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Eric Thompson
Partner
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+57 316 528 9700
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Cañón Thompson
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Eric
Thompson
Partner
Partner, Cañón Thompson, Bogota
- Eric Thompson has a strong Corporate Tax background over a career of 34 years, that includes a cycle of almost 8 years as a corporate tax executive in The Coca-Cola Company and the Avianca Group (headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia).
- His versatile tax career started in the year 1990, and he has developed strong focus on International Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tax Planning, Multinational Tax Management, Tax Litigation, Tax Policy and Tax Administration. His career path provides an unique multiple perspective of a Tax Administration official, a multinational tax executive and a tax consultant.
- Mr. Thompson is one of the leading experts in corporate tax law in Colombia, a frequent panelist and speaker and writer of published articles by leading tax publications in Colombia such issued by the Colombian Institute of Tax Law, the Los Andes University and Legis.
- Additionally, he has taught in three different postgraduate programs (Tax Specialty and Master in Taxation of University of the Andes and Master of International Tax Law of El Externado University of Colombia”). He has also taught courses on the taxation of acquisitions and the Colombian Controlled Foreign Entities Regime in the International Tax Program of the Colombian Institute of Tax Law (ICDT) since 2021.
- - LLM of Harvard Law School, Tax Policy Specialist of the International Tax Program, 1992-1993
- Director of the Tax Administration of Costa Rica, 1993-1994
- Tax Lawyer in boutique and full service firms- 1994-2008
- Senior Tax Manager of The Coca-Cola Company, Latin Center Region, 2008-2011
- Head of Tax of the Avianca Airlines Group, 2011-2016
- KPMG Tax Partner, Colombia, 2016-2020
- Founder of Cañon Thompson, 2022.
- Fulbright Scholarship, 1992
- International Fiscal Association, Colombia Branch
- Colombian Institute of Tax Law
- English (fluent), Spanish (Native Language)
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