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DIAN · Large Taxpayers
He worked at DIAN, in Large Taxpayers audit. He knows tax audits from the inside and applies that experience when designing his clients' defense.
Profile · Ligal team
Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto: whoever understands the business understands how it is taxed.
Director of Ligal. He worked at DIAN, in Large Taxpayers audit, served as Colombia's DIAN representative at the OECD, and is now a professor of the tax diploma programs at the Universidad Nacional. He brings that view of the tax authority to the planning, advice and defense of his clients.
DirectorFormer DIAN · Large TaxpayersFormer DIAN representative at the OECDProfessor · Universidad Nacional
Also on WhatsApp: +57 319 272 9164. Bogotá · Calle 99 7A-51, Of. 206. In person and remote service.
Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto
Director
Who is Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto
A tax lawyer who knows tax audits from the inside and teaches them in the classroom.
Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto is the Director of Ligal. He is a lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario and a specialist in Taxation from the Universidad de los Andes, with more than 9 years of experience. He worked at DIAN, in Large Taxpayers audit, and served as Colombia's DIAN representative at the OECD, for large taxpayers, on aggressive tax planning, the global minimum tax and Pillars 1 and 2. He also worked at well-known firms in Colombia, and that combination of institutional perspective and private practice is the basis of his advice.
As an educator, he was a professor at the Escuela de Impuestos (business law and training of officials) and is now a professor of the tax diploma programs at the Universidad Nacional, covering tax procedure, income tax, tax planning and the simple regime (régimen simple). His experience spans estate and tax planning, tax consulting, due diligence, foreign trade, and tax and customs litigation. He has resolved and closed many cases and has handled numerous disputes before the UGPP, DIAN and the departmental and municipal finance secretariats (secretarías de hacienda). Ligal is a tax and customs law firm in Bogotá; no outcome is guaranteed and each case depends on the facts and supporting evidence.
Profile at a glance
- Director of Ligal
- Lawyer, Universidad del Rosario
- Specialist in Taxation, Universidad de los Andes
- More than 9 years of experience
- DIAN: Large Taxpayers audit
- Colombia's DIAN representative at the OECD, for large taxpayers
- Professor of the tax diploma programs at the Universidad Nacional
- Former professor at the Escuela de Impuestos
- Experience at well-known firms in Colombia
- Numerous disputes before the UGPP, DIAN and the secretarías de hacienda
His professional conviction
«Whoever understands the business understands how it is taxed.»
That is why Ligal's advice starts by understanding the client's operation, contracts and value chain, and only then proposes the tax structure or the defense strategy.
Career
Authority, classroom and private practice: three views of the same tax system.
These are the milestones of his professional profile, as he presents them.
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DIAN representative at the OECD
He was Colombia's DIAN representative at the OECD, for large taxpayers, on aggressive tax planning, the global minimum tax and Pillars 1 and 2.
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Escuela de Impuestos
He was a professor at the Escuela de Impuestos, in business law and in the training of officials.
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Universidad Nacional
He is a teacher at the Universidad Nacional in its tax diploma programs: tax procedure, income tax, tax planning and the simple regime.
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Well-known firms in Colombia
He worked at well-known firms in Colombia, where he gained the private-practice perspective that he now combines with his DIAN experience.
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Disputes before the UGPP, DIAN and the secretarías de hacienda
A lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario and a specialist in Taxation from the Universidad de los Andes, with more than 9 years of experience. He has resolved and closed many cases and has handled numerous disputes before the UGPP, DIAN and the departmental and municipal finance secretariats.
Areas of experience
Where the director can help, with links to each service.
His experience is concentrated in the following areas. Each has a service page with more detail.
Estate and tax planning
Structuring personal and family wealth with tax criteria and the perspective of someone who knows tax audits.
See estate and tax planningTax consulting
Tax planning and consulting for companies, starting from understanding the business and its operation.
See tax planning for companiesDue diligence
Review of a company's or business's tax position to identify risks and contingencies.
Foreign trade
Support for importers and exporters, focused on the customs and tax risk of the operation.
See foreign tradeTax litigation
Defense in disputes with the tax administration, from answering requirements to appeals and the actions that apply.
See tax litigationCustoms litigation
Defense in customs proceedings before DIAN: valuation, penalties and seizure of goods.
See customsClient recognition
Ligal has a 5.0 / 5 rating on Google, with 36 public reviews.
Related services
Pages where the director takes part in the strategy.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto and how can he help
He is the Director of Ligal, a tax and customs law firm in Bogotá. He is a lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario and a specialist in Taxation from the Universidad de los Andes, with more than 9 years of experience. He worked at DIAN, in Large Taxpayers audit, and served as Colombia's DIAN representative at the OECD, for large taxpayers. He is a professor of the tax diploma programs at the Universidad Nacional and worked at well-known firms in Colombia.
He worked in Large Taxpayers audit. He also served as Colombia's DIAN representative at the OECD, for large taxpayers, on aggressive tax planning, the global minimum tax and Pillars 1 and 2.
He is a professor of the tax diploma programs at the Universidad Nacional, covering tax procedure, income tax, tax planning and the simple regime. Earlier he was a professor at the Escuela de Impuestos, in business law and in the training of officials.
Estate and tax planning, tax consulting, due diligence, foreign trade, and tax and customs litigation. He has resolved and closed many cases and has handled numerous disputes before the UGPP, DIAN and the departmental and municipal finance secretariats (secretarías de hacienda).
It is a conviction of Juan Santiago Rodríguez Prieto: tax treatment depends on how the operation really works, so the analysis starts by understanding the business, the contract and the flows, before defining the structure or the defense.
You can request a diagnosis through the form on this page, on WhatsApp at +57 319 272 9164, or by booking a meeting with the director. Ligal is in Bogotá (Calle 99 7A-51, Office 206) and has a 5.0 / 5 rating on Google with 36 reviews: https://share.google/VVzMvULrOj8Mj52Au. No outcome is guaranteed.
Consult the director
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