Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas advises domestic and multinational clients across the full spectrum of tax matters, with particular strength in transactional work, corporate restructurings and transfer pricing. Practice head Camilo Cortés maintains a broad practice, bringing extensive experience across tax structuring, corporate reorganisations, M&A transactions and disputes. Other key practitioners include Carmen Sanabria, who focuses on domestic and international tax planning, M&A and family wealth structuring; and Ernesto López, who advises on corporate tax structuring, M&A and foreign exchange matters. Germán Bohórquez leads the transfer pricing practice, while Ximena Mazorra is also active in transactional and contentious tax matters.
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- Camilo Cortes' personalized attention is updated and provided with feedback effectively and at the moment the regulations are issued.
- Tracking requests, response times, and personalized service.
- Completely up-to-date knowledge of the standard. Impeccable and timely responses to questions.
- Camilo Cortes and Ximena Mazorra (associate) -their willingness to provide timely service and the complete confidence in their sound judgment make them professionals with whom one would want to work long-term.
Key clients
- Express Luck
- Wavemaker Colombia
- Totvs Colombia
- VMLY&R Colombia
- The Woodhouse Partnership Limited
- Puerto Antioquia
- PIO
- BTR Colombia
- Sabanalac
- Artica Colombia
- CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina
- Banco de Occidente
Work highlights
Advised WPP Media Management on a corporate reorganisation involving a multi-stage spin-off and merger designed to ensure fiscal neutrality and optimise tax efficiency for the group’s Colombian operations.
Advised Manufacturas Eliot Group on the restructuring of a corporate group comprising more than 100 entities through mergers, spinoffs and asset transfers aimed at simplifying the corporate structure while preserving tax benefits.
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Practice head
Camilo Cortés
Other key lawyers
Carmen Sanabria; Ernesto López; Germán Bohórquez; Ximena Mazorra