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
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)
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
Professional Associations, Memberships and Academic Recognitions
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
Professional Associations, Memberships and Academic Recognitions
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
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
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
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
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
Professional Associations, Memberships and Academic Recognitions
Contact: mvargas@mpvabogados.com
Phone: 6422133
Junior Attorney, Deputy Director of the Litigation Practice – Languages: Spanish and English.
Professional Profile
Law-School, with emphasis on Commercial-Law – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2018)
Tax-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
International Tax-Law Diploma – Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario
Nicolás has been part of Our Team since 2015. He is involved in advising clients in the solidarity sector and several companies of the real sector. He is part of Our Sports-Law practice and a member of the Directive Team of the Litigation area.
Publications
Contact: ndebrigard@mpvabogados.com
Phone: 6422133
Senior Associate – Languages: Spanish, Italian and English
Professional Profile
Law-School, with emphasis on Commercial-Law – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2013)
Tax-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Commercial-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Andrea worked as a lawyer at Parra, Moreno & Lafaurie Abogados from 2013 to 2016. She joined Our Team in 2016.
She works in litigation as well as in tax-advisory matters related to national and local taxes. She provides her services to our clients belonging to the solidarity and non-profit sectors (family compensation funds), commercial, industrial and insurance.
Publications
Contact: avargas@mpvabogados.com
Phone: 6422133
Junior Associate – Languages: Spanish, English and French.
Professional Profile
Law-School – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2020)
Tax-Law Diploma – Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario (ICDT)
Maria actively participates in the tax-law consultancy services provided by Our Firm for clients of the financial, solidary and parafiscal sectors. She is also involved in matters related to tax-planning advising for international and national clients, both corporations and individuals.
Contact: mluna@mpvabogados.com
Phone: 6422133
Junior Associate – Languages: Spanish and English.
Professional Profile
Law-School – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Tax-Law Diploma – Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario (ICDT)
Lorenzo actively participates in the Tax-advising services that Our Firm offers to oil & gas corporations. He is in charge of the drafting of legal and private documents of the Firm’s Family Law practice. Lorenzo is an essential member of Our Firm’s Litigation practice.
Publicaciones
Contact: lduque@mpvabogados.com
Phone: 6422133
Junior Lawyer, Member of the Litigation Area – Languages: Spanish and English
Professional profile
Esteban actively participates in the investigation and preparation of legal documents that are required for the service provided to our clients and performs tasks related to litigation.
Work areas: Esteban works mainly on issues related to Administrative Law, Procedural Law and Public Finance Law.
Contact: eornass@mpvabogados.com
Phone: 6422133
Paralegal – Languages: Spanish, English and French.
Professional Profile
Law-School – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Student)
Daniela joined Our Team in 2019.
She actively participates in the legal investigation required by the Professional and Senior members of our staff, to provide the best Legal Counselling to our clients. She also performs a constant tracing of the terms related to the lawsuits carried out by the Firm
Contact: dsanchez@mpvabogados.com
Phone: 6422133
Paralegal – Languages: Spanish and English.
Professional Profile
Law student – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Linda joined Our Team in 2021. She actively participates in the legal investigation required by the Professional and Senior members of our staff, to provide the best Legal Counselling to our clients. She also performs a constant tracing of the terms related to the lawsuits carried out by the Firm.
Contact: lsegura@mpvabogados.com