Catalina Hoyos Jiménez
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 1 : Tax
About
Provided by Catalina Hoyos Jiménez
Practice Areas
Tax
Dispute Resolution
ITE
Career
Catalina is the partner in charge of the Tax Law and Tax Litigation Practices of the Firm. Her singular experience in arbitration panels stands out as well.
For her versatility, she has stood out in a number of fields of advisory and consulting work done for professional associations, the government and business enterprises. This includes litigation, transfer pricing disputes, mergers and acquisitions, definition of tax policies, digital economy, capital markets and international matters. Clients, professional associations and the authorities often turn to her to consult when they are facing the most critical decisions, and place their regulatory, litigation and negotiation strategies in her hands. Catalina’s credibility is impressive, not only among her peers and clients, but also with respect to the authorities that launch public policies in the country.
Professional Memberships
Colombian Institute of Tax Law
Latin-American Institute of Tax Law
International Fiscal Association — IFA
International Bar Association — IBA
Appointed as Arbitrator in the list of the Superintendence of Companies
Publications
Hoyos, C. (2021). Derecho Tributario, Filosofía e Historia. Estudios en Homenaje a Juan Rafael Bravo Arteaga. Dirección Mauricio A. Plazas Vega. El concepto de tributo en el arbitraje de inversión. Bogotá: Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Tributario – ICDT.
Hoyos, C. (2021). Procedimiento Tributario Colombiano. En Catalina Plazas Molina y Juan de Dios Bravo González (Coord.) Extinción de la obligación tributaria. Editorial Temis Obras Jurídicas.
Hoyos, C. (2020). Colombian Experience: Pitfalls and Challenges. Treatise on General Anti-Avoidance Rules – GAAR, CCH Wolter Kluwer [In preparation]
Languages Spoken
Spanish
English
Portuguese
Education
Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
Lawyer from Universidad del Rosario
1998
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA, for the Spanish initials) from the
1998
Queen Mary University of London
LLM in International Disputes
2021
Universidad de Salamanca (PhD in Management, Justice and Public Finance)
Candidate to PhD degree
Universidad del Rosario
Specialist in tax law
2000
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España, 2006 and Universidad Austral de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Specialist in international taxation
2002
Pursued executive studies in Fiscal and Management Policy (U. de Harvard), Blockchain (MIT), FinTech (Universidad de Oxford) and A Drive for Innovation (IESE- Universidad de Navarra).
Awards
Hall of Fame
The Legal 500
2024
Highly Regarded Practitioner
World Tax
2024
Tax Leader
World Tax
2023
Chambers Review
Latin America
Bogotá-based practitioner and co-head of department Catalina Hoyos Jiménez advises clients on regulatory compliance, transfer pricing, and contentious tax cases, as reported by clients and market insiders, who hold her in high esteem for her prowess in the Colombian legal market.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Catalina Hoyos Jiménez is an excellent practitioner with a highly critical and strategic vision."
"She is a very well-versed professional with extensive knowledge, very astute, and agile in analysing and visualising the panorama of the issues. She also knows how to handle the client very well."
"Catalina Hoyos Jiménez is an excellent practitioner with a highly critical and strategic vision."
"She is a very well-versed professional with extensive knowledge, very astute, and agile in analysing and visualising the panorama of the issues. She also knows how to handle the client very well."