Mr Carlos Pineda > Consortium Legal > La Libertad, El Salvador > Lawyer Profile
Consortium Legal Offices
EDIFICIO AVANTE LOCAL 313, URB. MADRE SELVA III.
CALLE LLAMA DEL BOSQUE PONIENTE
ANTIGUO CUSCATLAN, LA LIBERTAD
El Salvador
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Mr Carlos Pineda
Work Department
Tax
Position
Associate
Career
Carlos is an associate at Consortium Legal – El Salvador. He has 4 years of experience as a professional in the areas of Tax and Administrative Law, including the preparation of legal opinions on internal, customs and municipal taxes; also, in the processing of Binding Tax Consultations before the General Directorate of Internal Taxes and in consultations and advance rulings before the General Directorate of Customs.
He has provided advice to different companies in obtaining tax benefits under the International Services Law and the Law of Industrial and Commercial Free Zones. Likewise, he has advised and accompanied companies in the areas of telecommunications, hydrocarbons, free zones, call centers, banks, supermarkets and producers of mass consumer goods, among others, in the processing of tax assessment procedures and imposition of penalties in the area of internal, customs and municipal taxes.
He also has broad experience in the presentation of appeals in tax, customs, and municipal matters, as well as in contentious-administrative proceedings and amparo process.
Languages
Spanish
Education
- Diploma “Exegetical Study of the Administrative Procedures Law”, Law and Business (2022).
- Diploma in Introduction to Tax Law, Bufete Jurídico Servicio Legal, El Salvador (2021)
- Diploma in Tax Law on the Transfer of Movable Goods and the Rendering of Services, Salvadoran Institute of Public Accountants, El Salvador (2020)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Sciences, Universidad de El Salvador, El Salvador (2019)
Lawyer Rankings
El Salvador > Tax
The tax group at Consortium Legal pairs a strong regional presence (with locations in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua) with the experience of its team to provide major multinationals with a comprehensive tax service across the entire business life cycle. With a broad client base spanning such sectors as consumer products, telecoms, banking, energy and food, the team advises on the tax aspects of matters ranging from company incorporations to international trade, distribution, licensing, and commercial transactions and contracts. The practice is led by Diego Martín, who has over 20 years of experience in the practice area and who represents clients in tax and customs litigation at the administrative and judicial levels. The capable pool of junior lawyers includes senior associate William Escobar, whose practice takes in defending clients against tax assessment procedures and the imposition of internal, customs and municipal tax penalties, and associates Verónica Tadeo, who benefits from a background at the Salvadoran Internal Revenue Service, Carlos Pineda, who advises companies seeking to obtain tax benefits under the International Services Law and the Law for Industrial and Commercial Free Zones, and associate Gonzalo Manzano, who joined from freelance practice in June 2022 and manages corporate structuring and the tax optimisation of businesses.