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Mr Ciro Meza

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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)

Lawyer Rankings

Colombia > Tax

(Leading individuals)

Ciro Meza – Baker McKenzie S.A.S.

The Colombian branch of Baker McKenzie S.A.S.’s formidable global tax group stands out for being ‘sensitive to the needs of the business’. The full-service practice demonstrates strong capability across all key pillars of tax law, with its recent experience spanning tax planning and wealth management, transactional support work, regulatory issues, dispute resolution and transfer pricing. The team is additionally recognised for its ability to plug into the wider firm’s international platform, which marks it as a popular choice to advise major multinationals on local issues, including Amazon, Chevron, and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Among the names to note, high-profile tax expert Ciro Meza is sought after for his expertise in tax planning and consulting, and litigation. Meza co-heads the department together with transfer pricing specialist Gustavo Sánchez, and transactional tax partner Juan David Velasco, who joined from Posse Herrera Ruiz in April 2022. At associate level, Laura Durán and Andrea Jimenez are recommended. In November 2022, associate Carlos Gómez left to join Kuehne+Nagel.

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