Agustín Ceballos

Shareholder

Direct: (619) 219-6326
Fax: (619) 219-5344
Email: [email protected]
Languages: Spanish
Offices: San Diego
Bar Admissions: California

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Agustín Ceballos is a Shareholder and Chair of Buchalter’s Latin America practice group and a member of the Corporate and Tax, Benefits and Estate Planning practice groups.

Representative Work

Advise on multi-generation succession planning for foreign nationals
Counsel clients on cross-border estate, gift and generation skipping tax planning and compliance
Advise foreign financial institutions and non-financial foreign entities (including corporate service providers, funds, trust companies, and other financial intermediaries) to ensure proper compliance with FATCA and CRS
Represent clients on initial structuring of U.S. and Mexican investments
Provide counsel to estates of foreign decedents with U.S.-situs property
Advise foreign investors on the U.S. state and federal tax implications of operating a business
Represent financial institutions with respect to the U.S. tax treatment of foreign account holders
Provide counsel to clients on tax-free reorganizations involving cross-border mergers
Advise clients on withholding obligations (and applications for reduced withholding) on the sale of U.S. real property interests held by foreign investors
Represent and advise entities and individuals in audits with the IRS, Franchise Tax Board, and Board of Equalization
Provide counsel to clients on streamlined and voluntary disclosure filings
Advise clients on pre-immigration tax strategies and on renouncing U.S. citizenship

Awards and Honors

Fulbright Garcia-Robles Scholarship
Selected to Best Lawyers in America – Ones to Watch 2024-2025

Professional Involvement

State Bar of California, International & Taxation Law Sections
San Diego County Bar Association
Executive Committee International Law and Immigration Section I California Lawyers Association