Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

Characterised as an ‘interdisciplinary team with experience and creativity’, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría’s full-service practice covers all the bases in tax law. Leveraging its dominant corporate platform to excel in domestic and cross-border transactional tax structuring, the group also shines in tax consultancy, litigation and transfer pricing. A go-to specialist for transactional and international tax, Martín Acero is a ’brilliant lawyer who suggests solutions that no one else has thought of’; he is advising the Uniban business group on its local and international reorganisation, spanning Colombia, the US, Belgium and Spain. Carolina Rozo maintains a broad practice that encompasses tax consultancy, planning and litigation; she recently advised Lindcorp on structuring its multi-jurisdictional acquisition of Prosalon. Next-generation partner Héctor Ramírez co-heads the department alongside Acero and Rozo and stands out for his ‘knowledge of the issues’; as the director of the firm’s Barranquilla office, he is well placed to advise on matters straddling tax and international trade. A deep bench of associates includes principal Leonardo Cote, who has an emphasis on tax structuring and tax consulting; senior Natalia Guerrero, who is noted for consultancy, restructuring and litigation; and senior Santiago Fernández, who ’shows mastery of the subject matter’. Principal associate Verónica Barone left in April 2024 to establish her own firm.