Spain

Deloitte Spain

Plaza de Pablo Ruiz Picasso 1. Torre Picasso

Madrid 28020

Spain

Tel: +34 915820900

Email: ilopezbustamante@deloitte.es

Website: www.deloitte.es

Isabel López-Bustamante is the leading partner of the Spanish VAT team at Deloitte Abogados (Deloitte Spain).

She has nearly 20 years of professional experience in VAT and customs advisory services for businesses. Her main clients are local and multinational companies operating in the hotel and leisure and retail and distribution industries.

Isabel has a strong international profile, having participated in many transnational VAT projects and the local implementation of these for Spanish and foreign entities. She also provides recurrent local advice and VAT management, particularly providing assistance in dealings with the Spanish General Directorate for VAT topics and in VAT inspections.

She regularly participates in the development of internal and external VAT publications and speaks at conferences and seminars. She is actively involved in local and international training and technical seminars of the firm.

Isabel teaches VAT classes at several universities and business schools, such as the Instituto de Empresa, the University Carlos III and the University of Navarra.

She has a law degree from the Universidad de Deusto, a master's degree in legal business advice from the Instituto de Empresa and participates in a Women Executive Programme run by the business school ESADE.

Spanish VAT Services Asesores

C/Príncipe de Vergara, 97 1ºA

28006 Madrid

Spain

Tel: +34 650 105 342

Email: info@spanishvat.es

Website: www.spanishvat.es

Fernando Matesanz is the managing director and founder of the firm named Spanish VAT Services.

He has more than 12 years of experience advising all kinds of companies on indirect taxation issues. He serves clients from different sectors of activity including logistics, finance, government, e-commerce and healthcare.

Fernando earned a Law degree at University CEU San Pablo in Madrid, and holds a diploma in EU Law from FH – Pforzheim (Germany). He has a master's degree (LLM) in taxation from IE Business School.

He is a practising attorney, a member of the Madrid Bar Association and a certified tax adviser registered with the Spanish tax authority, enabling him to act as tax adviser to foreign companies in Spain.

As an attorney, he represents his clients on their VAT matters before the different tax courts in Spain.

He began his professional career at EY and was jointly responsible for the VAT, customs and excise duties practice in the Madrid office.

He also has in-house experience at one of the world's leading telecommunications operators.

He then decided to create his own tax consultancy firm, focusing solely on indirect taxation.

Fernando is a member of the International VAT Association and a frequent speaker at seminars and courses on international VAT and customs and excise duties at various Spanish universities and institutions.

He is also a partner of the VAT Forum CV, a partnership of independent specialists in indirect taxation across Europe. Fernando is a frequent speaker at its conferences, courses, seminars and other events.

He is the author of the book VAT and International Trade which has been recently published in Spain and serves as a complete guide of all VAT and customs implications affecting companies involved in international trade.

Deloitte Spain

Plaza de Pablo Ruiz Picasso 1

Torre Picasso

Madrid 28020

Spain

Tel: +34 915820900

Email: mrio@deloitte.es

Website: www.deloitte.es

Marcos Río is a principal in the VAT practice of Deloitte Abogados (Deloitte Spain). He has a law degree and LLM on taxation from the Instituto de Empresas in Madrid, and a certificate on international business and finance from the New York University (NYU).

He has more than 10 years of professional experience in providing tax advice in the Deloitte member firm network. Marcos has worked in both the Spanish firm and the US firm, gaining invaluable international experience. He has advised many foreign and Spanish multinational corporations on domestic and international transactions including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and cross-border VAT planning.

Deloitte Spain

Plaza de Pablo Ruiz Picasso 1

Torre Picasso

Madrid 28020

Spain

Tel: +34 915820900

Email: jarodriguez@deloitte.es

Website: www.deloitte.es

Jaime Rodríguez Correa is a director within the VAT practice of Deloitte Abogados (Deloitte Spain) in Madrid. He joined Deloitte in September 1998.

Jaime has more than 17 years of professional experience in tax matters with the last 16 years spent with Deloitte Spain.

He has served many of the largest Spanish and international corporate groups, helping them to optimise the VAT treatment both in local and international structures. Jaime has rendered VAT advice on cross-border transactions, international supply chain structures and VAT grouping, among others. He is a lawyer with a great deal of experience in VAT audits and litigation processes.

Jaime authors and co-authors VAT publications and has spoken at many conferences and seminars. He teaches VAT as part of the master of tax advising programme at the Comillas University, University of Navarra and works periodically with the Instituto de Empresa (IE) and the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid.

Jaime has a master's degree in taxation as well as a law degree, and has been affiliated to the Bar Association of Madrid since 1996.