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Vianca Rivera-Román is a Special Counsel for the firm’s Tax Law Practice Group, while also collaborating for the Corporate Group. As a tax advisor since 2016, Vianca has dedicated her career to providing tax consulting and tax incentives advice to sophisticated corporate clients and high net-worth individuals through her public service career. Vianca has advised, designed, implemented, and provided recurrent tax incentives and cash grants consultation to some of Puerto Rico’s leading Industrial companies. Prior to joining Ferraiuoli, Vianca worked for a decade at the Department of Economic Development and Commerce of Puerto Rico. During this period as a Senior Attorney she provided tax incentives advisory, consulting, development and compliance review to corporations from PyMEs to multinational companies. Also, as the Director of the Real Estate office of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO), she managed a portfolio of 1,500 industrial properties and led the strategic execution of the expansion and relocation of multinational industrial companies in Puerto Rico. During PRIDCO’s period Vianca also managed and led PRIDCO’s Foreign Trade Zone.
Why Ferraiuoli?
Ferraiuoli allows me to combine my deep expertise in economic incentives with the powerhouse capabilities of a fully specialized Taxes and Economic Incentives Practice Group. By being part of a dedicated team focused specifically on tax and incentives, I can provide my clients with sophisticated, comprehensive strategies that maximize their business advantages while leveraging the collective strength and full-service resources of the entire firm.
What is your primary focus?
My primary focus is to align myself directly with the client’s business and necessities. This positioning enables me to deliver straight-to-the-point, high-impact corporate and tax incentive advice and service, to take the client’s business to the next level.
- Served as a project manager and lead attorney for the legal and strategic execution of CooperVision’s expansion in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico – the first and only major PRIDCO industrial expansion, following Puerto Rico’s fiscal restructuring.
Education
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law, J.D., 2014
- University of Puerto Rico Medical Science Campus, Health Education B.S., 2011
Bar Admissions
- Puerto Rico State Bar and Puerto Rico Public Notary Bar, 2016