Ernesto López

Practice Areas

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

Career

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.

Professional Memberships

Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario

International Fiscal Association

Languages Spoken

English

Spanish

Experience

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.

Education

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