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Ciro Meza

Ciro Meza

Work Department

Tax

Position

Partner

Career

Ciro is a lawyer graduated from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and a specialist in Tax Law from Universidad del Rosario. In 2006 he obtained a LL.M. degree in International and Comparative Law from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, USA.

From 2006 to 2010, he worked as a tax manager at Deloitte Colombia. Prior to this, he served as associate for two firms focused on tax and international trade, Godoy & Hoyos (2003 – 2004) and Araujo Ibarra & Asociados (2001 – 2003). He has also been a professor of tax law courses at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Externado de Colombia and Universidad ICESI.

Ciro joined Baker McKenzie in 2010, and since 2014 he heads the Firm's Tax practice group in Bogotá.

He focuses his practice on tax planning, consulting and tax litigation. Over more than 20 years, he has advised companies in the oil & gas, pharmaceutical, technology, mass consumption and mining sectors, on matters related to tax planning & consulting, and litigation.

Rankings:

Band 1, Tax, Chambers Latin America, 2024 Band 1, Tax, Chambers Global, 2024 Leading Individual, Tax, Legal 500 Latin America, 2024 Highly Regarded, General Corporate Tax, ITR World Tax, 2024 Highly Regarded, Tax Law: Corporate Tax, Leaders League, 2024 Highly Regarded, Wealth Management, Leaders League, 2024

Languages

Spanish - English

Memberships

International Fiscal Association (IFA) and ICDT (Colombian Tax Institute)

Education

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA (LL.M. International & Comparative Law) (2006). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia (Lawyer) (2001). Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia (Specialization in Tax Law) (2003)

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