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Alberto Lobato

Senior Associate
Madrid
About

Alberto is a tax lawyer with experience advising multinational companies in a wide range of sectors.

His clients include multinational companies in a wide range of sectors such as online gambling, food and beverages, real estate and pharmaceutical companies.

Alberto advices on all types of tax procedures, including tax audits and appeals. In addition, he has worked on tax planning of foreign investments in Spain and provides day-to-day tax advice to multinational companies.

Alberto also has experience in advising gambling operators on tax related matters.

Areas of FocusTax

EXPERIENCE

  • Advice to a multinational beverages company in the claim against the tax audit assessment amounting to €5 million resolved in 2021.
  • Tax litigation against the assessment issued by the Madrid tax authorities corresponding to the Tax on the Increase in Value of Urban Land, amounting to €15 million resolved in 2023.
  • Tax Advice to an online gambling operator on the transfer of its residence to Melilla (2020).
  • Tax Advice to a multinational company in the request for the refund of Value Added Tax unduly paid in Spain amounting to €3 million.
  • Tax advice regarding the acquisition of Spanish real estate complex amounting to €185 million (2022).
  • Tax advice on the of six hotels in Spain and Portugal with an estimated total investment of over €80 million (2022)
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Education
  • Master in Tax Advice at ESADE Business and Law School (2015-2017)
  • Master for Access to the Legal Profession at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) (2015-2017)
  • Law Degree at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) (2011-2015)
  • Diploma in International Legal Studies at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE) (2011-2015)
  • Advanced Course on Tax Procedures by the Center for Financial Studies (CEF) (2018-2019)
  • Advanced Course on Value Added Tax by the Center for Financial Studies (CEF) (2022)

Publications

Prior Experience

  • Junio 2016 – Present DLA Piper Spain, S.L.
  • May 2022 – Present Lecturer at Escuela de Práctica Jurídica de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member of the Madrid Bar Association

My latest insights

News

DLA Piper advises BBVA on the first project financing for a green hydrogen plant in Iberia

16 April 2025 .1 minute read

Publication

VAT treatment of sale and lease-back transactions clarified

4 February 2025 .2 minute read

Podcast

Episode three: Recovering input VAT: Practical solutions for the EU and beyond

11 November 2024 .1 minute read

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Phone

+34 91 788 7376
(Work, Madrid)
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