Ernst & Young

About this office:

Ernst & Young is a worldwide leading firm in the provision in professional services of National and International Tax, Customs, Transaction Advisory, Due Diligence, Mergers & Acquisitions, Assurance and Advisory Business Services, and Risk Management. With over 130,000 professionals located in more than 140 countries, the Firm has a wide financial and experience in different areas, which provides new solutions and perspectives in the global economy. The focus on specialized solutions and services in the different industries allows us to give our clients the knowledge of our global teams and the experience in the Colombian market.

In Colombia, Ernst & Young has been settled since 1963, and has been growing in the past years to become in one of the most solicited Firms by national and multinational companies in the country. At this moment, we have a team of more than 400 persons, which have the best qualifications and standards in education provided by our global organization, which allows us to give our clients quality services that are consistent with the delivery that our practices have throughout the world. Our offices in Colombia are located in the largest cities: Bogota, Cali, Medellin and Bogota. Furthermore, our local team has all the tools to mobilize to any area in the country where our clients need our services.

Our slogan of " Quality In Everything We Do" is a commitment of our local team to deliver quality in all the work we do for our clients. Ernst & Young is the only Firm in Colombia that has all the process certified with ISO 9001:2000, and this more than compliance, is reflected in actions that we do every day to be better and provide the best service.

Among other things, Ernst & Young provides in Colombia specialized professional advisory services in tax related issues, control exchange regime and foreign investments, international trade and customs, labor and immigration, through a select group of bilingual professionals, who commit to propose to our clients efficient solutions for their needs. Our people serve as support, from a corporate standpoint, for the design and development of tax efficient structures for foreign investment in Colombia, as well as Colombian investment structures abroad; developing control and surveillance procedures that allow investors to comply in a safe, agile and efficient manner with the tax related obligations provided for in each of the jurisdictions involved.

Ernst & Young is the winner of the distinction as Colombian Tax Firm of the Year, given by International Tax Review in the Second Annual Americas Tax Awards held on September 19, 2007 in New York City. In addition, our Tax team, has achieved, for two consecutive years, the honor as the leader firm, in the provision of tax advisory services in Colombia, in accordance with the surveys published by the " International Tax Review" magazine on their poll " World Tax 2006, the comprehensive guide to the world's leading tax firms" and "World Tax 2007, The comprehensive guide to the world's leading tax firms".

Ernst & Young is also an alliance of Ernst & Young Global Limited.

Tax, International Tax, Transfer Pricing, Customs and International Trade, Human Capital, Commercial and Contractual, Corporate and Corporate Restructuring (Mergers and Acquisitions), Foreign Investment and Exchange Control, Employment and Immigration, Tax Litigation.

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