Alejandro

Alejandro

Páez-Vallejo

Director

Family Office, Tax

Alejandro

Alejandro is a member of our Tax practice.

Alejandro is a tax specialist. He is part of the team that advises domestic and foreign companies on tax optimization as part of their business affairs.

He has helped clients implement efficient corporate structures and reduce tax burdens. He advises on tax planning, application of treaties to avoid double taxation, estate planning and probate, tax due diligence, compliance with formal tax obligations, handling administrative procedures for information requests, administrative challenges, tax refund applications and all types of litigation in tax litigation courts.

He is also experienced in customs matters and contract manufacturing (maquila) activities.

Languages

Spanish

English

French

Admissions

Ecuador

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2012 – present)

Professor, Tax Law Institutions, Universidad de Los Hemisferios, Quito, Ecuador (2018 - 2019)

Professor of Tax Law, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador (2023 – present)

Member, Ecuadorian Tax Law Institute - IEDT (2017)

Communicator of the Thirtieth Latin American Conference on Tax Law (ILADT), Montevideo, Uruguay (2018)

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Lawyer, 2013)

Academy of American and International Law, Dallas, U.S.A. (Diploma in Comparative Law and U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers, 2015)

Northwestern University, Chicago, U.S.A. (Master’s Degree in Law, LL.M., with honors, 2017)

Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain (Business Administration Minor, 2017)

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (Master’s Degree in Tax Law, 2017)

International Tax Review (ITR) 2025

Más Menos

“Rising Star”

The Legal 500, 2024 (Tax)

Más Menos

"Recommended"

The Legal 500, 2023 (Tax)

Más Menos

"Recommended"

Ecuador Bar Association

International Bar Association

Ecuadorian Tax Law Institute

Latin American Tax Law Institute

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

The Tax Disputes and Litigation Review

Coauthored with Juan Gabriel Reyes. United Kingdom: Law Business Research, fifth edition, chapter 10, 2017.

The Tax Disputes and Litigation Review

Coauthored with Juan Gabriel Reyes. United Kingdom: Law Business Research, fourth edition, chapter 10, 2016.

The Tax Disputes and Litigation Review

Coauthored with Juan Gabriel Reyes. United Kingdom: Law Business Research, third edition, chapter 9, 2015.

Práctica de compliance en Latinoamérica: estado actual de la legislación anticorrupción y otras

Coauthored with Juan Gabriel Reyes. Colombia: Grupo Iberoaméricano de la Práctica de Compliance, first edition, Ecuador chapter, pp. 137-154, 2015.

The Tax Disputes and Litigation Review

Coauthored with Juan Gabriel Reyes. United Kingdom: Law Business Research, second edition, chapter 6, 2014.