Lourdes Castillo > Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile

Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Av. Pardo y Aliaga 652 piso 8
San Isidro
Lima 15073
Peru

Work Department

Tax

Position

Lourdes Castillo specializes in tax law with emphasis on consulting, planning and dispute resolution.

Career

She provides tax advisory services to companies on the adoption of efficient legal structures, as well as on administrative procedures, consulting and projects related to this matter.

Lourdes counsels on audit proceedings done by the National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT) and other tax authorities; as well in tax proceedings and judicial procedures.

She has written several articles and has been lecturer, among others, at the National Tax Law Conferences (in 2012 and 2021), organized by the Peruvian Institute of Tax Law (IPDT).

Languages

Spanish English

Memberships

Piura Bar Association
Peruvian Institute of Tax Law (IPDT)

Education

Universidad de Piura – Lawyer, with outstanding mention (2009)
New York University School of Law – LLM in International Taxation (2020)
Gerald L. Wallace Tax Scholarship (2019-2020)
Lourdes Aguilar, KPMG Scholarship (2019-2020

Lawyer Rankings

Peru > Tax

Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados‘ sizeable tax team caters to high-profile multinational businesses and acts for large international law firms as local counsel on cross-border matters. It has a strong track record in advising on the tax aspects of major corporate transactions and also handles contentious administrative procedures before SUNAT, in addition to judicial litigation and arbitration. Practice co-head Alex Córdova is experienced in the extractive industries and handles proceedings before the Tax Authority, the Tax Court and the judiciary. Alex Morris, who jointly leads the team, is a key contact for wealth management and acts for a strong roster of high-net-worth individuals; he is dual qualified in Spain and Peru. Tulio Tartarini and Mariella de la Torre are both board members of the Peruvian Tax Law Institute (IPDT); Tartarini is recommended for transfer pricing, while de la Torre handles tax consultancy matters and litigation with a particular focus on the mining industry. Gonzalo La Torre deals with corporate and insurance taxation, while Lourdes Castillo, who was recently promoted to partner, is another name to note for corporate tax, as well as VAT and tax proceedings. Other key contacts include Raúl Hidalgo, who deals with contentious matters, and associates Joan Tello and Lucía Rodrigo. Jose Chiarella re-joined the firm from Damma Legal Advisors.