Carlos Espíndola – Scarpetta

Carlos Espindola – Scarpetta is the founder and managing partner of Espindola International Consultants, one of Colombia’s leading consulting firms in international trade and business. He established the law firm in 1979 as a versatile, flexible and competitive organisation, covering a full range of legal and strategic consulting services in order to satisfy the demands of their local and international world-class clients.

Through its evolution, the law firm constituted itself as a team of lawyers and specialised consultants with extensive experience in the international business environment combined with the nuances of the local and regional markets, prepared extensively to guide Colombian and foreign companies and businesses in the Inter-American integration, particularly with the Free Trade Agreements signed between the United States, Colombia and Latin American communities, incorporating in such guidance, the integration with China and the EU.

The team includes experts in the following services: international trade, international commercial law, customs and foreign exchange regulations, international trade agreements, foreign investment, banking and insurance, maritime and aviation, corporate and international commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, business law, franchises, joint ventures, regulatory, in pharmaceutical, cosmetics, beverages and food, administrative law, dispute resolutions, audits in customs and trade matters, litigation, in customs and foreign trade matters, exchange control and international trade matters; logistics and international business planning.

With offices in Cali, and Bogotá, Colombia, and correspondents in the principal economic centres of the world, Espindola International Consultants has the ability to assist its clients with a global perspective and a profound understanding of the global economy. Thanks to the interpersonal skills of its professionals, today the firm is capable of rendering versatile, flexible, professional and competitive services, directed to a group of Colombian and multinational companies located in the country and in the American region.