María Teresa

María Teresa

Suárez-Santamaría

Senior Manager

Energy and Natural Resources, Tax

María Teresa

Maria Teresa is a member of our tax practice. She advises on tax compliance and tax determination processes.

María Teresa assists clients with tax compliance reviews and ongoing tax and financial advice. She supports clients in assessments by the Ecuadorian tax authority and advises on tax claim processes.

She is a specialist in financial advice on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which includes deferred tax assessments and training.

María Teresa also carries out financial and tax due diligence processes and gives financial and tax advice on corporate processes such as mergers, splits and restructuring transactions. She is an internal auditor for companies in different industries, a qualified expert, and a specialist in analysis of financial and tax models for the mining industry.  

Languages

Spanish

English

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2018 – present)

Financial Manager, Tabacarcen S.A. Tababela Cargo Center, Quito, Ecuador (2016 -2017)

Financial Manager, Managemporium S.A., Quito, Ecuador (2014 – 2016)

Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (2008 – 2014)

Head of Planning and Budgets, Novartis Ecuador S.A., Quito, Ecuador (2007–2008)

External Auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers del Ecuador Cía. Ltda., Quito, Ecuador (2001–2007)

Universidad Arturo Prat, Chile (Master’s in Economics and Finance, 2017)

Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, Quito, Ecuador (Diploma in IFRS, 2010)

Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas, ESPE, Quito, Ecuador (Commercial Engineer, 2002)

International Tax Review (ITR) 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

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“Highly Regarded”