Roberto Silva

Meet Roberto:

Roberto is a partner at AVL Abogados, where he co-directs the Tax Area of the firm.

He has more than 20 years of experience as a legal, tax and corporate advisor for large and medium-sized companies, both Ecuadorian and foreign, operating in various economic sectors, such as: construction and real estate, mining and oil, manufacturing, agricultural production and food, retail, tourism, transportation, telecommunications.

Experience

• Having worked as a senior consultant at Moore Stephens Profile and as a partner in several tax consulting firms since 2008, he has built a strong track record that includes successes in defending administrative tax assessment and recovery processes, as well as in tax litigation against national and local governments.

• Additionally, he has achieved relevant pronouncements, through binding consultations absolved by the Internal Revenue Service [Servicio de Rentas Internas] (SRI), providing the necessary legal certainty for his clients to carry out important investments and large transactions.

• Roberto has acquired outstanding experience in tax advice applied to commercial trusts and investment funds, thanks to his collaboration as in-house legal advisor in one of the main fund and trust management companies in the country and 20 years of advising the largest fiduciaries in the country.

• He has collaborated in various tax reforms, advising national and local associations, as well as public sector entities.

   

Formation

• Bachelor of Laws and Lawyer, School of Jurisprudence, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador
  
  
• Master of Laws in Tax Law (LL.M.) Boston Law School, Boston University.
  
  
• Diploma in Foundations of American Law and Legal Education, Georgetown Law School,
  
  
• Georgetown University.
  
  
• Diploma in Tax and Revenue Management John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University.
  
  

Memberships

• Ecuadorian Lawyers Forum.
  
  
• Fulbright Alumni Association.
  
  
• Ecuadorian Institute of Tax Law.
  
  
• International Fiscal Association.

   

Certifications/Other

• Founding professor, director and professor of the Master’s Degree in Tax Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE).
  
  
• Professor at the Faculty of Jurisprudence, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Ecuador.
  
  
• He has taught at the Institute of Higher National Studies [Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales] (IAEN).
  
  
• Professor of the Master’s Degree in Tax Administration developed together with the [Servicio de Rentas Internas] SRI, mainly for its officials, University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
  
  
• Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of the Americas (UDLA).
  
  
• Diploma in Foundations of American Law and Legal Education, School of Law, Georgetown University, United States of America.
  
  
• Diploma in Tax and Revenue Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, United States of America.

   

Publications

• In the academic field, he has published studies and articles in national and international journals and has been a speaker at conferences and seminars on taxation in the United States and Ecuador.