Nelson Landaeta Contreras is the founder partner of “NLC Asesoría”; an independent firm dedicated to the transfer pricing advisory in Venezuela. The Firm was founded on May 27th of 2009.
Previously he rendered his professional services during more than 12 years in the areas of transfer pricing and corporate tax in Pricewaterhousecoopers (1996-2002) and Ernst & Young (2002-2009) domiciled in Caracas, Venezuela.
Mr Landaeta throughout his professional career in transfer pricing, has assisted a wide range of local and regional documentations in diverse industry sectors including massive consumption, pharmaceutical, automotive, energy, petrochemical, mining, among others. He has achieved wide knowledge on the transfer pricing regulations included in the Venezuelan Income Tax Law (VITL) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines.
He has assisted as a planning advisor to multinational enterprises on its transactions regarding the transference of tangible goods, intangibles and services transactions. Additionally Mr Landaeta has being maintaining a proactive participation in transfer pricing audit process during the past three years in Venezuela. He has established direct contact with the transfer pricing management of the tax authority (SENIAT) during these processes, exchanging important criterias and positions with authorities’ agents. He has successfully assisted some clients in the identification and implementing phase of the defense strategy, negotiations, preparation and documents review process.
Internationally during his duty in one of the big four firms, Mr Landaeta was engaged in the development and training process of the Colombian transfer pricing practice during 2004. At the same time, during the 2004-2005 period, he was directly engaged in conducting transfer pricing projects in Peru and Colombia. He has participated in a variety of transfer pricing training sessions performed in the United States, México, Argentina and Venezuela.
In his role as an independent consultant, Nelson Landaeta has been chosen among the leaders in transfer pricing advisors of Venezuela by the survey: “Euromoney’s Expert Guide to the World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers” for 2012 and 2013. In his role as an independent consultant, Nelson Landaeta has been chosen among the leaders in transfer pricing advisors of Venezuela by the survey: “Euromoney's Expert Guide to the World's Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers”. During 2013, the Acquisition International Magazine recognized NLC Asesoria as “Venezuelan Private Client Services Firm of the Year” and “Venezuelan Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year”. During 2015 the firm was recognized as the “Best of Best of Transfer Pricing” in Venezuela” by “The Guide to the World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers” an annual publication of the Legal Media Group.
