Industries

Helping clients meet their business challenges begins with an in-depth understanding of the industries in which they work. That’s why KPMG LLP established its industry-driven structure. In fact, KPMG LLP was the first of the Big Four firms to organize itself along the same industry lines as clients.

How We Work

We bring together passionate problem-solvers, innovative technologies, and full-service capabilities to create opportunity with every insight.

Learn more

Careers & Culture

What is culture? Culture is how we do things around here. It is the combination of a predominant mindset, actions (both big and small) that we all commit to every day, and the underlying processes, programs and systems supporting how work gets done.

Learn more

Cesar Barrero Berardinelli

Partner, Tax, KPMG in Colombia

Bogota, Colombia
Image of Cesar Barrero Berardinelli

Cesar Barrero Berardinelli

Partner, Tax

César Barrero focuses on constitutional, administrative, and government procurement, and corporate law in Colombia. A trilingual lawyer (English, Italian, and Spanish), César has experience in contractor-selection processes (public and private bids/awards), pubic-private partnerships (PPPs), port, airport, roadway, and railway concessions, standardized engineering and construction contracts , public works, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, sanction-imposing administrative proceedings (including contractual, noncontractual, and transnational bribery administrative sanctions), fiscal accountability/liability, port law, water, sewage and waste management utilities regulations, as well as agriculture sector regulations.

César has led and coordinated public-private association projects related to transportation infrastructure, social infrastructure, and public utilities. He has supported private companies in public cross-sectional contracts, including the defense sector. He also has experience in coordinating due diligence efforts for infrastructure assets and contracts (ports, airports, roadway and railway). He has provided advice administrative and/or judicial representation in contractual procedures, contractual disputes, and inversion arbitration, as well as advice related to fiscal accountability.

Before joining KPMG, César was a partner in Phillipi, Prietocarrizosa, Ferrero, DU & Uría, where he led the public law and multi-sector government procurement practices and managed the firm’s office in Barranquilla, Colombia´s major city on the Atlantic Coast. In addition, he has served in a number of positions in government (Water Regulation Commission, National Concessions Institute, now National Infrastructure Agency) and in the private sector (Coffee Growers Federation). He was also a member of the U.S.- Colombian Free Trade Agreement negotiating team (2005), collaborated as an adviser on infrastructure to the 2010 Presidential Transition Committee, and was the Legal Secretary of the 2012 Infrastructure Commission, appointed by former President Santos.

César has a legal degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, as well as a specialization degree in new technologies law from Universidad Sergio Arboleda. He has also earned a diploma in from Yale University's Management Program for Lawyers. 

KPMG LLP (U.S.) does not provide legal services.

Thank you!

Thank you for contacting KPMG. We will respond to you as soon as possible.

Contact KPMG

Use this form to submit general inquiries to KPMG. We will respond to you as soon as possible.

By submitting, you agree that KPMG LLP may process any personal information you provide pursuant to KPMG LLP's Privacy Statement.

An error occurred. Please contact customer support.

Job seekers

Visit our careers section or search our jobs database.

Submit RFP

Use the RFP submission form to detail the services KPMG can help assist you with.

Office locations

International hotline

You can confidentially report concerns to the KPMG International hotline

Press contacts

Do you need to speak with our Press Office? Here's how to get in touch.

Headline