|
Xenia Velez Silva is a Senior Tax Counsel in the Tax Practice Group and Chair of the Tax Exemption Practice Area.
Practice and Experience
Ms. Velez' practice includes the Puerto Rico tax and industrial incentives acts, and provisions relative to U.S. income taxation of international operations, including Sections 936 and 30A, as well as the Puerto Rico and U.S. taxation of investment income, including government obligations. She has extensive experience in the representation of clients before the Puerto Rico Treasury Department and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, including negotiations of private letter rulings and closing agreements. She has also had experience negotiating tax exemption grants with the Puerto Rico Office of Industrial Tax Exemption. She has lobbied before Congress and the Puerto Rico Legislature, and has actively participated in the drafting of legislation and regulations at both the federal and the local level.
Ms. Velez was appointed Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico in November 1997, a position she held through December 31, 2000.
Education
She obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration with majors in Accounting and Marketing, and a Juris Doctor, both from the University of Puerto Rico.
Admissions
Ms. Velez is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. She is also a Certified Public Accountant. | 