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Facio & Cañas Offices
SABANA BUSINESS CENTER, 11TH FLOOR, CALLE 68, BOULEVARD ROHRMOSER. LA SABANA
PO BOX 5173-1000
SAN JOSE
Costa Rica
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Modesto Vargas
Work Department
Administrative and judicial tax proceedings
Position
Senior Associate at Facio&Cañas
Career
Associate Lawyer at Facio & Cañas, He has developed his professional practice in the Tax Department of Facio & Cañas, FAYCATAX, (2005- ).
He is Chair Professor of Tax Law at the University of Costa Rica, De La Salle and the Specialty Tax Program of FUNDEPOS University.
Former employee of the Costa Rican Treasury.
Languages
Spanish
Memberships
Member of the Costa Rican Bar Association since 1999.
Member of the the Costa Rican Institute of Fiscal Studies (ICEF).
Education
Law Degree; Universidad de Costa Rica
Executive program “Specialization in International Taxation” entitled by McKenna Businnes School, Saint Vincent College, PA, USA and Aden Businnes School Costa Rica.
Lawyer Rankings
Costa Rica > Tax
The multidisciplinary tax team at Facio & Cañas brings strength to assisting major national and international corporations, banks, and insurers, including such key market players as Telefónica, Del Monte, British American Tobacco, ASSA and Holcim, with a diverse range of matters across the practice area. With a client portfolio spanning the banking, telecoms, construction, tech, agriculture, food, tobacco and retail industries, the practice’s comprehensive service covers administrative tax audits, litigation, corporate restructuring, M&A, tax planning for profit and non-profit organisations, compliance monitoring and tax return processing. Department founder and finance and tax law expert Adrián Torrealba leads the team, along with Jose Maria Oreamuno, who specialises in administrative matters, senior associate Modesto Vargas, who brings experience of working for the Costa Rican Treasury, and tax manager Erik Ramirez.