María Cecilia Ricciardi

María Cecilia is a Partner at Andersen in Uruguay. She specializes in advising local and foreign clients on tax, finance and accounting matters, cross-border transactions, international tax structures and the setting up of operations in Uruguay.

María Cecilia has over 15 years of experience in corporate and tax advice. She works with clients from the United States, Europe, Japan and Latin America, on matters such as the incorporation of companies in Uruguay, advice on Tax-Free Zone structures and offshore activities, as well as advice (from tax aspects) on farmland investing in Uruguay. She has been involved in the acquisition of local companies by multinationals and the set-up of local franchise operations for global brands.

María Cecilia was one of the founders of Solution Alliance, a tax and accountancy firm, in 2007. Solution Alliance became a member firm of Andersen Global when it adopted the name Andersen in 2018. Before Solution Alliance, María Cecilia worked at Guyer & Regules and at Gap Consultores.

Important deals that María Cecilia has advice on include the sale of Uruguay’s leading beef producing company (British-owned) to one of the top global Japanese food companies, the merging of a major supermarket chain of Uruguay, and the capitalization of duty-free stores in Uruguay, in legal as well as tax matters. She has also given tax advice on the incorporation of a second holding for the biggest seed technology developer in the Mercosur (South American trade bloc) and the sale of one of the most important duty-free stores in Uruguay.