Andrés González > DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán
CARRERA 7 NO 71-21
TORRE B OF 602
BOGOTA
Colombia

Work Department

Tax and Estate Planning

Position

Andrés is a Partner in the Tax and Estate Planning practice area and Co-Leads the Latin American Taxation Practice Group.

Career

He advises clients on national and international tax law, tax and estate planning, tax structuring, litigation and tax incentives at local and cross-border level. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the development of tax efficient structures for highly complex and high profile M&A transactions in Colombia and abroad.

He was a partner of one of the most prestigious law firms specialized in tax matters in the country. On the other hand, between 2010 and 2011, he worked at PwC Luxembourg in the international tax structures area.

He is currently the leading professor of international tax law in the Master’s program in taxation at Universidad de los Andes. He is also the President of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) Colombia chapter.

Languages

Spanish, English and French

Memberships

  • International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Colombian Institute of Tax Law (ICDT)
  • Young IFA Network – World Committee (YIN)
  • Co-Leader of the Latin American Practice Group – Taxation

Education

  • Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M.), International Taxation Leiden University (Netherlands)
  • Diploma in International and European Communitarian Law, University of Strasbourg (France)
  • Postgraduate Degree in Tax Law, Universidad del Rosario (Colombia)
  • Lawyer, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Lawyer Rankings

Colombia > Tax

(Next Generation Partners)

Andrés GonzálezDLA Piper Martinez Beltrán

DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán houses a prominent tax litigation practice, which is routinely engaged to handle complex tax controversies, including transfer pricing cases and constitutional law matters. On the non-contentious front, the group possesses extensive experience in transactional tax, as well as tax planning, international trade and foreign investment incentives, and wealth planning. Key partner Andrés González handles a wide scope of matters, with an emphasis on tax planning, private wealth and transactional tax. González co-heads the department together with tax litigator César Camilo Cermeño, who is noted for his ‘sharpness when presenting litigation strategies’; and Laura Galeano, who joined in January 2023 from Garrigues. Associate practice director Maria Alejandra Buitrago left the firm in December 2022.