports Tax Association as a Partner Firm. Jorge Correa, Eduardo Brandt and Omar Zúñiga Arroyo bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to our association having worked with the King’s League, FIFA and the NFL. I welcome their experience and look forward to working together with them on progressing the conversation around sports tax and law.”

The tax team at Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez added,

“We are honored to join the International Sports Tax Association as a Partner Firm. This partnership represents a significant opportunity for us to contribute our expertise in international sports tax law to a global network of professionals. We look forward to collaborating with ISTA members to address the complex and evolving challenges facing the sports industry and to promote best practices in sports tax law. Our firm has a long-standing commitment to providing high-quality legal services to the sports industry. We believe that our membership in ISTA will further strengthen our ability to serve our clients and to contribute to the development of sports tax law in Mexico and around the world.”

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