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 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
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 Attorney, 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
Professional profile
Lawyer graduated from the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in 2003, with a master’s degree in Public Policy from the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid and the Francisco de Vitoria University (Spain).
Specialist in Constitutional Law at the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario and a professor at the same University in the area of Constitutional Law.
15 years of experience in the Constitutional Court, 10 of them in the performance of the position of Assistant Magistrate. In 2014, the Plenary Chamber of the Constitutional Court awarded her the “José Ignacio de Márquez for Judicial Merit” award, created by Decree 1258 of July 27, 1970 and given to those judicial officials who have made contributions that are valuable to the consolidation of constitutional jurisprudence.
Extensive knowledge of the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court, especially in matters of control of the constitutionality of laws, decrees and legislative acts, determination of the scope of fundamental rights in protection actions and establishment of standards for the protection of constitutional guarantees. Experience in constitutional litigation and advice on constitutional issues to public and private entities.
Contact:cramirez@mpvabogados.coma
Lawyer graduated from the Externado de Colombia University. Specialist in Economic and Business Law, from the Universidad de los Andes. Has served an official of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Head of the General Services Section of the Presidency of the Republic, Manager of the Employees Fund of the Presidency of the Republic, Head of the Legal and Audit Office of the Lottery of Bogotá and General Secretary and Legal Deputy Director of CAFAM Family Compensation Fund for more than 20 years. He has been part of our team since 2018.
Lawyer graduated from the Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in 1981, specialist in Consular Law, Immigration Law and Human Rights, among others.
He has extensive experience before the Organs of the Inter-American Human Rights System, providing advice on litigation and requests before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
He has extensive knowledge to provide the best advice and guidance in everything related to the area of immigration for foreigners (Visas, Refuge, etc.).
Has worked for 33 years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, holding important positions, such as Head of Passports, Coordinator of the Visa and Immigration Division, Coordinator of the Office of Assistance to Nationals abroad, Colombian Consul in Costa Rica, Colombian Consul in Guatemala, Minister Counselor at the Colombian Embassy in Peru, Plenipotentiary Minister of the Colombian Mission to the OAS in Washington.
Former Advisor to the Organization of American States in Washington.
Lawyer, tax consultant, extensive experience in the matter with an emphasis on the taxation of oil companies, including vast expertise in international investments, exchange regime and foreign trade and customs.
Twenty years of experience working directly for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation companies based in Colombia, as well as basic knowledge of the North American tax regime. and UK. Management experience as responsible for compliance, litigation, planning, lobbying, relations with tax authorities and business support for three of the most important oil companies in Colombia.
Law-School, with emphasis on Economic-Law – Universidad de Antioquia (2021)
Tax-Law Diploma – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2022)
Before joining MPV Abogados & CIA he worked as a paralegal, and then as an associate, in a law firm in Medellín from 2018 to 2023. He has been a member of our team since 2023.
Julian 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. on national and territorial taxes.
Telephone: 6016422133.
Contact: jbedoya@mpvabogados.com
Languages: Spanish and english
Economist – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2021)
Law Student – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Tax-Law Diploma – Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Currently Assistant Professor of Economics and Law at Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Miguel is actively working alongside the senior staff on investigation and the composition of legal documents in litigious processes related to taxes. He has particular interest in national and territorial taxes concerning oil and gas matters.
Languages: English and Spanish
Student of Law of the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, with interest in the area of corporate law. María Alejandra actively participates in the investigation of legal documents that the professionals of our team require for the adequate advice of our clients and constantly review the terms related to the lawsuits carried out by our Firm. She has been part of our team since 2021.
Contacto: agonzalez@mpvabogados.com
Languages: Spanish, English and French
Professional profile:
● Law student: Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2020 to present)
● History Student: Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (2021 to present)
● Harvard Diploma in ‘Justice’ with the professor Michael Sandel.
● Certified in the International inter-university chair ‘The legacy of the Colombian truth commission’ by the CAPAZ Institute, 2022
● Winner of the award ‘Academic Excellence Rosarista’ in 2023
● She has been part of our team since 2023.
● She has worked as a volunteer with women victims of sexual violence from the armed conflict, with the elderly and with children from vulnerable populations.
Camila actively participates in the investigation of legal documents that are required for the service provided to our clients and performs tasks related to litigation.
Contact: csalazar@mpvabogados.com