Our Team

Education
• University of Miami School of Law
Juris Doctor & LL.M. in Taxation, December 2017

•Universidad Central de Venezuela
Specialization in Taxation, with honors, December 2005

Leopoldo Escobar is a tax attorney with more than 20 years of experience who focuses his practice on international tax and estate planning, advising his individual and corporate clients on how to organize and reorganize their inbound and outbound investments with particular emphasis on the Latin-American market. His past experience includes providing strategic and practical tax solutions and consulting advise to families and corporate clients in a wide range of industries.

Prior to founding Escobar Legal P.A., he was a partner and head of the tax and estate planning department of a Miami based law firm (2018-2023). His prior employment included working for a short period in the International Services Group of the Houston office of a leading (big four) accounting firm with worldwide operations. Before practicing law in the U.S., he was a local partner (years 2010-2017) of the Venezuelan office of a top large multinational law firm.

He has received significant recognition among his peers on his Latin American and international tax skills (Chambers Latin America – Tax Venezuela 2011-2018 and the International Who´s Who of Corporate Tax 2011-2017). In addition, he has served as professor of various courses on taxation in several academic institutions in Venezuela, including the Universidad Católica Andres Bello (2009-2014), the Universidad Metropolitana (2005) and the Professional Development Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the Capital District and State of Miranda (2005 – 2006) and throughout his career he has been invited as speaker and expert commentator in a variety of international tax related conferences, news channels and broadcasting media, as well as
serving as an expert in tax related international arbitrations.