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Santiago is Partner and leads the Customs Law & Trade practice and co-leads the Tax area for the Firm.

Partner

Santiago is Partner and leads the Customs Law & Trade practice and  the Tax area for the Firm. He has more than 15 years of experience advising national and international clients in local tax, international tax, customs tax, foreign trade and customs law from the strategic planning perspective. He has experience in the application of free trade agreements and multilateral and binational foreign trade agreements, as well as in treaties to avoid double taxation and in the creation and negotiation of Free Zones and special customs areas. He has been a promoter of foreign trade forums and Foreign Investments.

More than 10 years as a professor of taxation on foreign,Tax Planning and direct foreign investment at the Universidad de la Sabana, and corporate taxation and foreign investment in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He has been a guest speaker at various national and international tax events.

Spanish and English

Founding member of FIECE (Forum for the Integration of Colombian Entrepreneurs Abroad). Member of the signature committee of the Office of the Taxpayer and Customs User. Member of the Board of Directors of the Club el Rincón de Cajicá.

2008 – Postgraduate studies in Tax Law, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia 2006 - Master of Science C, Management Practice, The School of Business, The University of Salford, Manchester, England 2005 - Lawyer, Faculty of Law, Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá, Colombia