2nd Cohort starting on September 22, 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!
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Empower Your Future with the ITMP
Unleash your potential with a world class tax management program.
Why Choose the ITMP?
Our Program
Discover our International Tax Management Program (ITMP), a collaborative initiative by the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Tributário (IBDT), Tax Executives Institute Latin America Chapter (TEI – Latam), and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT).
Gain practical skills in tax management for both in-house and consulting roles.
Enhance your expertise with a program designed for today’s fast-changing business and tax environment. Focused on the latest international tax issues, particularly in Latin America, this program equips you to manage taxes on a global scale.
Open to professionals worldwide, the ITMP addresses the growing demand for specialized management and tax skills.
Learn from experienced faculty members from academia, advisory firms, and multinational corporations. Our immersive learning experiences will help you develop the technical and strategic skills needed for successful tax management.
Join us to build new connections, broaden your knowledge, and become a tax leader in your organization.
Understanding our Program
Program Focus and Objectives:
- Practical Skills: The ITMP aims to provide tangible skills and experience in technical and tax management-related topics.
- International Tax Issues: It focuses on the latest international tax issues, with a particular emphasis on Latin America due to its challenging environment and growth projections.
- Global Scope: While focused on Latin America, the program is open to professionals worldwide.
- Leadership Development: It aims to help participants develop technical and strategic skills for successful tax management and to become tax leaders.
The program contains over 120 hours of instruction, runs for 7 months and features a blended format:
- In-person weeks: Opening and graduation weeks are held in person (e.g., in Buenos Aires and São Paulo).
- Virtual classes: All other classes are conducted virtually.
Methodology and Student Make-Up
The typical ITMP class student make-up is made up mostly of experienced in-house tax professionals with some seasoned external tax advisors/consultants and tax authorities from all over the Americas.
Each Module has at least three Instructors come from Academia, large international consulting/law firms and tax authorities.
Curriculum
The curriculum covers a comprehensive range of technical and management topics, including:
- Introduction to a Tax Department.
- People Management in a Tax Department.
- Leadership and Communication Skills in a Tax Team.
- Tax Compliance and Reporting.
- Direct Taxation and Transfer Pricing in Latin America.
- Indirect Taxation in Latin America.
- Tax Technology and Automation in Latin America.
- Reputation and Tax Administration/Taxpayer Relationship in Latin America.
- Understanding Tax Audits & Controversy in Latin America.
- Final Business Case (real life in-house tax simulation).
Investment
Based on our experience with the 1st cohort which started in Aug/2024 and ended in Jun/2025, we are estimating that the ucpcoming 2nd cohort (starting in Sept/25 and ending in Jun/26) will require an investment for the tuition between USD 3500 and USD 5000 depending on the level of scholarships and discount policies applied by the IBDT and UTDT. We are still finalizing these details. This estimate does not include the travel expenses for students to attend the in-person classes in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.
ITMP Coordinators
Joaquin Kersman (UTDT)
Juliana Zobaran (TEI Latam)
Juliana Zobaran (TEI Latam)
Joaquin is a highly experienced tax lawyer with deep and broad knowledge of Latin American tax issues, currently serving as a Founding Partner at Latin American Tax (LAT). His extensive background includes roles as the tax director for Latin America at Adidas and as a tax partner at prominent law firms Nicholson y Cano Abogados and Baker
Joaquin is a highly experienced tax lawyer with deep and broad knowledge of Latin American tax issues, currently serving as a Founding Partner at Latin American Tax (LAT). His extensive background includes roles as the tax director for Latin America at Adidas and as a tax partner at prominent law firms Nicholson y Cano Abogados and Baker & McKenzie Argentina, where he led the tax and foreign trade department. This diverse experience has informed his current work in providing reliable regional tax support. Recognized for his expertise by various publications, Joaquin is also an active academic, holding professorships at several universities and possessing a JD from the University of Buenos Aires, an LLM from University Torcuato Di Tella, and a diploma from the University of Vienna School of Law.
Juliana Zobaran (TEI Latam)
Juliana Zobaran (TEI Latam)
Juliana Zobaran (TEI Latam)
Juliana is a prominent tax leader and academic in Brazil, serving as the LATAM Tax Director for Vantiva, a French multinational technology company. In her corporate role, she is responsible for overseeing all tax matters for the company's operations across Latin America, focusing on strategic tax planning, compliance, and litigation mana
Juliana is a prominent tax leader and academic in Brazil, serving as the LATAM Tax Director for Vantiva, a French multinational technology company. In her corporate role, she is responsible for overseeing all tax matters for the company's operations across Latin America, focusing on strategic tax planning, compliance, and litigation management. An accomplished lawyer and accountant, she has extensive experience in the legal and tax departments of multinational corporations. Alongside her executive career, Zobaran is a respected tax professor, sharing her expertise at institutions such as the Associação Paulista de Estudos Tributários (APET) and Live University. In her academic capacity, she teaches postgraduate courses on complex topics like tax compliance and digital tax obligations, contributing to the development of the next generation of tax professionals in Brazil.
Lionel Nobre (TEI Latam)
Victor Polizelli (IBDT)
Victor Polizelli (IBDT)
With over 30 years of experience in Latin American and international tax matters, Lionel is the Vice-President of Latin America Tax at Dell Technologies, where he has led the team since 2006, managing over 60 professionals across 14 jurisdictions. His responsibilities encompass tax planning, compliance, litigation, and incentive negotiat
With over 30 years of experience in Latin American and international tax matters, Lionel is the Vice-President of Latin America Tax at Dell Technologies, where he has led the team since 2006, managing over 60 professionals across 14 jurisdictions. His responsibilities encompass tax planning, compliance, litigation, and incentive negotiation. Lionel is also the President of the Tax Executives Latin America Chapter and serves on TEI International’s Executive Committee. His prior career includes leadership roles at BDO Seidman, LLP and Grant Thornton LLP. Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, he is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has published numerous articles, including a BNA Bloomberg Portfolio on Transfer Pricing for Brazil and a co-coordinated book on tax management in the digital era. Lionel is also an Adjunct Professor at Texas A&M Law School and holds an M.B.A. and two LL.M. degrees from the University of Miami and the Pontifical University of São Paulo, in addition to his J.D. from the same Brazilian university.
Victor Polizelli (IBDT)
Victor Polizelli (IBDT)
Victor Polizelli (IBDT)
Victor is a distinguished international tax advisor with over two decades of experience in corporate and international taxation, currently serving as a partner at Koury Lopes Advogados where he leads the international taxation practice. In addition to his advisory role in tax planning, consulting, and transfer pricing for major corporati
Victor is a distinguished international tax advisor with over two decades of experience in corporate and international taxation, currently serving as a partner at Koury Lopes Advogados where he leads the international taxation practice. In addition to his advisory role in tax planning, consulting, and transfer pricing for major corporations, he is deeply involved in academia at the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law (IBDT). There, he coordinates the LLM in International Tax Law, teaches in the Professional Master's Program, and serves as the editor for the international tax law journal, Revista de Direito Tributário Internacional Atual. Polizelli holds a PhD and a master's degree in tax law from the University of São Paulo (USP), as well as dual degrees in law and accounting from the same prestigious institution, and has authored numerous books and articles on key topics such as corporate taxation and transfer pricing.
Faculty
The ITMP boasts an experienced faculty comprising members from top-tier academia, advisory firms, and multinational corporations, from Latin America, Europe and the U.S such as:
FABIOLA ANNACONDIA | EDUARDO BAISTROCCHI | HERNAN CAIRE | NAPOLEAO DAGNESE | GORKA ECHEVARRIA | PABLO GENTINI | TOMÁS GONZALEZ | MIRIAM MAY | |CLAUDIO MORETTI | LUIS FLAVIO NETO | NATALIA QUIÑONES | CARLOS RIVERO | LUIS SCHOUERI | JONAS BERGSTEIN | MARIA CLAUDIA SOUZA | PHELIPPE TOLEDO | WILSON VIEIRA | CARLOS RIVERO | VIRGINIA PILLEKAMP | FLAVIA PORTO | DANIELA PLESKNIK | MAYRA ESPEJEL, among others.