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

Languages
Spanish

Bar Admissions
California

Mexico

U.S. Tax Court

Education
Universidad de Noroeste in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, summa cum laude

Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City, Mexico, post-graduate studies, Taxation Law

Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, great distinction

Significant Accomplishments

• 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

Professional Activities and Experience

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

Guidance Needed Regarding Federal Estate Taxation of Exchange Traded Funds Owned by Nonresident Aliens

Mexico's Proposed Tax Reform: International and Cross border Highlights

FATCA: A Primer and Current Practical Developments

FBARs, FATCA, and Foreign Nationals: Where are We Headed?

Enforcement Of International Tax Reporting Is Heating Up

Agustín Ceballos, Presenter at the University of San Diego School of Law - Procopio International Tax Institute

Agustín Ceballos, Co-presenter at the University of San Diego School of Law - Procopio International Tax Institute

Agustín Ceballos, Speaking at the Jornada Internacional

Agustín Ceballos, Panelist at USD's International Law Student Mixer

Agustín Ceballos, Speaker at Universidad Panamericana

Agustín Ceballos and Daniel Silva, Speakers at USD School of Law

Agustín Ceballos and Sandy Isaac, Speakers at the Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México

Agustín Ceballos and Sandy Isaac, Presenters at the Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México on February 13, 2024

Agustín Ceballos and Sandy Isaac, Speakers at the Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México on February 15, 2024

Agustín Ceballos and Sandy Isaac, Speakers at the Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México on February 20, 2024

Agustín Ceballos and Sandy Isaac, Speakers at the Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México on February 22, 2024

Agustín Ceballos and Sandy Isaac, Speakers at the Colegio de Contadores Públicos de México on February 27, 2024

Agustín Ceballos, Daniel C. Silva, and Sandy Isaac, Speakers at Impuestos en Estados Unidos / The U.S. Tax System

Agustín Ceballos & Sandy Isaac Presenting at the Binational Accounting & Finance Forum

Agustín Ceballos and Marshall Olney Speaking at LA Tax Night

Key Tax Changes in Public Law 119-21: What Individuals and Businesses Need to Know

The ABCs of Investing in the U.S.: A Practical Guide for the Family Office and the Mexican Investor

Agustín Ceballos and Hillary Dorne Present at the Legado Sin Fronteras - Cumbre Sobre al Patrimonio Multigeneracional (Legacy Without Borders - Multigenerational Heritage Summit) Conference.

Buchalter Partners Speak at U.S.-Mexico Bar Association (USMBA) Annual Conference