Nicolás Potdevin Stein

Practice Areas

Customs, International Trade

Career

Nicolás Potdevin, partner of the Customs & International Trade practice group, has 18 years of professional experience. Besides Customs & International Trade he is also an expert on Foreign Exchange in foreign trade operations. He advises national and multinational companies on customs and exchange matters, customs planning, free trade zone regime, business structuring, customs and exchange rate auditing, as well as litigation in both Administrative and Administrative Litigation matters.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Partner, Gómez-Pinzón Abogados, since 2022.

Senior Associate – Customs and Foreign Trade Director, Gómez-Pinzón Abogados, since 2010.

Partner, Potdevin Abogados Asociados, 2008 – 2009.

Senior Consultant in Customs and Foreign Exchange, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2004 – 2008.

Professional Memberships

-Colombian Institute of Customs Law (ICDA).

-Member of IBA (International Bar Association).

Personal

EDUCATION

-Diploma in Rules of Origin in FTA´s, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2010.

-Certificate in Foreign Exchange Regime, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2009.

-Customs Law Specialization, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2007.

-Certificate in Colombian Tax Regime, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2005.

-Law, Universidad de La Sabana, 2004.

RECENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

-Rising Star, The Legal 500 LATAM 2019, International Trade and Customs.

-Associate to watch, Chambers Latin America 2020, International trade.

-Included in Latin Lawyer 250 / National 2020, Trade.