Montserrat Sanchez > Pino Elizalde Abogados > Guayaquil, Ecuador > Lawyer Profile

Pino Elizalde Abogados
Plaza Lagos, Edificio Exedra Norte
Piso 1 oficina 1-1 y 1-2
Guayaquil
Ecuador

Work Department

Tax and Customs law

Position

Director

Career

Teaching Experience

• Teacher of Business Law of the Master in Auditing and Accounting at the Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte de Guayaquil.

Professional Experience

• Senior Associate at Pino Elizalde Abogados, Guayaquil, Ecuador – January 2019 – Present.

• Senior Associate at Ferrere, Guayaquil/Quito, Ecuador – August 2017 – December 2018.

• Consultant Manager at FIDESBURÓ, Guayaquil, Ecuador – January 2017 – August 2017.

• Senior Consultant at FIDESBURó, Guayaquil, Ecuador – August 2014 – December 2016.

• Associate at Coronel & Pérez Abogados, Guayaquil, Ecuador – January 2005 – July 2014.

Practice Areas

Tax and Customs law; and, Corporate law and M&A.

Languages

Spanish and English.

Lawyer Rankings

Ecuador > Tax

(Firms to watch)

With Montserrat Sánchez leading the firm’s tax offering, Pino Elizalde Abogados is active in tax refund processes, relationships with the national tax regulation agency and the tax elements of corporate transactions.

Ecuador > Real estate

The real estate group at Guayaquil-based Pino Elizalde Abogados is active throughout the multiple stages of a project’s lifecycle, from structuring matters to developments arising out of municipal regulatory issues and contractual, financial and tax matters. The team is co-headed by Daniel Pino, a name to note for oil, natural resources and pharmaceutical companies for corporate and commercial mandates, and associate practice director Jorge Cedeño, a strategic cross-border expert. Additional key figures at associate level include senior Montserrat Sanchez, who commonly handles the tax aspects of real estate projects; and intermediate María Ritha Guillén, who is noted for her regulatory knowledge. In an important development, since publication the firm has opened a Quito office – effective as of February 2024.