DIEGO L. RESTREPO, ESQ., L.L.M., MST, CPA

2600 South Douglas Road, Suite 913 – Coral Gables, FL 33134-6142

Teléfono (305) 447-9430 — Facsímile (305) 448-5541

Correo Electrónico: diego@restrepolaw.com

EDUCATION

University of Florida – Gainesville, Florida
LL.M. (Taxation), May 2000,

University of Miami – Coral Gables, Florida
Juris Doctor, May 1999, Cum Laude

Florida International University – Miami, Florida
Master of Science in Taxation, December 1995

Pontifician Bolivarian University – Medellín, Colombia
Lawyer, Thesis: “Mistakes in the Colombian LLC Tax Regime”

EDUCATION

University of Florida – Gainesville, Florida
LL.M. (Taxation), May 2000,

University of Miami – Coral Gables, Florida
Juris Doctor, May 1999, Cum Laude

Florida International University – Miami, Florida
Master of Science in Taxation, December 1995

Pontifician Bolivarian University – Medellín, Colombia
Lawyer, Thesis: “Mistakes in the Colombian LLC Tax Regime”

LICENSES

Florida Bar Member, September 1999

Florida Certified Public Accountant, May 1996

Licensed to practice law in Colombia

EXPERIENCE

04/02 – Present

Law Offices of Diego L. Restrepo, P.A. Attorneys at Law and Tax Advisors – Coral Gables, Florida

Sole Practitioner – Corporate and Tax Law

  •  Legal advisor for foreign corporations and foreign nationals investing
    and/or doing business in the United States;

  • Estate planning for high net worth individuals, including offshore trust
    structures;

  • Work in corporate transactions particularly in stock and asset
    purchases, corporate reorganizations, and corporate liquidations.

07/00 – 04/02

Shutts & Bowen, LLP Miami, Florida

Associate Corporate / Tax

  • Research and draft tax opinion letters regarding pre-immigration tax
    planning alternatives for nonresident aliens, and other inbound tax
    planning techniques; prepare amendments to foreign trust instruments
    and documentation to transfer real and personal property to offshore
    corporations;

  • Draft opinion letters regarding tax planning for a domestic corporation
    doing business abroad, tax regime applicable to U.S. shareholders of
    controlled foreign corporations, taxation of foreign trusts with U.S.
    beneficiaries.

12/95 – 12/97

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P. Miami, Florida

Tax Associate

  • Researched and wrote memoranda regarding the tax consequences in
    Colombia for a multinational company investing in the electric sector
    $400 million dollars by using offshore entities to reduce remittance
    taxes;

  • Performed tax compliance for corporations, partnerships, trusts and
    estates and individuals tax returns; prepared a corporate consolidated
    tax return of a parent with twenty U.S. subsidiaries including the state
    tax returns for the subsidiaries;

  • Worked for three months between the Miami and the New York
    offices for the SEA (Services to Executives Abroad) Department
    drafting tax memoranda and preparing tax returns of U.S. executives
    working abroad; performed gross-up tax calculations and prepared tax
    equalization agreements.

ACTIVITIES

Member of the Florida Bar Association

Member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants

National Business Institute – Guest Speaker at CLE programs for attorneys and certified public accountants

Tania M Gómez Restrepo

MSAcc, CPA

Diego L. Restrepo, Esq. is the founding partner of DLR LAW. He is a lawyer in Colombia and the U.S., and is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and Colombia.

Tania M Gómez Restrepo

MSAcc, CPA

Diego L. Restrepo, Esq. is the founding partner of DLR LAW. He is a lawyer in Colombia and the U.S., and is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and Colombia.

Tania M Gómez Restrepo

MSAcc, CPA

Diego L. Restrepo, Esq. is the founding partner of DLR LAW. He is a lawyer in Colombia and the U.S., and is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and Colombia.

Tania M Gómez Restrepo

MSAcc, CPA

Diego L. Restrepo, Esq. is the founding partner of DLR LAW. He is a lawyer in Colombia and the U.S., and is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and Colombia.