Pérez-Llorca hires Adal Salamanca as tax partner

Pérez-Llorca hired Adal Salamanca as a new tax partner in its Madrid office, strengthening the practice, particularly in the area of tax litigation and procedure. He joins from PwC España.

Salamanca has a track record in tax advice to companies, with a particular focus on contentious tax matters and on representing taxpayers in audit, inspection and penalty proceedings, as well as across the different appeal routes available under both domestic and EU legislation. Throughout his career, he has advised on complex matters, leading tax proceedings at all stages and levels of appeal. He also has experience advising European and non-EU investment and pension funds on the recovery of taxes in Spain arising from their investments.

Adal Salamanca holds a law degree from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and a master’s degree in taxation and tax advisory from the Centro de Estudios Financieros. He has also completed various programmes and diplomas at business schools such as IESE and IE. In addition, Salamanca lectures at several universities, where he teaches subjects related to tax procedure and tax offences.

Salamanca joins Pérez-Llorca’s tax team and will work in close coordination with the firm’s other offices. His arrival follows the strengthening of this practice after the internal promotion announced last December of 12 partners and five counsels, including Antonio Ruiz and Yi Zhou, who were appointed as new tax partners.

According to Clara Jiménez, partner and head of the tax practice at Pérez-Llorca: “Adal’s appointment forms part of our strategy to grow and strengthen the tax practice. Adal will further develop our tax litigation practice for funds and, more broadly, foreign entities with a presence in Spain. In the current context of review — and even questioning — of certain international tax paradigms, we consider it essential to have a team exclusively dedicated to this area from a contentious perspective.”

For Julio Lujambio, executive partner at Pérez-Llorca, “the tax practice is one of the firm’s strategic areas and plays a key role in the comprehensive advice we provide to our clients. In an environment marked by increasing regulatory complexity, having a strong and highly specialised team is essential. Adal’s appointment reinforces this commitment and confirms the importance of the tax practice within our project.”