OUR TEAM
The Firm
Brook & Cano is a firm focused on the customer. We have seen the traditional legal service offering and we prefer a rather different approach. Our firm is not focused on billable hours. We are focused on addressing customer’s needs and on creating value.
The firm was founded to bring solutions in the wealth planning world to high net worth individuals. We work with private clients such as entrepreneurs, their families, and their businesses to assess on the best solutions to protect their assets. We also assist with planning for an orderly and efficient transfer to the next generation and to avoid problems during succession. We know when a loved one passes, the last thing the family needs is a problem in their finances.
Arturo is originally from Mexico City, where he obtained his Law Degree (JD) from Universidad Panamericana. He also obtained a Masters of Law (LLM in Comparative Law) from the University of San Diego School of Law. He started his career with KPMG working in Mexico City, and afterward had assignments in Los Angeles and San Diego. He was later an Associate at the Mexican tax boutique of Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa during the firm’s joint venture with KPMG.
He mainly advised multinationals operating in Mexico on tax and legal matters. He joined Ernst & Young working as a Manager in the international tax services group in Southern California, where he focused on international holding structures for large corporations and on tax minimization strategies in Mexico and Latin America. After working in the big four for many years he joined the financial services industry in Southern California, specializing in wealth planning in the international private banking divisions.
He was a Senior Vice President in Bank of America and in UBS, where he focused on wealth planning for high net worth clients and in integrating strategies to preserve and transfer the family wealth of entrepreneurs. Arturo has been a frequent speaker on Mexican and international tax topics. Overall, he has over 19 years of international tax and legal experience. Arturo is fluent in Spanish and English.
Mauricio is originally from Mexico City. He holds a Law Degree (JD) from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM), a Masters Degree in Law and Economics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, an MBA from the Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresas (IPADE), as well as a Specialty in Tax Law from Universidad Panamericana and a Diploma in International Taxation from Duke University and ITAM.
Mauricio has extensive experience working in taxation matters both for the public and private sectors. His professional background includes employment with the Mexican Ministry of Finance, Deloitte Mexico where he was a Senior Lawyer, and an International Trustee Service Company, for which he served both from Mexico and the USA up until 2013, when he left to start Brook & Cano as a Founding Partner. He has been a professor at both the undergraduate and the graduate level at ITAM, with lectures on Public Policy and Economic Analysis of the Law. He is the author of the book “Game Theory and Tax Evasion” published in Mexico in 2006 and a paper on “Game Theory and Minimum Taxes” which was included in the book “Game Theory and Contemporary Law” published in Mexico in 2009. He has also authored various articles and published papers on international taxation and has been a guest speaker in numerous events both in Mexico and abroad.
Mauricio is a permanent member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) for which he has served as a member of the Board of their San Diego chapter and is a current member of their Mexico City chapter. During his professional career Mauricio has worked extensively on Mexican taxation matters, international tax planning, inbound and outbound investment structuring, tax treaties, transfer pricing and tax litigation. Mauricio speaks Spanish, English and French fluently.
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