Overview

Erika Padilla is a business attorney at Holland & Knight's Mexico City office. Ms. Padilla focuses her practice on international and domestic tax issues in Mexico and provides litigation and tax counseling.

Ms. Padilla has advised companies in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, steel, beauty and apparel, food and beverage (alcoholic and nonalcoholic), chemical, pharmaceutical and textile. Her practice also involves foreign trade and administrative matters.

In addition, Ms. Padilla has extensive experience in tax controversy and administrative and foreign trade litigation, and she has handled complex audit proceedings, settled conclusive agreements and challenged tax assessments before administrative authorities and judicial and administrative courts. Ms. Padilla has also participated in tax recovery proceedings for undue tax payments and tax credits resulting from routine or extraordinary business operations.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Padilla was an attorney at a global law firm in its Mexico City office.

Credentials

Education
  • New York University, LL.M.
  • Universidad Panamericana, J.D.
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • Mexico
Memberships
  • Abogadas MX
  • Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados
Spoken Languages
  • English
  • Spanish