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.
Testimonials
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‘Agile responses.’
‘Very knowledgeable on the subject.’
'The team led by Adrián Torrealba has an enormous capacity to respond to complex cases, and to address them comprehensively and with different perspectives. In addition, it has the ability to collaborate with colleagues outside the department to handle tax cases in a coordinated manner and with priority attention to the client's interests.'
'Fundamentally, the team stand out for their deep knowledge of the subject, for the respect they have among Costa Rican lawyers, and for being able to provide original and innovative answers to the problems that clients present in the tax area. The leadership of Adrián Torrealba undoubtedly stands out - due to his intellectual quality, he is a national and international reference in the area of tax law.'
'What makes this practice unique is its deep, comprehensive knowledge on the subject, which offers the possibility of making reasoned and comprehensive analyses of the issues - not just an interpretation of the law, but the analysis of a situation - that a conservative practice could not provide.'
Key clients
- Holcim
- Del Monte
- Durman Esquivel
- Improsa Financing Group
- Megasuper
- British American Tobacco
- FHACASA
- ICON
- Sigma
- INS
- Federación Costarricense de Futbol
- Banco Davivienda
- ASSA Aseguradora
- Telefónica Centroamérica
Work highlights
- Advising Durman Esquivel in a contentious-administrative lawsuit regarding a tax increase.
- Supporting Del Monte in two contentious-administrative lawsuits regarding the use of transfer pricing methods for the fiscal years 2012-2015 and 2016.
- Supporting two subsidiaries of Florida Ice and Farm Co (a beer producer in Costa Rica) in two contentious-administrative lawsuits.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Adrián Torrealba, José María Oreamuno, Modesto Vargas, Erik Ramírez