Founded in 1996, DLA Piper Martinez has been recognized for its handling of complex tax advisory and litigation matters. It specializes in tax law, tax structuring, estate planning, tax litigation, and tax incentives from foreign investment and international trade.
Recently
DLA Piper’s tax team
assisted Macquarie Group
on the structuring of an investment platform and acquisition of transportation projects. The transportation projects consists of new roads, as well as airport concessions in Ecuador,
Spain and Colombia.
Being one of the largest infrastructure projects in the country, the team had to create the most efficient investment
vehicle for the client. The firm
is also involved in Transfer Pricing
litigation for Trafigura Group.
The firm is currently advising Trafigura on 7 tax litigations
involving IMPALA, and TRAFIGURA PETROLEUM. These matters require
expertise knowledge in the local oil and gas industry, trading operations and transfer pricing regulations.
In 2022 the firm has been very active in
recruitment
bringing on new partner Laura Galeano, and new Director Juan Carlos Vinasco. Laura joins the team from Garrigues and Juan
joins from Baker McKenzie. The firm also brought
on three new associates, Ricardo Perez Arango,
Daniel Diaz Rivera, and Daniela Velasquez Aponte.
“They are a nuw firm here in
Colombia, but are doing a great job.”
