Mr Alex Córdova > Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados > Lima, Peru > Lawyer Profile
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados Offices
Av. Pardo y Aliaga 652 piso 8
San Isidro
Lima 15073
Peru
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Mr Alex Córdova
Work Department
Tax.
Position
Partner Alex Córdova leads our Tax practice area. He specializes in fiscal consulting and planning, mergers & acquisitions, extractive industries taxation, consumption taxation and tax processes.
Career
He advises in the analysis of tax aspects, as well as financial transactions, such as derivative contracts, trusts, taxation of extractive industries, mutual and investment funds, consumption taxation and securitizations.
He represents clients in tax processes both in administrative offices and before the Judiciary. He has been involved in the most important cases on this matter in the country obtaining successful results.
He has been president of the Peruvian chapter of the International Fiscal Association (2010 – 2012), and has been a member of four Boards of Directors for two years each (2004 – 2012). Likewise, he has been president of the Tax Commitee of AmCham and of the Tax Commitee of the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy. He is a frequent speaker in local and international forums, having been a speaker twice at the IFA world congresses in Copenhagen and Madrid. He has been a professor of the Consumption Taxes course at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and is the author of several articles on tax matters. He is currently Chairman of the Tax Committee of Confiep.
Languages
Spanish and english.
Memberships
Lima Bar Association Peruvian Institute of Tax Law International Fiscal Association (IFA) – Peruvian Group.
Education
Universidad Católica Santa María de Arequipa – Lawyer (1995).
Lawyer Rankings
Peru > Tax
(Leading individuals)Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados‘ sizeable tax team caters to high-profile multinational businesses and acts for large international law firms as local counsel on cross-border matters. It has a strong track record in advising on the tax aspects of major corporate transactions and also handles contentious administrative procedures before SUNAT, in addition to judicial litigation and arbitration. Practice co-head Alex Córdova is experienced in the extractive industries and handles proceedings before the Tax Authority, the Tax Court and the judiciary. Alex Morris, who jointly leads the team, is a key contact for wealth management and acts for a strong roster of high-net-worth individuals; he is dual qualified in Spain and Peru. Tulio Tartarini and Mariella de la Torre are both board members of the Peruvian Tax Law Institute (IPDT); Tartarini is recommended for transfer pricing, while de la Torre handles tax consultancy matters and litigation with a particular focus on the mining industry. Gonzalo La Torre deals with corporate and insurance taxation, while Lourdes Castillo, who was recently promoted to partner, is another name to note for corporate tax, as well as VAT and tax proceedings. Other key contacts include Raúl Hidalgo, who deals with contentious matters, and associates Joan Tello and Lucía Rodrigo. Jose Chiarella re-joined the firm from Damma Legal Advisors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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