Mr Diego Salto > Consortium Legal > San Jose, Costa Rica > Lawyer Profile
Consortium Legal Offices
BARRIO GONZALEZ LAHMANN
CALLE 21 Y 25, AVENIDA 6
SANE JOSE
Costa Rica
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Mr Diego Salto
Work Department
Tax Law
Position
Partner
Career
Diego is a partner in Consortium Legal – Costa Rica. With more than 23 years of experience, he is a specialist in the financial and tax sectors. He has extensive experience in tax consulting, litigation, mergers, acquisitions and tax planning mainly for multinational companies, as well as local companies. He currently leads the tax consulting practice in the areas of business analysis and advice.
Diego is considered one of the five most highly recommended tax advisers in Central America by the Latin Lawyer Magazine of the Law Business Research Institute of Great Britain. He has worked as an external consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank in the development and implementation of training programs for public officials and currently serves as columnist for the economic weekly El Financiero. He currently works in the area of teaching at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and heads his tax chair. On the other hand, he is president of the International Fiscal Association – Chapter Costa Rica and Member of the Costa Rican Institute of Tax Studies.
Languages
Spanish, English
Memberships
Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
Member, International Fiscal Association (IFA)
Member, Costa Rican Institute of Tax Studies (ICEF)
Member, Costa Rican Bar Association
Education
- Doctor in Financial and Tax Law. University of Seville, Spain (2001)
- Postgraduate in Law of the European Union. University of Seville, Spain (1999)
- Law Degree, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Costa Rica (1997)
Lawyer Rankings
Costa Rica > Tax
(Leading partners)Consortium Legal‘s tax practice remains a force in the market, harnessing the deep bench strength of locations in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua to advise insurers, banks, non-bank lenders, and local and multinational corporates (including Cemex and Walmart) on a diverse spectrum of matters across the practice space. With a client base spanning such sectors as energy, consumer products, tech, infrastructure, retail, shipping and building materials, the firm’s comprehensive service extends to the tax aspects of high-value, cross-border transactions and major infrastructure projects (including toll roads and port concessions), transfer pricing, judicial and administrative litigation, tax compliance and customs processes. The team is led by Diego Salto, who brings over 28 years of experience to the tax space; transfer pricing expert Rafael Luna; and tax litigation coordinator Anayansi Mora. Felipe Guevara, who was elevated to the partnership in May 2024, is a key name for customs processes and high-value infrastructure projects.