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Jose Elias Bermeo-Barba

+593 382 7640 jbermeo@pbplaw.com View profile

Work Department

José Elías offers domestic and international tax advice to legal entities and individuals. He also provides corporate and tax planning advice using double taxation avoidance agreements.

He is experienced in tax structuring, corporate reorganizations and due diligence. He advises clients on customs and tax matters in administrative and legal proceedings

Position

Senior Associate

Career

• Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2015 – present)
• Adjunct Professor, Tax Law, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (2018 – present)
• Research Assistant to Anu Bradford and Robert J. Jackson Jr., Columbia University, Law School, New York, USA (2016)
• Professor of Civil Processes, Universidad de los Hemisferios, Quito, Ecuador (2015)
• Senior Tax Consultant, Ernst & Young, Quito, Ecuador (2013 – 2015)
• Founder / Editor-in-chief, USFQ Law Review magazine (2012 – 2013)

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

• Ecuador Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• Ecuadorian Tax Law Institute
• Latin American Tax Law Institute

Education

• Columbia University, Law School, New York, USA (Master of Laws, LL.M., 2017)
• Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador (Business Law Specialist, 2017)
• Columbia University, Law School, New York, USA (Business Law Diploma, 2015)
• Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Lawyer, magna cum laude, 2014)
• Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Minor in Business Law, 2014)