Colombia BSP Legal Services

Baker & McKenzie S.A.S. | Bogotá D.C., Colombia | Carrera 11 #79-35, 9th Floor
Contact: Alejandro Mesa, Managing Partner | +57 601 634 1500 | office.bogota@bakermckenzie.com; Alejandro.Mesa@bakermckenzie.com | http://www.bakermckenzie.com/colombia

Description: Baker McKenzie, the global leading law firm, offers extraordinary breadth and depth of experience in legal and commercial compliance in South America. With deep local knowledge and broad global capabilities across 46 jurisdictions, we help organizations and inbound foreign investors seamlessly manage the most complex local and cross-border transactions. Our office is organized into practice and industry groups that cover the full spectrum of law, our services include: Antitrust & competition, banking & finance, corporate, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, tax, commercial, energy, trade law, information technology, infrastructure law, mergers & acquisitions, oil & gas, privacy, public law, patents, real estate, and regulatory law.

Cuesta & Asociados S.A.S. | Bogotá D.C., Colombia | Calle 72 # 10-07, office 603
Contact: Juan Carlos Cuesta Quintero, Partner and CEO | +57 601 211 3097, US NUMBER: +1305 675 1441 | Whatsapp: +57 310 248 9608 | contacto@cuestalawyers.com | http://www.cuestalawyers.com/

Description: Cuesta & Associates is a business focused law firm established in 1988 in Bogotá, Colombia, and headquartered in Bogotá (Capital) and a branch in Medellín (2nd largest city) and with a net of associated which allow us rending services in the main cities along the country & the whole region.

Our legal services are related to:

Corporate Law (set up corporations or branches in Colombia until fully operative, M&A, shareholders agreements, due diligence),
Commercial Law (drafting and negotiating commercial agreements- i.e. importers, distributors, among others),
International Law and Andean Law. Taxation (domestic taxation, duty tax, foreign debt & investment, advising on taxation on any transaction),
Regulatory Law (prosecuting and obtaining sanitary registrations for liquors, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, healthcare and cleaning, food, agricultural & animal products, among other),
Intellectual Property (trademarks, patents, copyrights in full operations), Franchising, Advertising,
Unfair Competition, Antitrust Law and Consumer Law;
Information Technology, Data Protection, Digital Business, Telecommunications,
Mining and Infraestructure
Alternative Dispute Resolution (mediation, arbitration). Labor law. Immigration. Litigation and enforcement. ADR (ARBITRATION)
Valuation.

We render services for foreign clients doing business in Colombia or are willing to start. We are +10 lawyers, + paralegal and staff, and information technology tools to help us render our services timely and efficiently. We are an ISO 9001/2018 certified company by SGS and a member of different associations internationally and locally.

Due to confidentiality policies, we do not disclose our clients. For further information please visit our web page at www.cuestalawyers.com or contact us at contacto@cuestalawyers.com.

Description: Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas offers clients high quality, ethical commitment, and more than 100 years of experience as legal counsels offering business solutions across Latin America and beyond. We are the recipient of Chambers and Partners’ 2015 Outstanding Client Service Award and virtually all of our partners are ranked in the top international directories of the world.

With a team of more than 100 people in our Colombia office, we offer clients a full practice portfolio of legal services in: Aviation Law; Banking and Finance; Competition and Antitrust; Corporate / Mergers and Acquisitions; Employment and Labor; Infrastructure and PPP; Intellectual Property, Consumer Protection, and Privacy; Litigation and Arbitration; Mining, Energy and Natural Resources; Public Law; Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Tax; and Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation.

Our team of legal professionals can meet the needs of foreign companies wishing to do business in Colombia and regularly helps Colombia’s best-known brands in various sectors do business throughout the world. Some of these clients include Microsoft Corporation, JWT, Avianca, McGraw Hill, Ford, Tipiel, International Finance Corporation, Bavaria, GE Healthcare, Credit Suisse, Colombina, and Standard & Poor´s, among others.

Colombia is now home to the largest law firm in the world, bringing clients solutions across 24 sectors and 40 areas of practice with an unmatched team of more than 7,300 lawyers serving more than 55 countries, wherever a client wants to complete a deal or resolve a dispute.

Description: Envesta is a legal consultancy firm focused on business development and corporate structuring with particular experience in adapting legal requirements to business projects.

We serve both domestic and international companies in different industry sectors such as oil & gas, mining, energy, infrastructure, food, logistics, film, clothing, and cosmetics amongst other markets. Having the experience of working across different industries has led us to become a dynamic firm with the ability to adapt to the needs and preferences of our customers.

We are a one-stop consultancy for foreign companies wanting to enter Latin American economies. Our team is multi-lingual and experienced in cross-cultural management, therefore we understand that it is critical for foreigners used to different types of business cultures to feel confident that as they develop their business in these culturally different markets, Envesta is a partner that understands both the American approach to business and the way Latin cultures interact.

We create added value for our customers by providing solutions for the consolidation of business to generate leverage on project development, growth, and business expansion. We seek the most efficient way to provide actual support in the process of implementing the plans of each client to generate effects in the proposed solutions.

Our practice includes commercial, corporate, oil and gas, taxes, intellectual property, labor, foreign investment, and international contracts.

Espindola International Consultants | Cali, Colombia | Calle 21 Norte # 5AN-45, 6th Floor
Contact: Carlos Espíndola-Scarpetta, Founder Partner - Claudia Bernate-Ramos, Partner | +57 602 6688895 -
Mobile: +57 311 6358200 | cespindola@espindola-ic.com, cbernate@espindola-ic.com | https://espindola-ic.com

Description: Espíndola International Consultants retains its sharp focus on international trade and customs matters. Headquartered in Cali, with an additional platform in Bogotá, the boutique firm is routinely engaged to advise on trade, international commercial law, foreign exchange regulations, foreign investment, and customs law, with supplementary strength in complementary areas such as maritime and aviation, corporate and M&A, TAX law, and dispute resolution. As to its client relationships, the group enjoys close links with Colombian and multinational companies, with solid experience in the agroindustry, transport, consumer products, foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, and life sciences spheres. Firm founder Carlos Espindola-Scarpetta is recognized for his strong skill sets in private international law, tax law, international contracting, maritime and aviation, dispute resolution, and international trade and customs. The firm also leans on a sizeable band of associates including the newly named partner, Claudia Bernate-Ramos (Foreign trade, customs, foreign investments, international business law, and dispute resolutions).

Has represented national and multinational companies in Latin America and the US and holds a solid network of consulting and law firms in the region.

Description: Holland & Knight is a global law firm with approximately 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 34 offices around the world. Our Colombian team has well-rounded experience providing bilingual and bicultural representation to companies from all around the world. The recent combination of notable business law firm Cuberos Cortés Gutiérrez (CCG) has made our Colombia office one of the fastest growing international law firms with a robust full-service practice. The recent growth has further strengthened our existing corporate, litigation, arbitration, labor, tax, infrastructure projects and real estate practices, while also expanding the firm’s capabilities through the addition of new practice areas. As part of our ever-growing presence in the Latin American region, our practice currently includes more than 200 lawyers combined in our Bogotá, Mexico City and Monterrey offices, as well as attorneys and professionals in a number of our United States offices.

We counsel clients in cross-border transactions, taxation, labor and employment, intellectual property and competition, energy, environmental law, natural resources, infrastructure, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, venture capital, private equity investments, banking and finance and project finance, as well as international litigation and arbitration. We also provide regulatory advice to foreign companies doing business in Colombia, as well as Colombian companies doing business abroad.

Our partners have more than 30 years of experience in their respective fields, working abroad and in Colombia. We have handled different types of complex transactions and possess the skills, experience and knowledge to meet all requirements and legal needs.

Description: We are an innovative law firm, capable of working comprehensively in diverse industries and committed to offering the best legal counsel in Colombia.

At Lloreda Camacho & Co. we build long-lasting relationships with our clients based on the integral comprehension of their business and the planning of their legal risks.

We count with over 80 years of experience working closely with national and foreign companies in providing legal advice that protects the interests of our clients and assisting them in their successful projection in the Colombian market.

Partners: 11
Associates: more than 50
Of-Counsel: 2
Technical advisor: 8

Description: Pinilla Plazas & Associates is a law firm oriented to providing legal services of excellent quality to companies and individuals interested in doing business in Colombia.

During the last 10 years, our full-service law firm has helped foreign investors to set up their subsidiaries in Colombia, negotiate contracts, participate in public biddings, register their trademarks, protect their copyrights, obtain their Colombian work visas, and litigate their cases before civil and administrative courts.

Our team of legal professionals has helped American companies to begin production in Colombia providing highly specialized international tax structures taking advantage of free trade zones and trade agreements.

Based on trust and a close, collaborative relationship with our clients, we offer a wide range of high-quality legal services. We carry out our job with a high sense of commitment, working in an interdisciplinary manner in different areas of law.

Areas of practice:

Corporate law (incorporating companies in Colombia; M&A, due diligence, litigation)
Commercial law (drafting contracts, security interests)
Real estate (acquisition or sale of real estate property in Colombia)
Foreign exchange regulation
Non-tariff barriers (Invima and Department of Agriculture)
Industrial and intellectual property (trademarks, copyrights)
Tax planning
Litigation (civil, commercial, and administrative)
Public biddings
Immigration law
Employment law