Amanda Rufino Carpo
Ms. Amanda Rufino
Carpo is a Philippine national educated at the University
of the Philippines (B.A. Political Science) and Ateneo de
Manila University School of Law (Juris Doctor), a practicing
corporate tax lawyer in the Philippines, and a former senior tax
consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers Manila. Much of her
work experience is in international business transactions and
Philippine inbound investment. She was also involved in Knowledge
Management for PWC where she was directly responsible for updates
on the latest laws, jurisprudence, and issuances by the Bureau of
Internal Revenue and Department of Finance and assisted with
technical training sessions. She has provided legal and tax advice
to investors seeking assistance on market entry into the
Philippines and to those already doing business in the Philippines
and has advised with clientele that includes a broad range of
multinationals, publicly listed companies, local companies,
government owned and controlled companies. Early in her career
Amanda apprenticed at Romulo, Mabanta, Sayoc, and de los Angeles
Law Firm and eventually worked at Feria Feria laO Tantoco Law Firm,
one of the Philippines' most respected and experienced law firms
where she worked on the privatization of the National Power
Corporation of the Philippines which is to date the largest
privatization project in the Philippines.
Attorney Carpo eventually left the traditional law firm
environment to found Kittelson & Carpo Consulting to focus on
assisting foreign companies doing business in the
Philippines.
In addition to being the Legal Counsel of KMC MAG Group, Amanda is
a Partner of Kittelson &
Carpo Consulting and deals directly with their larger
clients. She has experience in business formation, corporate
registration, incentives availment, advice on tax issues in
relation to inbound investment, application of tax treaties, tax
assessments and claims for refund, immigration and labor issues for
expatriate employees. Her legal background and experience is
relevant in the aspects of commercial a and real estate law and
helps clients gain insight on the ins and outs of the Philippine
business and regulatory environment.
