Tax | Latin America

GodoyHoyos is a leading boutique firm that boasts a highly dedicated tax team in Colombia. The firm possesses extensive experience acting on a range of mandates spanning global transfer pricing, tax planning matters related to project structuring, and counselling on legislative reform. GodoyHoyos shows prowess in handling cases before the competent authorities, including the DIAN. The legal practice has noted activity advising on the tax implications of energy-related operations, in particular advising hydrocarbon companies.

Gómez-Pinzón is a highly regarded full-service firm that enjoys a strong reputation for advising a noted multinational client base on demanding contentious and advisory tax matters in Colombia. The firm possesses a strong team that assists with a range of matters, including transfer pricing, optimisation of corporate transactions, and representation before the DIAN. Gómez-Pinzón is routinely retained by companies hailing from industries such as consumer goods, hospitality, and energy. Cargando is a new client win this year.

Full-service firm Posse Herrera Ruiz fields an outstanding practice group that boasts an important position at the forefront of the Colombian tax space. The department is active in representing a high-profile multinational clientele in both contentious and non-contentious tax mandates. Posse Herrera Ruiz's highly experienced team assists clients with the tax structuring of complex corporate transactions, including share and asset acquisitions and joint venture agreements. The legal team can also be found representing companies in controversy-related proceedings concerning revenue tax. Grupo Bicentenario and Asociación Colombiana de Minería are among the firm's new client wins.

Baker McKenzie has a notable tax practice group in Colombia that is well regarded for advising top international clients. The full-service firm actively counsels on the tax implications of cross-border acquisitions, transfer pricing mandates, and contentious proceedings before the DIAN. Baker McKenzie boasts strong experience assisting with the tax optimisation of oil and gas operations.

Brigard Urrutia is a respected full-service firm that is highly experienced in advising on the tax optimisation of cross-border business operations and corporate transactions in Colombia. Brigard Urrutia's know-how encompasses the tax aspects of M&A, disposals of local subsidiaries, and structuring large-scale infrastructure projects, in addition to investments in the real estate sector. The firm is also well placed to handle controversies before municipal authorities and the DIAN.

Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas is a well-reputed international full-service firm that is regularly called upon by both local and multinational clients to advise on Colombian tax matters. Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas' expertise spans tax controversy as well as advising on tax structuring for high-profile corporate transactions. The firm routinely advises clients in the logistics, energy and natural resources, and construction areas. Express Luck, Wavemaker, and Kantar Ibope Media are among recent additions to the department's client portfolio.

Lewin & Wills enjoys wide respect for handling a range of complex tax matters in Colombia. The department fields a noteworthy team that boasts experience analysing the tax implications of project structuring, including real estate projects. Lewin & Wills advises an enviable client base of high-profile players from sectors such as oil and gas. The firm further demonstrates significant expertise in acting on complex cases of double taxation and compliance mandates.

Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & De La Rosa possesses a well-rounded tax practice. Its Bogotá-based team is adept at advising large corporate clients on tax-efficient structures for local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as incorporating local subsidiaries in Colombia. Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & De La Rosa is frequently mandated by high-profile clients across different industry sectors such as technology, energy, oil, and gas.

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría is a well-known full-service firm with an experienced tax group in Colombia. The department offers wide-ranging expertise and is particularly skilled in designing tax-efficient structures for asset and share purchases, corporate reorganisations, and project structuring. Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría is also active in handling transfer pricing issues. Bancolombia is a new addition to the firm's client roster.

Esguerra JHR is well placed to assist clients with strategic tax efficiencies in corporate restructuring, as well as with the tax implications of transactions in the capital markets and private equity arenas. Cámara Colombiana de Infraestructura and Vindux are among the new client wins this year.

Garrigues has a solid department that is well known for representing key clients in contentious and transactional tax mandates in Colombia. The legal group offers significant experience representing clients before the DIAN as well as advising on the tax optimisation of corporate restructurings. Messer Colombia is a new addition to the firm's client roster this year.

Dynamic boutique firm De Guzmán Márquez enjoys a flourishing practice in the Colombian tax space. The Bogotá-based legal team is adept at handling a range of tax advisory issues, including structuring, planning, and in-depth tax efficiency analysis matters. The department has additional capabilities for advising on private wealth mandates. The firm's client base comprises companies from the fintech, finance, and e-commerce industries.

Renowned international firm Holland & Knight enjoys a dynamic tax practice in Colombia. Its well-versed team is routinely sought out by clients from a wide range of industries to provide international and local taxation advice in relation to day-to-day operations and corporate mergers and reorganisations. The lawyers are also well-placed to assist with tax audits and assessments for strategies to prevent tax disputes.