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Spingarn Offices
Luis Tamayo n24-33 y Baquerizo Moreno
Plaza Corporativa Torres del Castillo - Edificio Torre Dos, Oficina 7005
Ecuador
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Diego Armas
Work Department
Corporate, M&A and Tax
Position
Partner
Career
In over 16 years of professional experience, Diego worked as consultant for the Tax Division at Ernst & Young. He currently advises some of the most important companies and holdings in Ecuador.
Diego has great experience in negotiation processes, legal counsel, representation in judicial processes, advisory on the management of employment relationship, compliance with control entities.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Assessment in managing administrative claims
- Assessment in appeals for reconsideration
- Banking law
- Court proceedings related to impeachment processes
- General tax assessment
- Tax audits
- Risk assessment
- Tax planning and development of tax optimization tools
- Assessment in double taxation agreements
- Legal assessment for start-ups
- Corporate structure and equity management
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Assessment in transforming corporations
- Assessment in control gaining processes
- Corporate auditing
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
Lawyer
Lawyer Rankings
Ecuador > Tax
Spingarn is recognised for its strong tax focus, and as such is a popular choice for high-profile clients, which turn to the group for its experience in tax structuring, tax planning, customs matters and administrative proceedings. Managing partner Andrés Narváez and Diego Armas share leadership of the practice, with the fomrer acting as a key point of contact for administrative challenges, risk and continency assessments, tax efficiency instruments and judicial appeals, drawing on his previous role as a lawyer and consultant for the SRI. Senior associate Kyra Rivera is also noted, sought by banking entities to handle tax structuring and planning mandates; she is backed by head and director of the firm’s litigation offering David Anda and Andrea Orellana. The firm has established particularly strong ties with Banco Pichincha, acting for the bank in multiple cases against the SRI.
Ecuador > Corporate and M&A
Sebastián Saá Tamayo, Andrés Narváez and Diego Armas run Spingarn‘s team, which ‘generates trust and offers constant support‘ and is ‘capable of understanding the needs of the clients’. Saá Tamayo has national and international experience in M&A transactions. On the regulatory side, Armas is a go-to practitioner, who also has extensive expertise in negotiation processes. The group’s growing client base includes international energy companies, an area of expertise for Lisset Armijos in particular.