Gianella Gallegos-Santos > Pérez Bustamante & Ponce > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

Gianella Gallegos-Santos

+593 382 7640 ggallegos@pbplaw.com View profile

Work Department

Gianella offers tax and corporate advice and compliance reviews. She specializes in challenges against tax assessments and tax refund applications involving the central and local tax authorities, as well as tax litigation. She is experienced in corporate tax planning and designing tax structures.

Gianella also has real estate expertise, particularly in related legal advice and the management of real estate projects and condominium ownership.

Position

Senior Associate

Career

• Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2017 – present)
• Associate Lawyer, Larrea, Ortiz & Cía., Guayaquil, Ecuador (2010 -2015)
• Tax Consultant, PriceWaterhouseCoopers PwC, Guayaquil, Ecuador (2009 – 2010).
• Tax Analyst, Internal Revenue Service, Guayaquil, Ecuador (2008 -2009)

Languages

Spanish and English

Memberships

• Ecuador Bar Association
• International Bar Association

Education

• Torres y Asociados, Instituto de Programación Neurolingüística, Guayaquil, Ecuador (Master’s Degree in Neurolinguistics Programming, 2008)
• Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador (Lawyer, 2011)
• University of Warwick, Coventry, England (LLM in Advanced Legal Studies, 2016)
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset, Madrid, Spain (Master’s Degree in Economic Analysis of Law, 2017)