Rely on our trusts, estates and wealth preservation team for advice designed to help protect, maintain and realize value on investments. Our private clients include high net worth individuals and families, as well as trustees and other private wealth industry professionals and businesses.

Wealth planning

We advise high net worth individuals and families, trustees, and private wealth industry professionals on asset protection and succession strategies. Our comprehensive advice helps to ensure that property is managed and transferred when needed, with tax efficiency in mind. We use our extensive experience in the field to assist with the administration of wills, foundations, estates and trusts. Our advice always takes into account the family and business concerns of the client. Our team is familiar with the sensitivities often involved in such matters and always strives to manage the process in an efficient, transparent manner.

Corporate succession

We assist businesses to prepare for ownership transitions, ensuring that all succession issues are properly planned. Our advice is designed to ensure that the existing business is maintained in a seamless manner following the transition with its value preserved. We advise on the full range of issues associated with corporate succession, including family succession, partner-to-partner succession, transitions among existing owners, sales to outside parties and transitions to employee ownership.

Tax

Widely regarded as one of Colombia’s leading tax practices, benefit from our advice to ensure compliance with VAT, municipal taxes and general accounting. Our team includes experienced lawyers and accountants that can recommend tax planning structures and accounting processes tailored to the specific objectives of your investments and businesses.

Corporate governance

We provide comprehensive assistance with corporate governance—topics particularly sensitive in family-run companies. Our experience covers the drafting and preparation of Codes of Best Corporate Practices and Codes of Ethical Business Conduct, the definition and structuring of policies and the filing of compliance reports on the new regulatory requirements and market standards.

Mediation

Mediation techniques in estate planning disputes provide participants a forum to clarify the needs, interests and motivations of all parties. Our mediation team can act as third-party facilitators and liaise with accountants and financial advisors to ensure that your agenda is accounted for in the final estate plan.

Restructuring

Rely on comprehensive assistance with all aspects of financial restructurings and asset valuation for family businesses. From entry to exit to corporate structuring and restructuring, our advice focuses on all the key objectives, from succession planning to ongoing debt management issues.

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