Armando Manzanares

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Armando is a partner of Consortium Legal – Honduras. He has more than 28 years of experience in the food, banking and TMT sectors, among others. He is a specialist in Commercial and Tax Law. He also has extensive experience in administrative law, intellectual property, arbitration, foreign investment and regulated sector. He is currently the director of the Tax and Administrative Law Practice. Armando is an advisor to important national and international companies and has been highlighted in national and international publications for his knowledge and capacity in tax, corporate, civil and procedural law, but above all for his comprehensive legal management of large project finance, concessions, mergers and acquisitions of commercial companies.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

• Administrative, tax and judicial defense for several cases of adjustment to income tax on transfer pricing for an accumulated amount of US$ 35,000,000.00
• Administrative, tax and judicial defense of several cases of non-recognition of sales tax credit for an aggregate amount of US$ 8,000,000.00
• Administrative, tax and judicial defense of several cases in administrative and tax matters for an aggregate amount of US$ 15,000,000.00

EDUCATION

• Juris Doctor in Commercial and Tax Law, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala (2015)
• Master’s in business law in Suffolk Law School, United States, (2012)
• Postgraduate studies in International Business, United States, and Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas, (INCAE), Costa Rica, (2005)
• Specializing in Accounting and Finance for Lawyers, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC), Honduras (2012)
• Degree in Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Honduras (1992)

LANGUAGES

Spanish

English

ASSOCIATION

Member of Lawyers Association, Honduras

Arbiter certificate from the Centre of conciliation and arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Tegucigalpa

Member of the National Association of industrialists, ANDI