Javier Valls graduated in Law by the Universidad de Barcelona and is registered in the Barcelona Bar Association since 1995. After working as a tax lawyer in Barcelona, he moved to Germany, where he specialized in international and European tax law.
He first did a Master in European Law (LL.M.) at the Europa-Institut from the Saarland University in Saarbrücken. A few years later, he took a PhD in Tax Law at the Tax Law Institute from the University of Cologne.
During those years, he worked for the Ernst & Young´s International Tax Department in Stuttgart, and later, for the law firm Flick Gocke Schaumburg in Bonn.
Back in Spain, Javier Valls joined the German Desk of Ernst & Young in Barcelona, and worked in the firm’s International Tax Department for companies, as well as in the “Human Capital” Department, which is specialized in tax consulting services for expatriates and private individuals with assets.
Continue Reading