Mr Luis Barahona > Arias > San Salvador, El Salvador > Lawyer Profile
Arias Offices
CALLE LA MASCOTA #533
COLONIA SAN BENITO
SAN SALVADOR
El Salvador
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Mr Luis Barahona
Work Department
- Administrative Law
- Tax and Fiscal Planning
Position
Partner
Career
Expert in taxes, tax disputes and litigation, fiscal planning, precautionary legal audits, tax risk detection, and transfer pricing. With vast experience in the Tax Administration and also in the private sector.
Currently, Luis is the Director of the Firms Tax Department. His professional experience includes: Director of the Internal Revenue Services, Interine General Subdirector, Legal Manager, Chief of Large Taxpayers Legal Department, Chief of El Salvadors negotiating committee on the subscription of the treaty on double taxation with Spain.
He also was part of the internal revenue technical group who participated in the making, review and subscription of the treaties on regulation of Internal Tax enforceable to commerce, Information Exchange and Mutual help in the Central American Customs Union. Luis has also worked on numerous tax reforms.
Languages
- Spanish
- English (Basic)
Memberships
International Bar Association (IBA)
Education
Luis has a law degree and is authorized as a practicing attorney of El Salvador. He has obtained Postgraduate Degrees in tax and fiscal law, from Chile, Brazil, Spain, France, Argentina, among others.
Lawyer Rankings
El Salvador > Tax
(Leading individuals)Backed by the considerable bench strength of the firm’s seven offices throughout the region, the tax group at Arias advises prominent multinational companies and financial institutions such as Walmart and Citibank from across the retail, oil and gas, tech, and banking and financial services sectors on a diverse range of matters, including tax compliance, planning and litigation, due diligence, and transfer pricing. Veteran tax litigator Luis Barahona oversees the practice, drawing on his experience as a former director of the Internal Revenue Services and head of El Salvador’s negotiating committee on the double taxation treaty with Spain to assists with precautionary legal audits and tax risk detection. He is supported by senior counsel César López, who specialises in customs and municipal tax matters, and also benefits from a background in the public sector.