Pérez Bustamante & Ponce

Carmen specializes in tax, customs and international trade, with a special emphasis on investment. She provides legal advice to various industries including the food & beverage, automotive, pharmaceutical, technology and consumer sectors. She has significant experience advising on the use of tax incentives for public-private partnerships and new investments in Ecuador. She also has extensive experience in tax and customs litigation.

Carmen is regularly invited to be a panelist and speaker at various forums on tax law and investments.

Partner

• Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2013 - present)
• Vice Minister of Human Rights, Ecuador (2011 - 2013)
• Judge of the Third Chamber of the Quito District Tax Court, Ecuador (2012)
• Secretary/Rapporteur of the Tax Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, Ecuador (2002 - 2011)
• Professor of Tax Procedural Law, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador (2005 - present)
• Professor of Tax Procedural Law, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador (2008 - present)
• Professor of International Business, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador (2008 - present)
• Professor, MBA Program, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador (2014 - 2016)

Spanish, English

• Ecuador Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• Ecuadorian Tax Law Institute
• Latin American Tax Law Institute
• International Fiscal Association - IFA

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (Lawyer, 2004)
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (Degree in Juridical Science, 2004)
• Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador (Master’s Degree in Law, major in Tax Law, 2005)
• Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador (Diploma in Law, 2004)