Mr William Escobar > Consortium Legal > La Libertad, El Salvador > Lawyer Profile
Consortium Legal Offices
EDIFICIO AVANTE LOCAL 313, URB. MADRE SELVA III.
CALLE LLAMA DEL BOSQUE PONIENTE
ANTIGUO CUSCATLAN, LA LIBERTAD
El Salvador
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Mr William Escobar
Work Department
Tax
Position
Senior Associate
Career
William is a senior associate at Consortium Legal – El Salvador and a licensed attorney and notary with more than 17 years of experience, especially in Tax Law. He has experience advising and accompanying in the defense of tax assessment procedures and imposition of penalties in matters of internal, customs and municipal taxes. Additionally, in the presentation of appeals in tax, customs, and municipal matters, and with experience in the Contentious Administrative Process and Constitutional Protection Process.
William has extensive experience in the preparation of legal opinions on internal, customs and municipal taxes, and in the processing of Tax Consultations before the General Directorate of Internal Taxes and in consultations and advance rulings before the General Directorate of Customs.
During his career, he has worked in the Municipal Mayor’s Office of San Salvador and in the Court of Appeals of Internal Taxes and Customs. He has also advised companies and public agencies on tax issues related to corporate practices; compliance with tax obligations; foreign trade and origin of goods; preferential tax regimes related to the Law of Industrial and Commercial Free Zones, Law of International Services, and other tax benefits.
Languages
Spanish and English
Memberships
- Attorney at Law and Notary Public authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of El Salvador.
Education
- Master in Business Law, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, El Salvador (2015)
- Bachelor of Laws, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, El Salvador (2006)
Lawyer Rankings
El Salvador > Tax
(Rising stars)The tax group at Consortium Legal pairs a strong regional presence (with locations in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua) with the experience of its team to provide major multinationals with a comprehensive tax service across the entire business life cycle. With a broad client base spanning such sectors as consumer products, telecoms, banking, energy and food, the team advises on the tax aspects of matters ranging from company incorporations to international trade, distribution, licensing, and commercial transactions and contracts. The practice is led by Diego Martín, who has over 20 years of experience in the practice area and who represents clients in tax and customs litigation at the administrative and judicial levels. The capable pool of junior lawyers includes senior associate William Escobar, whose practice takes in defending clients against tax assessment procedures and the imposition of internal, customs and municipal tax penalties, and associates Verónica Tadeo, who benefits from a background at the Salvadoran Internal Revenue Service, Carlos Pineda, who advises companies seeking to obtain tax benefits under the International Services Law and the Law for Industrial and Commercial Free Zones, and associate Gonzalo Manzano, who joined from freelance practice in June 2022 and manages corporate structuring and the tax optimisation of businesses.