Maria Teresa Quiñones

KPMG - Spain

Head of the transfer pricing practice

Edificio Torre de Cristal
Paseo de la Castellana, 259C
28046 Madrid




World TP - Highly Regarded


Jurisdictions:

Spain

Practice areas:

Transfer pricing


Teresa is the head of the transfer pricing practice in Spain and former leader of KPMG's transfer pricing services for the LATAM Region.

As part of her more than two decades of transfer pricing experience, Teresa has held various positions in countries such as Argentina, the United States of America, Mexico and Spain. Before joining KPMG Spain, Teresa was based in Mexico City and lead KPMG's transfer pricing services for Mexico and the LATAM Region. As LATAM leader, Teresa supported the development of transfer pricing practices in Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Teresa stands out for advising multinational clients from various industries, such as consumer products, logistics and transportation, chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, energy, entertainment and finance. The nature of the projects she has developed includes (1) planning, documentation, valuations; (2) Value chain analysis/solutions, including transfer pricing and tax implications; (3) Valuation of shares and intangibles and implementation of cost sharing agreements/arrangements; (4) Regional and global documentation projects for multinational groups involving various transactions (i.e., transfer of intangibles, sale of finished products and raw materials, various services, etc.); (5) Transfer pricing inspection processes (not only in Spain, Mexico and the U.S. but also in Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama and Colombia); (6) Advance pricing agreements; (7) Competent authority procedures (MAPS); and (8) Due diligence activities.

Teresa has also been involved in value chain analysis/structures covering different LATAM countries as well as with dispute resolution processes in LATAM.

In Mexico City, Teresa was a visiting professor at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants, and the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial.

Teresa is also a member of the International Fiscal Association and a frequent speaker in seminars organized by Thomson Reuters and the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants.

Teresa is Spanish native speaker and fluent in English.