Colombia

Firm overview

Deloitte Colombia Tax, led by Diego Franco, has presence in five of the country’s main cities and it is part of Deloitte S-LATAM, interconnected with Deloitte Peru, Deloitte Ecuador and Deloitte Venezuela forming the Andean Region sub-cluster.

Deloitte Colombia is one of the largest local firms both in terms of number of professionals and in terms of number of clients and fees. The organization has professionals in the areas of indirect taxes, customs and world trade specialists, and is advisor of the energy and resources industry, as evident by having won: six (6) times the America Awards of Colombia Tax Firm of the year; and two times the Transfer Pricing firm of the year.

Deloitte Colombia provides clients a wide range of integrated tax services, including Global Business Tax, International Tax, Indirect Tax, Tax Dispute, Transfer Pricing and Global Employer Services.

The Deloitte Colombia tax practice serves all industries (Energy & Resources, Financial Services, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Consumer Business, Manufacturing, etc.), and teams with key partners (Asociación Colombiana de Petróleo, Canadian Colombian Chamber of Commerce, US Embassy, etc.) in order to share and promote industry knowledge (events and round tables).

Firm overview

Firm overview

Garrigues is a fully-integrated international law firm. It has been present in Latin America for more than 40 years, through alliances with various firms in the region. Garrigues is now growing its Latin American legal practice by rolling out a network of own offices, making it one of the law firms with the largest direct presence in Latin America, with offices in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Chile and Brazil

Its umbrella structure, alongside the quality and experience of its team of professionals, means this practice is ideally placed to provide the solutions required by businesses today.

The scale and scope of tax matters and Garrigues' capacity to adapt to each client's needs have led the tax practice to diversify into different areas of expertise according to the technical knowledge required and the economic sector in which each client operates.

Firm overview

Led by young but experienced lawyers who have an outstanding career, SanintRivas is committed to deliver value to its clients. SanintRivas confidently deals with complexity and thinks strategically over its client’s business within the global tax and transfer pricing regulation environment. SanintRivas focuses on strategic advice that combines a comprehensive business analysis and efficient approach, as well as an expanding network of national and international contacts, to provide tailored legal services. Likewise, the team is a hands-on advisor when it comes to execute an alternative or apply the advice provided, supporting closely and continuously the client.

SanintRivas advises on sophisticated tax matters related to:

• M&A transactions
• Tax structuring
• Tax controversy
• Business process insights
• Tax management consulting
• Transfer pricing
• Individuals on wealth and estate planning issues
• International investors and private equity funds

With only 3 years in the legal market, SanintRivas has been top ranked in Colombia and abroad.

SanintRivas was ranked in the Colombia Tax Planning Survey of International Tax Review, Tier 2, since 2018. In 2020 was also included (i) in the ITR rankings of General Corporate Tax, (ii) as a recommended firm and (iii) was shortlisted as Best Newcomer Firm of the Year in the Americas Tax Awards.