Arias

Administrative Law | Tax and Fiscal Planning

Partner

Expert in taxes, tax disputes and litigation, fiscal planning, precautionary legal audits, tax risk detection, and transfer pricing. With vast experience in the Tax Administration and also in the private sector.

Currently, Luis is the Director of the Firms Tax Department. His professional experience includes: Director of the Internal Revenue Services, Interine General Subdirector, Legal Manager, Chief of Large Taxpayers Legal Department, Chief of El Salvadors negotiating committee on the subscription of the treaty on double taxation with Spain.

He also was part of the internal revenue technical group who participated in the making, review and subscription of the treaties on regulation of Internal Tax enforceable to commerce, Information Exchange and Mutual help in the Central American Customs Union. Luis has also worked on numerous tax reforms.

English and Spanish

International Bar Association (IBA)

Attorney at law

Has participated in important tax conferences on an international scale, including: Negotiation, Implementation and Interpretation of treaties on Double Taxation - Santiago, Chile 2001; Indirect Taxation - Brasilia, Republic of Brazil.

Program on International Taxation - Madrid, Spain 2002; The Potential Collection as the Tax Administration´s goal - Florianopolis, Brazil.

Control on the Informal Sector and Simplifying Obligations - Budapest, Hungary.

Regional Tax Policy Seminar - Santiago, Chile 2007; Large Corporations Tax

Treatment - Paris, France.

Negotiating on Treaties to avoid Double Taxation - Madrid, Spain.

Global Conference on Small and Medium Company Taxation - Buenos Aires, Argentina.