Ricardo Harten
PPU Partner that developed the Mining Law practice. He represents clients in all their business endeavours, international public bids, juridical stability contracts and tax stability contracts with the Peruvian State. He also advises clients in tax audits and provided legal advice in answering tax assessments and litigations before the tax courts in connection with the taxation of the mining activities.
Natalia Guerrero
Member of the Tax and International Trade team. His professional practice focuses on the structuring of transactions, including the acquisition of local and offshore vehicles for projects in the real estate, infrastructure and energy sectors, tax planning and reorganization of legal entities at local and foreign level, reorganization and estate planning of private clients and consulting on tax matters.
Héctor Ramírez
Partner and Barranquilla’s Office Director, member of the Tax and International Trade team. His professional practice focuses on the tax structuring and implementation of numerous M&A deals involving parties from different jurisdictions and economic sectors. He has coordinated due diligence activities for the aforementioned transactions. Additionally, he has experience in M&A and the issuance of shares and bonds, both in Colombia and New York. He has successfully led the structuring and implementation of wealth planning for high profile families in Colombia. Héctor attends the day-to-day tax and corporate issues of numerous clients from diverse industries. Recognized as Next Generation Partner by Legal 500.
Christian Gómez
Member of the Tax and International Trade team. His professional practice focuses on transfer pricing in Colombia and other countries of the region, for diverse industries along with advising large multinational groups on this matter, specifically in planning projects, business restructuring, compliance processes, litigation affairs and support in the design of transfer pricing policies. Additionally, Christián has experience in the valuation of financial instruments such as company shares or other intangible assets.
Sandra Pineda
Regional Transfer Pricing Director at PPU, with 19 years of experience in this area in Colombia and other jurisdictions in the region. Leadership in the preparation of more than one thousand transfer pricing studies and declarations; she has advised important multinational groups on the subject, particularly in corporate structuring, tax planning, determination of the market value of assets and transactions and litigation matters based on transfer pricing.
Milagros Pastor
Tomás Freire
Member of the Tax and International Trade team. His professional practice focuses mainly on corporate planning, national and international tax consulting, mergers and acquisitions, taxation in corporate reorganization and foreign investment.
Juan José Castaño
Principal Associate member of the Corporate/M&A and Tax and International Trade teams. His professional practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, commercial agreements, corporate matters, reorganizations and bankruptcy. In addition, he advises his clients designing and implementing complex tax, contract and corporate structures. Additionally, Juan Jose has extensive knowledge in business management and finance. Juan José works as a professor of corporate law at the Universidad del Rosario.
Juan Pablo Barrios
Member of the Corporate/M&A, Tax and International Trade and Private Clients teams. His professional practice focuses on advising family-owned companies, from a corporate perspective and with a family and tax planning approach. He has advised clients in corporate, civil, succession and tax matters, with an integral approach.
Correa Alejandra Álvarez
Member of the Tax Law and International Trade team. Her professional practice focuses on structuring tax planning advice and strategies for national and foreign individuals and companies. She also has experience in corporate law.
