- +57 (601) 312 5577
- Calle 72A 4-03 • Bogotá, Colombia
- +57 310 781 2815
- lyw@lewinywills.com
"More than 40 years of experience speak for us"
L&W since 1978
Commitment and experience
Lewin & Wills is a business boutique Firm dedicated exclusively to provide legal advice in the following areas of expertise: Tax Law; High Net Worth and Estate Planning; Foreign Exchange Controls and International Trade/WTO; M&A, Corporate Law; Commercial Law and Litigation.
The Firm has also been recognized for conducting litigations and arbitrations with great success at a national and international level, exclusively for tax, foreign exchange and international trade issues.
Lewin & Wills is distinguished by its distinctive working structure, giving special prevalence to the active participation of partners and associates in each matter. We have a significantly low proportion of associates per partner, ensuring the use and implementation of the experience of our senior members.
We focus on legal areas and transactions that require a high level of knowledge and experience, thus we limit the number of issues we undertake. This has allowed us to gain wide recognition in the national legal market as one of the leading firms in our practice areas.
1978 - 2020
History 1978
1978
Alfredo Lewin-Figueroa starts his independent Law practice focusing mainly on Tax Law, founding Lewin & Associate.
1986
Mr. Emilio Wills-Cervantes joins the firm after holding high-level Government positions, regarding foreign exchange controls and foreign investment. With his arrival, the Firm extends its practice to Foreign Exchange Controls and Foreign Investment.
1987
Due to the expertise and consequent success of these two leaders in each of their fields and their reciprocal congeniality and agreement on the values that should guide the practice of Law, Lewin & Wills Attorneys at Law is founded.
1990
Lewin & Wills achieves recognition as the only boutique Law Firm in Colombia in the areas of Tax, Foreign Exchange and Investment.
1994
Lewin & Wills moves to the house located at Calle 72 No. 4-03, built by Victor Schmidt.
1996
Laureano Gómez is promoted to Partner of the Firm.
1997
Lewin & Wills opens its Estate and Wealth Planning practice. Today, it is one of the most regarded practices in Colombia on this matter.
1998
The Firm begins to work in M&A transactions, achieving great recognition within the area.
2000
Lewin & Wills opens the area of Corporate Law, which is brought together with the M&A practice.
2001
Lewin & Wills expands its services with the creation of the Foreign Trade area.
2002
Lewin & Wills participates in the founding of the Latin American Law Firms Tax and Legal Services Network – Lataxnet, a network of advisors composed of Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. and Canadian professional firms which operates throughout 19 jurisdictions covered Region-Wide.
- The network was formed with the primary goal of offering the highest-level advisory services in participating countries, with special emphasis on keeping clients up to date on the latest legal and tax developments.
2006
Adrián Rodríguez is promoted to Partner of the Firm.
2009
Lewin & Wills opens its second office on the 7th floor of the Siski Building, located in Carrera 4 No. 72-35.
Luz Clemencia Alfonso and Diana Vaughan are promoted to Partners of the Firm.
In August 2009, Lewin & Wills published a book of essays that compiled important writings related to matters regarding tax, foreign exchange controls, corporate law, foreign investment, international trade and customs.
2011
International Law activities are included within the Foreign Trade area, creating the International Trade and Investment Protection practice at Lewin & Wills.
2016
Lewin & Wills is included in the list of external advisors of the WTO Law Advice Center in Geneva, Switzerland.
2018
As an active member of the Latin American Law Firms Tax and Legal Services Network – Lataxnet, Lewin & Wills becomes a member for Colombia of WTS Global, a worldwide leading tax-focused network of law firms with presence in more than 100 jurisdictions around the globe.
WTS Global members are hand-picked local law firms with leading tax practices, and a strong handle of the business and legal cultures and communities in their own countries and abroad.
2019
Carolina Trejos is promoted to Partner of the Firm.
2020
Juan Andrés Palacios is appointed partner of the firm
Leadership
Recognitions
Lewin & Wills has been ranked as one of the best leading practice in Tax Law (Band 1) in Colombia for 16 consecutive years by Chambers & Partners and Latin Lawyer 250 (since 2004). In addition, the firm has been widely recognized as one of the leading law firms in Colombia with respect to its area of High Net Worth and Estate Planning.
Individually, about half of the professionals at our Firm are internationally recognized as recommended lawyers and leaders in their respective areas of practice in Colombia and Latin America.
