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Colombian attorney


TAXATION

Pinilla Plazas y Asociados offers general tax planning services to reduce tax burdens, as well as advice on tax litigation.

 

We advise our clients on:

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  • Tax planning strategies include planning appropriate contractual or corporate structures, as well as assessing the tax effects of national and subnational legislation.

  • Assessment of risks related to compliance with tax obligations

  • Legal review of national and subnational tax returns

  • Transfer pricing study

  • Analysis and application of agreements to avoid double taxation

  • Assistance in tax disputes and sanctioning proceedings before national and subnational tax authorities, whether responding to ordinary and special requests or summonses to declare or correct, as appropriate; as well as filing administrative appeals and filing lawsuits before the administrative litigation courts.

Asesoria tributaria
Aduanas

CUSTOMS

Pinilla Plazas & Associates advises on foreign commercial operations, designing customs planning options in accordance with Colombian legislation and in harmony with the international trade agreements signed and ratified by Colombia.

 

This service includes:

 

  • Management before the competent authorities for compliance with administrative requirements and Customs planning processes.

  • The search for alternatives aimed at optimizing international trade operations in compliance with mandatory regulations and technical requirements.

  • Government program schemes that promote the classification of international trade tariff codes under Special Regimes: (Permanent Customs Users and Highly Exporting Users)

 

CORPORATE LAW

Pinilla Plazas & Associates offers legal advice in the area of corporate law on matters related to the formation and administration of companies.

 

We advise our clients on:

 

  • Constitution, dissolution and liquidation of companies.

  • The design of corporate structures that allow foreign companies to enter the national market, as well as the development of internationalization processes for national companies.

  • The incorporation of foreign companies, as well as their subsidiaries, subordinates and branches.

  • Preparation of minutes for Board of Directors and General Shareholders' Meetings, as well as legal advice for said meetings.

  • Compliance with exchange regulations.

  • Capitalization mechanisms and development of regulations for the placement and subscription of shares.

  • Transfer of shares.

  • Total or partial statutory reforms.

  • Preparation and maintenance of corporate books.

  • Corporate governance training.

  • Legal support in the management of corporate conflicts.

  • Legal regime for foreign investments in Colombia, as well as Colombian investments abroad.

  • Statutory reform processes involving mergers, spin-offs, and acquisitions analyzed from a business and tax legislation perspective.

  • Shareholder agreements, as well as memoranda of understanding.

Derecho Corporativo
Contratos

CONTRACTS

Pinilla Plazas & Asociados has a broad portfolio of civil and commercial contracts tailored to the interests of our national and foreign clients and the economic activity they carry out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Contracts

  • Commercial Agency.

  • Mutual.

  • Trust.

  • Distribution.

  • Factoring.

  • Business collaboration.

  • Brokerage.

  • Supplies.

  • Franchises.

  • Garment.

Civil Contracts

  • Real estate contract promises.

  • Purchase and sale of real estate.

  • Lease.

  • Deposit.

  • Mutual.

  • Garment.

  • Donation.

  • Mandate.

LABOR LAW

Pinilla Plazas & Associates offers services in the areas of individual labor law and social security.

 

We advise our clients on:

 

  • All types of contracts, whether through employment contracts or service provision contracts.

  • The design of internal work regulations, as well as the design of salary and remuneration structures.

  • Outsourcing contracting schemes.

  • Advice and representation before national and subnational administrative authorities.

  • Advice and representation before the labor jurisdiction.

  • Projection of settlements before the labor jurisdiction and the Ministry of Social Protection.

  • Labor due diligence.

  • Hiring of athletes.

Derecho Laboral
Propiedad Industrial

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

Pinilla Plazas & Asociados advises Colombian and foreign companies on the best legal strategy for protecting their trademarks in several countries (Madrid Protocol), slogans, trademarks, designations of origin, and emblems; and also for obtaining invention patents, utility model patents, and industrial designs.

 

We advise our clients on:

 

  • Trademark registration.

  • Filing and defense in competitive examinations.

  • Applications for renewal of distinctive signs.

  • Submission of applications.

COMPETITION LAW

Pinilla Plazas & Associates offers legal security to companies competing or seeking to compete in the national market by providing the following services:

  • Consulting on business integrations.

  • Consulting in the analysis of restrictive and unfair competition practices.

  • Legal analysis of commercial agreements and acts that may have restrictive effects on competition.

  • Legal representation before the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce.

Derecho de la Competencia
Protección al consumidor

CONSUMER PROTECTION

Pinilla Plazas & Associates offers preventive and corrective legal advice in the area of consumer protection, providing the following services:

  • Training on the new Consumer Statute Law 1480 of 2011.

  • Response to PQRs submitted by consumers.

  • Defense of claims and complaints filed by consumers before the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce.

COLOMBIAN IMMIGRATION

Pinilla Plazas & Associates advises entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, and employees on obtaining visas that allow them to legally live and work in Colombia.

We advise our clients on:

  • Application for visitor, migrant, and residence visas.

  • Application for a foreign identity card.

  • Advice and representation in immigration control proceedings before the Colombian Migration Administrative Unit.

  • Filing of appeals and reversals against administrative acts that resolve immigration verification issues.

Inmigración Colombiana
Contratación Estatal

PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS

Our legal training and experience allow us to provide quality legal advice and support in public procurement processes, particularly public bidding processes with state entities, from the pre-contractual stage through the contractual phase and through execution.

 

Our services include the analysis of tender documents and the preparation of legal observations when circumstances require it; assistance with risk distribution, clarification, award hearings, and other hearings convened by the state entity and arising throughout the bidding process, in order to protect your company's specific interests. We also provide advice on the structuring of tender documents when required by our clients.

Visas a Estados Unidos

VISAS TO THE UNITED STATES

Pinilla Plazas & Associates advises entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, and employees on obtaining visas that allow them to legally live and work in the United States of America.

We advise our clients on:

  • Executive Transfer Visas (L-1A)

  • Merchant Visa (E-1)

  • Investor Visa (E-2)

  • Visas for professionals (H1B)

  • Family petitions

For more information, please visit our websitewww.visaamericana.com.co

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