Veronica Vilarchao is an associate with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Taxation, International, and Latin America Practices, focusing on various areas such as international transactions and taxation, corporate taxation, federal tax controversies, tax-exempt entities, joint ventures, and general corporate and partnership matters. She is also a member of the firm’s Estates & Trusts Practice.
A significant component of Ms. Vilarchao’s practice involves structuring U.S. investments of non U.S. persons, offshore tax and estate planning for non U.S. persons, pre-immigration and expatriation tax planning, and assisting foreign clients in structuring and documenting their investments for purposes of investor-based U.S. visas.
Ms. Vilarchao received her J.D. in 1999 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her LL.M. in taxation (2002) from the University of Florida. She earned a B.A. (cum laude, 1993) from the University of Miami in international finance and marketing.
She was named a Top Up & Comer in the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 editions of the South Florida Legal Guide and presented at the Florida Bar Tax Section Meeting on the "New" Exit Tax on Expatriates in July 2009.
Ms. Vilarchao is admitted to practice in Florida; the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; and the United States Tax Court. She is a member of the Tax, Business Law, International Law, and Real Property, and Probate & Trust Law Sections of the Florida State Bar Association.
Ms. Vilarchao is fluent in Spanish.