Nathalie Medina
Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas2
Tax
Among Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas’ main attributes, it stands out for its ability to draw on the wider firm’s global network for support on cross-border tax matters, which is a key advantage for multinational clients. A strong performer in transactional tax, including corporate, finance, and capital markets-related work, the team also routinely advises on tax litigation. Experienced sector specialist Camilo Cortés covers the full range of contentious and non-contentious tax law, with a focus on tax planning, advisory, and transaction structuring. Cortés co-heads the department together with Carmen Sanabria, who handles tax litigation and advisory matters; and transactional tax partner Ernesto Lopez. Senior associate Nathalie Medina provides capable support.
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Key clients
- Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF)
- Banco de Occidente, Banco de Bogotá and Corficolombiana
- Gran Tierra Energy
- Inversiones Actual Colombia
- Fondo Corredores Davivienda
- CI Colombian Mint
- Express Luck
- Lafayette Group
- TP Consultancy
- Applus Servicios Tecnológicos
- Deva Capital Investment Company
- Cabot
- Berlitz
- Hunter Douglas
- Ogilvy & Mather
- Wunderman Thompson
- Mediacom
- Wavemaker
Work highlights
- Advised Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF), as lender, on a $250m unsecured credit facility granted to Bancoldex, including tax matters.
- Developed a preliminary economic analysis for CI Colombian Mint concerning exports of gold and silver concentrates to independent parties to guarantee that transactions are aligned with the arm’s length principle for local fiscal issues.
- Advised Deva Capital Investment Company on the planning and execution of a tax-efficient transaction structure in relation to its assignment of rights held in a Colombian and Peruvian trust to US company, JCAP CFG Holdings.
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Camilo Cortés, Carmen Sanabria, Ernesto Lopez