José Diego Ruiz Huidobro
Counsel
José Diego is Counsel at the Firm, specializing in transactional tax law, international taxation, taxation of individuals, and special and sector-specific tax regimes.
He has extensive experience in tax planning, particularly in the structuring of corporate reorganizations and in generating efficiencies for domestic and foreign investors structuring investments in Peru, including the application of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements. He also has experience in tax advisory services for extractive industries (mining, hydrocarbons, fisheries), as well as for agribusiness companies and entities within their value chain (processing plants, brokers, among others).
Additionally, he has advised individual clients on wealth structuring and investment efficiency, including the use of trusts, Private Interest Foundations, insurance planning, international relocation, and family governance protocols, among other mechanisms.
Education
- Diploma in Estate Planning and International Taxation, Universidad del CEMA, Buenos Aires, 2024
- Diploma in Tax Effects of Corporate Transactions, Editorial Economía y Finanzas, 2015
- Negotiation Workshop, Harvard Negotiation Project Methodology, Cambridge International Consulting, 2014
- Accounting for Non-Accountants Course, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012
- LL.B., Universidad de Lima, 2010
Admitted to the Bar
Lima, 2011
Academics
- Former Adjunct Professor of International Taxation, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM)
- Former Adjunct Professor of Tax Law I (Tax Code), Universidad de Lima