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PPO Abogados Offices
Av. Ballivian No. 555
Edif. El Dorial – Piso 14
LA PAZ
Bolivia
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Pablo Ordoñez
Work Department
Taxation Law, Administrative and Regulatory Law
Position
Partner
Career
Pablo Ordoñez is a partner of PPO Abogados and he leads the firm`s Tax Law team.
As leader of the Tax Law team, he habitually provides counseling to local and foreign companies in the design and implementation of fiscal structures to enable capturing investments in Bolivia, and the materialization of disinvestments. Likewise, he actively participates in the negotiation of complex corporate contracts for the sale of participation interests and assets, as well as commercial agreements, in relation to their fiscal effects and fiscal optimization alternatives. He also provides legal counseling to companies in different sectors with respect to the taxation effects applicable to their business. In a parallel manner, he has a broad experience sponsoring tax-related litigation processes filed before administrative and judicial entities.
Prior to his incorporation to PPO, Pablo was a partner at Ferrere law firm. Aldo, he worked as a fiscal adviser at the local (2014-2016) as well as the international level (2008-2014) including companies like Repsol in Spain. During that period, his work focused on integral fiscal advice, in coordination with external advisers from Nordic and African countries for the definition and implementation of strategies. Prior to that, Pablo was a fiscal adviser at Telefónica (at its headquarters in Madrid, Spain), Bolivia`s National Customs Office and Bolivia`s National Tax Service.
In the academic area, he is a Tax professor in various postgraduate programs, and is the author of a several articles about tax-related subjects for academic publications, as well as for Bolivian and foreign media.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
IFA (International Fiscal Association)
Education
Pablo obtained his Law Degree from Universidad Católica Boliviana, and a Master`s Degree in Taxation, from Centro de Estudios Garrigues, in Madrid, Spain. He also specialized in International Fiscal Planning at Centro de Estudios Financieros in Madrid as well as a specialization in Compared Fiscal Policy from Harvard University, in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States.
Lawyer Rankings
Bolivia > Tax
(Leading individuals)PPO Abogados offers a comprehensive range of tax services, including tax compliance, tax planning, international trade, customs, and tax structuring. The tax practice has a strong litigation team, representing multinational clients in both administrative and judicial litigation processes. The firm also provides tax accounting and audit services. Clients represent a range of sectors, and the team has recently advised on the tax aspects of significant M&A in a variety of areas. New points of focus within the practice include wealth management, digital economy taxation, and constitutional analysis of tax rules. The team has offices in Santa Cruz, La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre, and Cobija, and the firm’s Canada Desk continues to enhance the group’s international reach. Tax specialist Pablo Ordóñez leads the practice and has a wealth of experience in international commodities, oil and gas, mining, litigation, and gambling regulation, and advises some of the firm’s key clients, including Minera San Cristobal and Inchcape. Appointed associate practice director in September 2023, Alexandra Ortíz leads the advisory and compliance segments, and has extensive experience in international tax planning, and advisory, compliance, and digital taxation. Senior associates Miguel Ángel Gumucio and Adrian Bellot are both experienced tax lawyers and come with client recommendation.
Bolivia > Energy and natural resources
PPO Abogados‘ ‘highly competent’ energy and natural resources team advises national and international clients from the power generation, hydrocarbons and mining sectors. The firm has been involved in the development of a lithium project in Bolivia, and is advising on a major private investment in the green hydrogen and ammonia sphere. The group advised a number of new energy and natural resources clients in 2022 on a diverse range of matters, such as regulations, commercial agreements and litigation. The team is co-led by four lawyers: public law expert Diego Böhrt; Mattias Garrón, who is praised for giving ‘excellent results‘ in mining matters; Pablo Ordoñez, a hydrocarbons expert who advises clients such as Canacol Energy; and Carlos Pinto, who advises companies on the development of energy, mining and hydrocarbons projects.