Héctor Avilés heads the tax practice at Cuesta Campos, as Principal of the firm. He has experience offering legal consulting and tax litigation services to both domestic and foreign companies in various industry sectors, such as: manufacturing, consumer, automotive, food and beverage, financial and construction, among others. He has represented and advised national and transnational companies in all types of tax matters, from tax consulting to the due compliance of tax obligations in Mexico, including all types of litigation and audits before the SAT.

Prior to joining Cuesta Campos, he was part of the team of International Treaties to Avoid Double Taxation at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, where he was Mexico’s delegate before international organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the United Nations.

His expertise includes the design of efficient tax structures in cross-border operations; the attention of tax audits and the preparation of all types of defense means, including administrative appeals, nullity claims and amparo claims; as well as the support in the attention of all types of requirements or questioning by tax authorities in matters of refunds, questioning of EFOS/EDOS, notices in merger operations, among others.