Ernesto López

Tax; Real estate; Private Equity; Family Office and High Net Worth

Ernesto is a partner in the Firm’s Tax group. He has been with Dentons since 2000 and focuses on tax, mergers and acquisitions, and foreign exchange matters. He has been involved in several due diligence matters for the purchase and sale of companies in the mining sector to be listed on Canada’s Stock Exchange.

He provides advice to companies in other sectors such as financial, industrial, and manufacturing. He sits on the board of directors for various clients in different sectors. His practice benefits from his previous experience with KPMG.

Ernesto graduated from Universidad Externado and has two LL.M.'s from Universidad de los Andes and from Universidad del Rosario.

Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario

International Fiscal Association

Mining companies: Worked on several due diligences for the purchase and sale of mining companies.

Mining companies: Worked on several due diligences to list mining companies with the Canada Stock Exchange.

Diana Corporación: Acting as legal advisor in the purchase of Grupo Monterrey.

Assa Abbloy: Acting as legal advisor in the purchase by Assa Abbloy of a local company.

Heineken: Acting as legal counsel in the due diligence for the purchase of Bavaria S.A.

Orica: Successfully negotiated the extension for ten years of a co-production agreement between Orica and a government entity.

Universidad Externado de Colombia

Law

1990 - 1994

Universidad de los Andes

LL.M. International Contracts Regime

1994 - 1995

Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

LL.M. Tax Law

1999 - 2000

Tax (Band 5).

Chambers Latin America

2025

Tax (Band 4).

Chambers Global

2023