Founding/ Managing Partner – Languages: Spanish, Italian and English

Profile

J.D. – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (1979)

LL.D., Doctor of Law – Universidad de Salamanca (Spain).

LL. D., Doctor of Law (H.C.) – Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Professor with more than 30 years of experience in universities in Colombia, Italy, France, Argentina, among others.

Besides his private practice Mr. Plazas has also been appointed as Advisor and General Coordinator for Tax Harmonization in matters of indirect taxes of the Andean Community – CAN.

Mr. Plazas has more than 30 years of professional experience in advising and representing Colombian and foreign clients, both public and private. In addition, he has served as an Associate Judge of the Colombian Constitutional Court and is currently an Associate Judge of the Colombian Council of State. He is also a List A Arbitrator for Administrative and Commercial Law at the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce

Professional Associations, Memberships and Academic Recognitions

• Academia Colombiana de Jurisprudencia – Full Member
• Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario (ICDT) – Former President and Honorary Member
• Instituto Latinoamericano de Derecho Tributario (ILADT) – Former President
• Associazione Italiana per il Diritto Tributario Latino-Americano – Associato Onorario.
• Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (Venezuela) – Foreign Corresponding Member.
• Asociación venezolana de Derecho Tributario – Foreign Corresponding Member.
• Asociación Argentina de Estudios Fiscales – Foreign Honorary Member.
• Asociación Rosarista – Outstanding Graduate.
• TRIBUTE Foundation for International Tax Dispute Resolution – Member.
• Rivista di Diritto e Prattica Tributaria Internazionale (Milán, ITA) – Miembro del Comité Científico.
• Scientific Coordinator of the publication “del derecho de la hacienda pública al derecho Tributario”, homage to Professor Andrea Amatucci, Bogotá Di Napolis, Bogotá, Temis, 2011, Jovenne Editore, Università Degli Estudi Di Napoli Fedrico II.
• Revista di Diritto Tributario Internazionale (International Tax Review – Università Sapienza di Roma) – Member of the Scientific Committee.
• Corporación José Ignacio de Márquez – Winner of the XXI Contest on Economic Law for the essay Reflexiones sobre el Activismo de la Corte Constitucional en Colombia (2009).
• Instituto Rosarista de Acción Social Rafael Arenas Ángel – SERES- de la Universidad del Rosario – Director.

Publications

The following are some of the most important works of our Founding/ Managing Partner. To see the complete list of his publications, please click on this link: El impuesto sobre el valor agregado IVA, Bogotá, Temis (3ra Edición. 2015)

• El liberalismo y la teoría de los tributos, Bogotá, Temis (1995).
• Derecho Tributario Comunitario: La armonización tributaria en el sistema andino de integración, Bogotá, Legis (2001).
• Ill Conceptto Di Tributo alla luce del Raportto Tra Ildirictto Finanziario ed Illdiritto Tributario e tra ill Dirictto Comunitario ed Illdiricto Nazionale, Milano, Giuffétt (2003).
• Illdiri dela Finanza Pubblica e ill Dirictto Tributario, Tradoctto da Andrea Amatucci, Napoli, Jovenne Editore, Università Degli Estudi Di Napoli Fedrico II, 2009.
• Del Realismo al Trialismo Jurídico, Bogotá, Temis (2009).
• La Codificación Tributario, Universidad del Rosario (2012).
• Historia de las Ideas Políticas y Jurídicas, Vol. I a V, Bogotá, Temis (2014).
• Impuesto sobre el valor Agregado IVA, Bogotá, Temis (2015).
• Hacienda Pública y Posconflicto en Colombia, Bogotá, Temis (2015)
• Derecho de la Hacienda Pública y Derecho Tributario, Tomos I y II, Bogotá, Temis (3ra Edición. 2017)
• El sistema tributario del siglo XXI, Bogotá, Temis (2018).

Practice Partner I Head of the Litigation Practice – Languages: Spanish, Italian and English.

Professional Profile

Law-School – Universidad de los Andes (2009)
Tax-Lax Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
LL.M., Giustizia Tributaria Italiana ed Europea – Seconda Universita di Napoli (ITA)

Is part of our team since 2009. Catalina works as a professor in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in different Colombian universities.

Catalina has extensive experience in litigation and tax advice on the areas of oil & gas, banking, insurance, real sector and other important fields of the national economy. She has a particular interest in current national tax issues, which allows her to alternate and enhance her professional and academic practices.

Publications

• El principio de la irretroactividad tributaria, Ed. Temis (2017)
• Author of Aspecto material del hecho gravado en el impuesto sobre la renta desde la perspectiva de la base gravable, in Derecho Tributario Internacional, Ed. Temis (2010).
• Coauthor of Cláusulas antiabuso y derechos del contribuyente, in Derecho Tributario Comparado: Problemas comunes y aspectos procedimentales Italia, Colombia y España, Ed. G. Giappichelli y Universidad del Rosario (2017).
• Author of El régimen de entidades controladas del exterior (ECE), en Comentarios a la ley 1819 de 2016 de Reforma Tributaria Estructural, Ed. Temis-MPV (2017)

Professional Associations, Memberships and Academic Recognitions

• Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario (ICDT) – Member.

Contact: cplazas@mpvabogados.com  

Phone: 6422133

Practice Partner I – Languages: Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese – Head of the Sports Law Practice

Professional Profile

Law-School – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2013)
LL.M., International Taxation – University of Florida, Levin College of Law.
Sports-Law Diploma – Universidad de Buenos Aires (ARG).
Tax-Law Diploma – Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario (ICDT)

Claudia is a professor of the Jurisprudence undergraduate school at Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Claudia carries out her professional practice mainly in the tax-consulting area for international and national clients of the banking, insurance, real estate and solidarity sectors. She also works on issues related with national taxes and the design of wealth-management structures related to family law.
Since 2018, and after a professional internship at Crespo Abogados (Argentina – Sports-Law Boutique), she also works as a consultant in tax, economic and contractual aspects related to sports law.

Publications

• Author of Impuesto nacional al consumo, impuesto al consumo de bolsas plásticas y cannabis medicinal, in Comentarios a la ley 1819 de 2016 de Reforma Tributaria Estructural, Ed. Temis- MPV (2017).
• Author of La tributación del jugador de fútbol profesional – Capítulo Colombia, in Revista Di Diritto e Prattica Tributaria Internazionale (2018).
• Author of the LLM degree research paper for the University of Florida entitled Regional Court of Arbitration in Transfer Pricing (currently in process of publication).
• Author and Co-Coordinator for La tributación de los agentes e intermediarios, sistemas tributarios comparados (Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, España, Italia, Paraguay y Uruguay), Ed. ICDT – ICDA, Bogotá D.C. (2020)

Professional Associations, Memberships and Academic Recognitions

• Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario (ICDT) – Member

Contact: claudia.plazas@mpvabogados.com

Phone: 6422133

Practice Partner I – Languages: Spanish and English.

Professional Profile

Law-School – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Tax-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.

Paola works as a professor for the Jurisprudence undergraduate school at the Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.

Paola is part of the Tax-Consulting practice, with emphasis on the financial, insurance and real sectors. She also participates in state-planning and wealth-management related issues. Due to her academic career as a Public Finance professor she has actively participated in matters related to it.

Publications

• Author of the paper El establecimiento permanente como cláusula de derecho interno en la legislación tributaria colombiana: el caso particular de las oficinas de representación de las reaseguradoras del exterior, for the Repositorio – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2018). This text is in process of being published.
• Author of the chapter Tratamiento en el impuesto sobre la renta de los aportes a los fondos obligatorios y voluntarios de pensiones, in Comentarios a la Ley 1819 de 2016 de Reforma Tributaria Estructural, Ed. Temis-MPV (2017)

Contact: pmesa@mpvabogados.com

Phone: 6422133

Practice Partner I – Languages: Spanish and English

Professional Profile  

Law-School – Universidad Militar Nueva Granada (2011)

Tax-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Andres has been a professor in several national universities, both in undergraduate and graduate programs. He has been part of Our Team since 2008.

Andres has extensive experience in litigation and tax advice in the steel, banking, insurance, financial and industrial areas, as well as in other important sectors of the national economy.

Publications

• Author of the chapters Limitación de las deducciones por pagos al exterior y deducción por concepto de contratos de importación de tecnología e Impuesto sobre la renta en los contratos de concesión y, Las Asociaciones Público Privadas (APP), en Comentarios a la ley 1819 de 2016 de Reforma Tributaria Estructural, Ed. Temis-MPV (2017).
• Author of the article El impuesto a la riqueza frente a los contratos de estabilidad jurídica, in Revista 71 del ICDT.

Contact: avelasquez@mpvabogados.com

Phone: 6422133

Practice Partner II

Professional Profile

Accountancy-School, with emphasis on Tax Legislation – Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano.

Jorge has extensive experience in the areas of Tax Review, Internal Control and External Audit. He has acquired this knowledge over several years of his academic activity and professional performance as an advisor to companies in the industrial, commercial and service sectors. He has participated in corporate reorganization processes, preparation of due diligences and technical-accounting reports for important companies, as well as in tax planning activities.

Publications

• Autor del capítulo Impuesto sobre la renta de las personas naturales, en Comentarios a la ley 1819 de 2016 de reforma tributaria estructural, Ed. Temis-MPV (2017).
• Coautor del artículo La tributación del jugador de fútbol profesional – Capítulo Colombia, en Dii Rivista Diritto e Pratica Tributaria Internazionale (2018)

Contact: jtalero@mpvabogados.com

Phone: 6422133

Practice Partner I – Languages: Spanish

Professional Profile

Law-School – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (1977)

Family-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Commercial-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Tax-Law Diploma – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Before joining Our Team, Mauricio worked as a lawyer in the Legal Department of Banco de Bogotá, Legal Head of the Bogotá district of Banco Industrial Colombiano, Head of the Legal Department of Financiera Mazda Crédito and independent advisor to private sector companies on issues related to civil and commercial law. He has been part of Our Firm since 2005.

His wide experience in matters related to civil and commercial law, allows Mauricio to contribute in an efficient way to the integral advice, with taxation-emphasis, that we provide to our clients.

Publications

• Author of the chapter Los paraísos fiscales, in Derecho Tributario Internacional, Ed. Temis (2010).
• Co-author, on several occasions, of chapters that are part of the collection of texts, in numerous volumes, entitled Estudios críticos de jurisprudencia, Ed. ICDT.
• Co-author of the chapter Cláusulas antiabuso y derechos del contribuyente, en Derecho tributario comparado: Problemas comunes y aspectos procedimentales Italia, Colombia y España, Ed. G. Giappichelli y Universidad del Rosario (2017).
• Author of the chapter Régimen tributario especial aplicable a las asociaciones, fundaciones y corporaciones, constituidas como entidades sin ánimo de lucro, in Comentarios a la ley 1819 de 2016 de Reforma Tributaria Estructural, Ed. (2017).

Contact: mmendoza@mpvabogados.com

Phone: 6422133

Senior Associate, Head of the Family-Law practice, Deputy Director of the Litigation practice – Languages: Spanish, English and French.

Professional Profile

Law-School, with emphasis on Public Finance and Tax-Law – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2016)

Tax-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

Professor in undergraduate and graduate courses in several national universities, on Family Law and Tax Law. He is a member of the Firm since 2014.

Mateo participates in both litigation and consulting services for clients of the financial, oil & gas and real sector, as well as for individuals. He was part of the Garrigues (Spain) team during an academic-professional internship. Since 2019 Mateo is Head of the Family-Law practice, rendering services related to tax-planning and family wealth management. He is member of the Litigation directive team of Our Firm.

Publications

• Author of the article La palmaria inconstitucionalidad del principio de lesividad de la Ley 1819 de 2016 in Revista 76 del ICDT.
• Author of the article El arbitraje tributario en el ordenamiento jurídico colombiano in Revista 78 del ICDT.
• Author of the chapter Régimen sancionatorio en Comentarios a la ley 1819 de 2016 de Reforma Tributaria Estructural, Ed. Temis-MPV (2017)
• Co-author of the chapter El impuesto sobre el valor agregado, aspectos internacionales en Derecho Aduanero, Ed. Universidad del Rosario y Tirant Lo Blanch (2020).

• Co-author of the article Régimen de causales objetivas y subjectiva del divorcio en Colombia: la cuestión a debate en Ámbito Jurídico, edition of September 10, 2019. Available at: https://www.ambitojuridico.com/noticias/especiales/civil-y-familia/regimen-de-causales-objetivas-y-subjetivas-del-divorcio-en .
• Author of the article La naturaleza retroactiva de las leyes de interpretación y su admisibilidad en materia tributaria, in Revista N. 82 del ICDT.

Professional Associations, Memberships and Academic Recognitions

• Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario (ICDT) – Member
• Asociación de Abogados Rosaristas – Member
• Universidad del Rosario – Academic Excellence Award.

Contact: mvargas@mpvabogados.com 

Phone: 6422133