JORGE CORREA IS A PARTNER AT CREEL, GARCÍA-CUÉLLAR, AIZA Y ENRÍQUEZ, S.C., WHERE HE SPECIALIZES IN CORPORATE AND INTERNATIONAL TAX, WITH A FOCUS ON CAPITAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, CROSS-BORDER STRUCTURING, AND MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS.
Mr. Correa regularly advises investment funds, financial institutions and multinational enterprises in various industries, such as real estate, infrastructure, and energy. His experience includes advising REITs, MLPs, private equity funds, ETFs and other collective investment vehicles, as well as issuers and underwriters in domestic and global offerings. He also supports clients on tax policy issues, corporate restructurings, tax refunds, private letter rulings, and reporting on tax in ESG environments.
In 2019, he was recognized as “Best Tax Rising Star in Latin America” by Euromoney Legal Group, being the first Mexican lawyer to receive this distinction. Since 2017, International Tax Review has named him one of Mexico’s “Indirect Tax Leaders”. He has also received recognitions such as the “Generación Anáhuac” medal (2015) from Universidad Anáhuac Mayab and his inclusion in CNN Expansion’s “30 promises in their 30s” ranking (2014).
Mr. Correa is among the leading tax lawyers according to publications such as Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, ITR World Tax, and Best Lawyers. He is the author of several publications on tax matters, including books by Thomson Reuters on the Mexico-Canada and Mexico-UK double taxation conventions, as well as on REITs.
He is a member of the International Bar Association, the International Fiscal Association, and the Business Advisory Group on FATCA & CRS of the OECD.
He holds a law degree from Universidad Anáhuac Mayab and two master’s degrees from Universidad Panamericana: one in Tax Law and the other in Government and Public Policy. In addition, he completed the AD-R senior management program at IPADE Business School.
Before joining the private sector, he worked for a decade at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, where he held key positions as Assistant Deputy Commissioner and Competent Authority in tax treaties. Between 2013 and 2014, he collaborated as a Consultant for the OECD, being the principal drafter of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).
He is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in English.