Andrés Narváez > Spingarn > Quito, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.