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Carmen Sanabria
Work Department
Tax and Private Wealth
Position
Partner
Career
Carmen is a partner for the tax practice of Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas, in Bogotá, Colombia. She is a lawyer from Universidad del Rosario, specialized in Taxes at Universidad del Rosario and with a master’s degree in International Business Law from the London School of Economics, where she was a British government fellow, with the Chevening Scholarship.
With more than 20 years of experience, she provides expert advice in the full range of tax matters, in both advisory and contentious backgrounds, domestic corporate taxation, outbound and inbound international investments, M&A and corporate law issues, implementation of tax planning schemes, project financing and employees’ share plans, among others.
Recently, she has been leading different transactions to simplify corporate structures with an efficient scheme from the tax perspective, to acquire companies in Colombia or to reorganize corporate or family structures looking for the best tax alternatives.
Her practice benefits from her previous experience at Arthur Andersen. She has written articles in national and international journals in the field of tax law and has been speaker at conferences of the IFA (International Fiscal Association), the ABA (American Bar Association) and the Colombian Institute of Law Tax.
Languages
english, spanish and italian
Memberships
- Colombian Institute of Tax Law.
- Member, Editorial Board of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario “Legal Issues”, 1991 — 1993.
Education
London School of Economics, 2000, LL.M, International Business Law
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 1995, LL.M, Tax Law
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 1993, J.D
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Tax
Among Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas’ main attributes, it stands out for its ability to draw on the wider firm’s global network for support on cross-border tax matters, which is a key advantage for multinational clients. A strong performer in transactional tax, including corporate, finance, and capital markets-related work, the team also routinely advises on tax litigation. Experienced sector specialist Camilo Cortés covers the full range of contentious and non-contentious tax law, with a focus on tax planning, advisory, and transaction structuring. Cortés co-heads the department together with Carmen Sanabria, who handles tax litigation and advisory matters; and transactional tax partner Ernesto Lopez. Senior associate Nathalie Medina provides capable support.