Aziz Son

Background

About Aziz Son

Tax lawyer Senior associate and editor for Sub-Saharan Africa in the IBFD Africa and Middle East department. I have editorial responsibility for publications on the Sub-Saharan Africa French speaking countries. I am also member of the Centre for Studies in African Taxation (CSAT) that organizes the annual Africa Tax Symposium. Prior to joining IBFD in January 2020, I was IBFD freelancer and then had the opportunity to keep country surveys up-to-date and contributes regularly to various IBFD publications on the tax systems of African countries. Before that I was tax lawyer in Cabinet Pierre Abadie during 6 years. At that firm I have worked on numerous projects with the Big Four and other top law firms. I also have (co-)authored several publications, including “l'essentiel de la fiscalité Burkinabè"(The Essentials of the Burkinabè Taxation) and “Fiscalité international et Burkina Faso"(International Taxation and Burkina Faso) and was a contributor on Burkina Faso for the World Bank’s Doing Business Project. I hold a master’s degree in corporate law and taxation from the Catholic University of West African – Bobo-Dioulasso.