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INTERNATIONALTRADE

PORTAFOLIO

¿WHO ARE WE?

We have succesfully participated in structuring 70 of the 114 existing Free Trade Zones in Colombia (August 2018)

In 2018, we managed to optimize the payment of import duties by more than USD 12 million for a company in the infrastructure sector

We successfully structured Colombia’s first Regasification Port-Free Trade Zone through the coordination of multiple industrial development and international trade strategies

We generate value to our clients through the strategic positioning of their business models and operation schemes before the relevant decision-makers in the National Government and other international actors.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

INTERNATIONALTRADE

SERVICES

IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE MECHANISMS

STRUCTURING OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

International trade companies

Export programs (PEx)

Functional unit requests

Requests for basic industrial machinery certificatess

Temporal imports

Declarations of Special Permanent Free Trade Zones and Special Free Trade Zones

Qualification as a Free Trade Zone’s industrial user or commercial user

Legal advisory for Free Trade Zone’s operations

FREE TRADE ZONES

Requests for port concessions and subsequent modifications

Legal advisory for daily operations of port societies

Proceedings before the National Infrastructure Agency (“ANI”) and local entities: tariff revision, compensation payment, compliance, amongst others

PORT SECTOR

Reconsideration review and other legal recourses before the National Customs and Tax Authority (“DIAN”)

PROCESSES BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES

PERMANENT ADVISORY IN CUSTOMS & INTERNATIONAL TRADEOperation consultations of companies from different sectors

Reply brief of information requirement’s from DIAN

CROSS-BORDER ECOMMERCE OPERATIONS

Design and implementation of eCommerce Free Zones in Latin America.Structuring of new Cross-Border eCommerce ProjectsLegal solutions for Cross-Border eCommerce operationsDesign of internationalization business models through e-commerce

TEAM

Lina Maria has extensive experience as an international business consultant, in customs law, international trade, tax law, and foreign exchange, advising national and international companies on the strategic and legal structuring for the implementation and growth of successful investment projects in Colombia and in the world.

His practice is focused on advisory related to free trade zones, special economic zones, port concessions and public-private partnerships, including tax planning, business structuring with national and international companies and optimization of international trade mechanisms. Advises on business and corporate decisions, as well as the review and drafting of contracts and legal documents.

RECOGNITIONS CLIENTS

PRACTICE AREAS

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