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.