Vivanco & Vivanco names Diego Amen Senior Director & Chair in Miami

VIVANCO & VIVANCO has announced the appointment of Diego F. Amen Polanco as Senior Director & Chair of its Miami office, where he will assume strategic leadership of the firm’s Coral Gables, Florida location, which serves as a hub for its practice across the United States–Latin America corridor.

The appointment formalizes and expands his leadership role. In addition to the strategic management of the office, Amen will serve as the firm’s Miami point of contact for its offices across the region and will oversee the integration of the practice areas operating from Florida.

These include international corporate structuring, international taxation, wealth planning and transactional support, together with the US Tax & Accounting and US Immigration teams.

The decision reflects Miami’s growing importance within VIVANCO & VIVANCO’s regional operations. According to the firm, its headquarters has expanded significantly in recent years and now handles increasingly comprehensive and complex matters, including investment vehicles, real estate acquisitions, joint ventures and family wealth reorganizations, where the different sides of the structure need to be addressed simultaneously and coherently.

"Miami continues to consolidate its position as the center for business, investment and a destination for our clients, so our focus must increasingly be on providing more regional solutions from Miami," said Clemente J. Vivanco, Managing Partner of VIVANCO & VIVANCO. "Giving the office dedicated leadership means recognizing the role it already plays and committing to how we want to build it."

Diego Amen, for his part, described the mandate in terms of continuity and a pragmatic approach.

"Our clients are looking for someone who understands not only the substantive aspects of the practice, but also the practical solutions available for their matters," he said. "The role of the office is to make that consistency the rule rather than the exception."

Background

Diego F. Amen Polanco has more than fifteen years of professional experience and has previously held positions at Deloitte, Ferrere, Samsung Electronics and ZTE Corporation.

His practice focuses on cross-border corporate structuring, international tax advice, wealth planning for families and business groups, and transactional work.

Academically, he holds LL.M. degrees in tax and corporate law and recently completed an LL.M. at the University of Miami School of Law, which he attended on a merit scholarship.

He has also taught at Ecuadorian universities including UEES, ECOTEC and Espíritu Santo Tech School, and has contributed as a writer and commentator to specialist media across the region. He practices in both Spanish and English.

Key Facts

• Firm: VIVANCO & VIVANCO

• Professional: Diego F. Amen Polanco

• New role: Senior Director & Chair

• Office: Miami / Coral Gables, Florida

• Geographic focus: United States–Latin America corridor

• Areas coordinated from Miami: international corporate structuring, international taxation, wealth planning, transactional support, US Tax & Accounting and US Immigration

• Professional experience: more than 15 years

• Previous experience: Deloitte, Ferrere, Samsung Electronics and ZTE Corporation

• Practice: cross-border corporate structuring, international taxation, wealth planning and transactional work

• Working languages: Spanish and English