Mr Gustavo Pardo Ardila > Holland & Knight > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Holland & Knight Offices
Carrera 7 # 71-21
Torre A, Piso 8
Bogotá, DC, Colombia
Colombia
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Mr Gustavo Pardo Ardila
Work Department
Tax | Corporate Tax | International Tax
Position
Partner
Career
Gustavo Pardo Ardila is a tax attorney in Holland & Knight’s Bogotá office. Mr. Pardo focuses his practice on a variety of tax issues in Colombia. He advises clients on various tax and legal matters, including tax planning, corporate, foreign exchange, tax litigation and controversy.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Pardo owned Gustavo Pardo & Associates, a boutique law firm that focused on tax and tax litigation. In addition, Mr. Pardo has more than 30 years of experience, 21 of them working within the tax industry at the Colombia offices of several major international accounting firms. He was a tax managing partner with Ernst & Young in Colombia up to 2012, before opening his own law firm.
Mr. Pardo is the director of the Tax Planning Program at the Colombian Tax Law Institute (ICDT). He also is a professor of tax courses and tax programs at some universities throughout Colombia. In addition, Mr. Pardo completed the Kellogg School of Management program in 2009.
Languages
English / Spanish
Memberships
- Colombian Tax Law Institute (ICDT), Directors Committee, 2015-Present
- ICDT, Observatory of Tax Jurisprudence, Co-Founder, 2010; Co-Director, 2010-2014; Director, 2015-2018; Co-Director, 2019-Present
Education
- Universidad Externado de Colombia, J.D.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Tax
(Leading partners)The three-partner tax group at Holland & Knight continues to consolidate it offering following its May 2023 absorption of of Cuberos Cortés Gutiérrez, which saw the arrival of senior counsel Juan Camilo Riveira. The team added nine new clients during 2023/24, including domestic and multinational companies in the energy and natural resources, financial services and agrobusiness sectors. Department co-head Gustavo Pardo Ardila is a seasoned tax veteran, with extensive experience in tax planning, transactional tax, foreign exchange issues and litigation. He co-heads the practice together with tax litigator Juan Carlos Valencia and transactional tax partner Rafael Lafont. Senior associate José Alejandro Vivas is also recommended.