Tax Law, Tax Defense, Tax Planning Trade, Transfer Pricing

Partner

Juan Carlos has been part of the firm since 2012 and joined as a partner in 2016. He specializes in tax matters (advisory and litigation), an area in which he has excelled throughout his career in highly complex cases. He has provided tax advice to clients such as Avianca and Ingenio Palo Gordo.

Before joining Mayora & Mayora, he was legal advisor to the Superintendency of Tax Administration (SAT) and consultant to the Constitutional Court of Guatemala, as well as researcher in tax law at the University of Salamanca. Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 have recognized him as an outstanding professional in this field.

He has been a professor of tax law at several universities, both in undergraduate, masters and doctoral studies. His publications include several articles on tax and administrative law issues, on which he also frequently lectures at national and international conferences. He also publishes quarterly tax articles for Lataxnet/WTS, a global network of tax and transfer pricing law firms, to which the firm also belongs. Lastly, he served as President of the Latin American Institute of Tax Law, the only Guatemalan lawyer to have held such position.

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Guatemalan Bar Association

DOCTORATE IN FINANCIAL AND TAX LAW UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA, SPAIN

DIPLOMA OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN FINANCIAL AND TAX LAW UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA, SPAIN

DEGREE IN FINANCIAL AND TAX LAW UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA, SPAIN

DIPLOMA OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN FINANCIAL AND TAX LAW UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA, SPAIN

BACHELOR OF LAW FRANCISCO MARROQUÍN UNIVERSITY, GUATEMALA