José Ignacio Alemany

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Qualifications

  • Law Degree (Pontifical University of Comillas-ICADE), 1982.
  • Degree in Economics and Business Studies (Pontifical University of Comillas-ICADE), 1983.
  • Official Accounts Auditor, 1987.

Professional Experience

  • Audit Department of ARTHUR ANDERSEN, from July 1983 to July 1985.
  • Tax Department of ARTHUR ANDERSEN, from July 1985 to December 1986.
  • Member of the Tax Consultancy Department of the National Institute of Industry, from December 1986 to September 1987.
  • Lawyer with URÍA MENÉNDEZ, from September 1987 to May 1993. Secondment in SLAUGHTER & MAY, London, from July to October 1990.
  • In May 1993 he founded ALEMANY ABOGADOS, firm that was eventually renamed ALEMANY, ESCALONA & DE FUENTES, until his departure in December 2021.
  • Territorial delegate of the Madrid-Central Zone of the Spanish Association of Tax Consultants (AEDAF), from 2012 to 2015.
  • President of the Spanish Association of Tax Consultants (AEDAF) from 2016 to 2019.
  • Member of the Professional Affairs Committee of CFE – Tax Advisers Europe.

Professional Practice

  • Ongoing tax consultancy to people and companies. Family companies.
  • International tax planning.
  • Generational tax planning.
  • Taxation of restructuring operations: mergers and acquisitions.
  • Financial and insurance taxation.
  • Taxation of real estate transactions.
  • Tax and Accounting auditing.
  • Tax inspections.
  • Economic-administrative claims and contentious-administrative appeals.
  • International taxation; taxation of non-residents.

Teaching

  • Lecturer in Financial and Taxation Law at the Pontifical University of Comillas-ICADE since 1986.
  • Lecturer in the taxation of savings products on the Master’s in Portfolio Management of the Institute of Stock Exchange Studies.
  • Lecturer in value added tax on the Master in Company Law of ICADE.
  • Lecturer in value added tax on the Master in International Law of the IEB.
  • Lecturer in taxation on the Ernst & Young Master in Company Taxation of ICADE.
  • Lecturer in taxation on the Master in International Taxation and Fiscal Affairs of ICADE.
  • Honorary Professor of the Master in Access to the Legal Profession (MBA) at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
  • Lecturer in the Advanced Specialisation Course on Value Added Tax (VAT) at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid
  • Frequent speaker on tax issues at conferences and seminars. 

Professional Associations

  • Bar Association of Madrid.
  • Spanish Financial Law Association.
  • International Fiscal Association (IFA).
  • International Bar Association (IBA).
  • Spanish Association of Tax Consultants (AEDAF).
  • Economist Association of Madrid

Languages

Spanish. English. French.