We represent investment banking institutions in several popular action suits related to technical and financial conditions of the Mass Transportation System – MIO, in the city of Cali.
We represent insurance companies in popular action suits related to the infrastructure construction for the Mass Transportation System – Transmilenio, in the city of Bogotá.
We represent private contractors in popular action suits resulting from the execution and performance of state contracts.
We represent real state developers in popular action suits related to official authorizations for new developments.
We represent private corporations, industry associations and public entities (including Fasecolda, Suramericana de Seguros, Susalud, TV Cable, Citibank, Corfivalle) with regard to constitutional law cases.
We represent private corporations and public entities in “tutela” action suits.
We represented the Colombian Government in the indemnification cases (more than 800) initiated by those affected with the eruption of the Arenas Crater of the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano in 1985.
Some members of the firm were involved in the defense of the Colombian Government in the indemnification cases initiated after the attack of the M-19 Guerrilla Group to the Palace of Justice in Bogotá in 1985.
We represent insurance companies in several judicial proceedings related to performance bonds issued in public contracts for the construction of several road corridors for the Mass Transportation System – Transmilenio, in the city of Bogotá.
We represent electricity distributors in claims derived from modifications in the regulatory framework for electricity distribution.
We represent insurance companies in claims derived from modifications in the regulatory framework for electricity generation.
We represent insurance companies in claims related to performance bonds issued in public contracts for the construction of the Ecopetrol’s Eastern Oil Pipeline and the Barrancabermeja Alkylation Plant.
We represented private contractors in judicial proceedings resulting from the development of the billing system that Telecom put in service in 1995.
We represent private corporations and public entities in judicial proceedings related to government decisions in the fields of financial law, insurance law, and social security.
We represent insurance companies in claims derived from aviation accidents.
We represent insurance companies in claims derived from indemnification requests brought by those affected by criminal actions of insurgent groups.
We represent insurance companies in claims related to congress members’ death benefits.
We represent the National Civil Aviation Authority in cases related to airport concession agreements.
We represent Fiduprevisora in cases related to the reconstruction of the “Eje Cafetero” region after the 1999 earthquake.
We represent QBE Central de Seguros in a case initiated by the Ministry of Transportation.
We represented corporations in the Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño in a case initiated by the minority shareholders of Banco de Colombia (as a class action suit).
We represented the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce in a case initiated by contractors after the construction of it’s new office building in El Salitre.
We represented Colsubsidio in cases initiated by Vindico and by Cimentar.
We represented Textiles Modernos S.A. in a case brought against Seguros La Unión S.A.
We represented Alianza Fiduciaria in a case brought against El Retiro Shopping Center.
We represented Banco Superior de Colombia and Bancoldex in a case brought against Seguros Alfa and Liberty Seguros.
We represented Compañía Central de Seguros in a case brought against MAALULA.
We represented G.P.C. in a case brought against Royal & Sun Alliance.
We represented Hermann Pieschacón Fonrodona in a case brought against Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá (Bogotá Water and Sewage Company).
We represented Sintraelecol San Cayetano and Grupo Interamerica in a case brought against TPS Internacional Power Inc. and others.
We represented INURBE in a case brought against Fiduciaria Tequendama.
We represented Aseguradora Colseguros in a case initiated by Amocar and Abocol.
We represented Caja de Vivienda Popular in a case initiated by Orlando Sepúlveda Cely.
We represented the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in a case initiated by Fernando Toro Montoya.
We represented Guillermo Mejía Londoño in a case initiated by Concentraves.
We represented César Augusto Camargo in a case brought against the radio broadcasting company Olímpica Stereo.
We represented José María Gómez in a case brought against Andino Shopping Center.
Nacional and International Arbitrations
Obras Ltda. vs. Ecopetrol
Curacao Harbour Towing vs. Granelco
Mitsui de Colombia S.A. vs. Metalec
Fiducia Ciudad Salitre vs. Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano – IDU (Urban Development Institute)
Alvaro Ernesto Riveros vs. Fondo Rotatorio de la Policía (Police Rotary Fund)
Giovanni Rodríguez Medina vs. Seguros Tequendama
BASF Química vs. Fiduciaria Anglo - Fiduanglo
Beltrán Pinzón vs. Fondo Nacional de Ahorro (National Savings Fund)
Comunidad de El Cerrejón vs. Carbones del Cerrejón
Cubides Muñoz vs. Instituto Nacional de Vías (National Highway Institute)
Avianca vs. CAXDAC
DISTRAL S.A. and General Electric de Canadá vs. Nacional de Seguros
Fundación FES vs. Financiera FES
Consorcio Hidromiel vs. Fideicomiso Miel I
INURBE vs. Fiduciaria Ganadera
Minercol vs. Drummond
Murillo-Loboguerrero Ltda. vs. Instituto Nacional de Vías
Conconcreto S.A. vs. Corporación Autónoma del Valle (Regional Environmental Agency of Valle del Cauca)
Consorcio MTC vs. Empresa Colombiana de Gas – Ecogas (Colombian Gas Company)
Colombia Móvil vs. Teleacceso S.A.
Banco Agrario de Colombia vs. High Security Advice
INURBE vs. Fiduciaria Tequendama
Alba Piedad Zambrano vs. Inmobiliaria Hernández Ballesteros
Carlos Rincón Duque e Hijos vs. VECOL
Ricardo Zerrate vs. Sociedad Edorco
Sebastián Quintero vs. Colsanitas
Insmocol S.A. vs. Petrobrás
Dragados Hidráulicos S.A. vs. Concesionaria Tibitoc S.A.
Guy Ecker vs. RTI
Alfredo Muñoz Tamayo vs. La Fortaleza S.A.
Inmuebles Lombanos vs. CINEMARK
Santander Investment vs. Alico
Andersen Consulting Business Unit Memeber Firms vs. Arthur Andersen Business Unit Member Firms and Andersen Worldwide Société Copérative (in which one of our partners acted as secretary)
Mandatory Arbitrations to resolve Collective Labor Conflicts
Ecopetrol, Vecol, Ministry of Culture, Cancer Institute, Eastern Airlines, Citibank, Biogen Laboratories.
We defended Sofasa and its network of distributors in the investigation undertaken by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce against the automobile assembly plants, for alleged vertical distribution of markets and vertical price fixing (concluded without penalties).
We defended Bavaria and its network of distributors in the investigation undertaken by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce for alleged vertical distribution of markets and horizontal price fixing (concluded without fines).
We advised Bavaria in the “Promoción Botero” consumer protection case, and in the abuse of dominant position case launched in regard to the “Peroni” campaign.
We defended Cementos Boyacá (Holcim) in the investigation undertaken by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce against the cement industry for alleged horizontal distribution of markets and disclosure of information.
We defended Holcim in the antitrust investigations and unfair trade cases initiated based in the accusations of Cementos Andino and Cementos del Oriente. We have also defended Holcim in the accusations presented directly by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce.
We defended Aces in the investigation undertaken by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce against the airline industry, for alleged price fixing on the application of the charges for ticket reimbursement.
We defended Aces and Avianca in the investigation undertaken by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce against the airline industry for alleged price fixing on the application of the Alaico exchange rate for the sale of international airline tickets.
We defended the Compañía Nacional de Chocolates in two investigations that the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce has carried out against the chocolate industry for alleged horizontal price fixing agreements.
We represented the Bogotá Telecommunications Company - ETB in the unfair trade case brought against Comcel with regard to the # 124 VOZ IP service.
We represented Unilever in the Unilever - Colgate transaction, by which Unilever acquired several brands of detergents from Colgate, including Fab, Vel and Superdet. The transaction was approved without conditions.
We defended Bavaria, a wholly owned subsidiary of SabMiller in an investigation carried out by the Colombian Competition Authority SIC, for alleged abuse of dominance in the sale of beer in Colombia. Bavaria was acquitted by the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce.
We have represented our clients in numerous unfair competition cases.
We have represented the merging companies or acted as counsel in the following mergers:
Bavaria – Leona.
Avianca, Sam – Aces.
Cementos Boyacá (Holderbank) – Cementos Hércules.
Coats Cadena – Satexco.
Procter & Gamble – Bristol Myers Squibb.
Olímpica – Mercaexpress.
Procter & Gamble – Colgate.
Procter & Gamble – Gillette.
Chevron – Texaco.
Heweltt Packard – Compaq.
Daimler – Chrysler.
Procter & Gamble – Wella S.A.
Pavco – Ralco.
Ciba – Raisio.
Quimpac – Procesal.
Sociedad Porturaria Regional de Santa Marta – Proveedora de Insumos S.A.
Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Cartagena – Contecar.
Televisa – Editora Cinco.
Drummond – Fenoco.
SabMiller – Bavaria.
Quala – El As.
Quala – Sasoned.
Dupont – Grupo Zuluaga.
Exito – Carulla.
Postobón – Projugos.
Colombina – Robin Hood.
Mexichem – Amanco
Arfel – Aluminio Reynolds Santadomingo
Averty Denninson – Paxar.
Legal counsels for Seguros Bolívar, Mapfre Seguros, Mundial de Seguros, Seguros Confianza, Suramericana de Seguros, Asofondos, Colfondos, Susalud, Citibank, Corfivalle, Deceval, Bavaria, Valores Bavaria, KPMG, BDO Audit AG, Panamco, Wood Group, Unión Fenosa, Empresa de Energía de Bogotá, Codensa, Distrito Capital de Bogotá, Fasecolda, Gesfor Colombia, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Jorge Barón Televisión, KLM, PISA, PAYC, Proimágenes, Schering Colombiana S.A., Afidro, TV Cable, Confecámaras, Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, Centro Regional del Libro – CERLALC, Universidad de los Andes and Acción Cultural Popular in several administrative proceedings before national and regional authorities.
Legal Counsels for the Colombian Government in the implementation of a constitutional mandate for the public administration restructuring.
We were legal advisors for Movicel S.A. in the bid process for awarding the concession for public service in Cellular Mobile Telephony.
We were legal advisors for British Aerospace PLC in the international bid for the purchase of the Presidential Airplane (1992), and to Ansett (Australia) Ltd. and Magsind Ltda. for the sale of airplanes to Colombia.
We were legal advisors for Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc. for the negotiation of contracts with Ecopetrol for building turbo generators in Gualanday, and for Distral S.A. in consortium with Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc. for the negotiation of contracts with Ecopetrol for building turbo generators in Yumbo and Ocoa.
We were legal advisors for the consortium formed by Enron and Cartón de Colombia (a branch of Smurfit), in the international bid process for the construction, operation, and maintenance ("BOOM") of a turbo generator for the Department of "El Valle" (Termovalle I Proyecto [Thermovalle I Project], hired by CVC).
We are legal advisors for Delima Marsh in several bid processes with diverse government entities.
We are legal advisors for Gesfor Colombia in bid processes initiated by UNDP, FONADE, the Ministry of Social Protection and Ecopetrol.
We are legal advisers for several financial institutions and representative offices on matters related to trusteeship, securities and banking law.
We are legal advisers for the broker-dealers Correval S.A., Compañía de Profesionales de Bolsa S.A., Helm Securities S.A., Nacional de Valores S.A., Stanford Bolsa y Banca S.A., Suma Valores S.A., Suvalor S.A. and Ultrabursátiles S.A. and the fiduciary companies Fiducor S.A. and Fiduagraria S.A.
We were legal advisers for the development of the Colombian Securities Act.
We represent several individual and corporations in administrative and disciplinary proceedings before the Financial Superintendence (previously the Banking and Securities Superintendence) and the Securities Market Self Regulator.
We have advised mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions.
We have advised the incorporation of foreign branches of Colombian broker dealers.
We are legal advisers for the Securities Market Self Regulator in regulatory matters.
We are legal advisers for the establishment of the Clearing and Settlement House organized by the Colombia Stock Exchange, Deceval and MEFF Mercados Españoles.
We are legal advisers for the Colombia Stock Exchange, Bolsa Nacional Agropecuaria and XM S.A. in matters related to securities market infrastructure.
Some of our partners participated in several privatizations including Granahorrar, Bancafé, Megabanco, Acerías Paz del Río, CISA and Compañía Central de Seguros.
We have participated in several sales of distressed assets.
We are legal advisors in labor law and collective bargaining law for several private corporations, including: Avianca, Bavaria, KLM, Ascensores Schindler, Ericsson, Empresa de Energía del Pacífico – EPSA, Biogen Laboratories, Bancafé, Banco Popular, Banco de la República, Banco Santander, Pensiones y Cesantías Santander, Manuelita, Diaco, Alfa Print, Parques y Funerarias Jardines del Recuerdo, Pedro Gómez y Compañía, Viteco, Solmeco, Ingenio San Carlos, Industrias Recanal, Jorge Barón Televisión and temporary and outsourcing service companies (Eficacia, Extras, SOS, Ayuda Integral, etc.), as well as the Escuela de Administración de Negocios and Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz.
We represent several private corporations in certiorari proceedings before the Supreme Court of Justice.
One of our partners has represented the Colombian Government in several cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
We are permanent correspondents and legal advisors for the US law firm Krupnick Campbell Malone in litigations initiated by Colombian public entities against international tobacco and liquor manufacturers and distributors.
We are permanent correspondents and legal advisors for the US law firm Krupnick Campbell Malone in the Mutual Benefits Corporation liquidation process.
We are legal advisors for several institutions, including private and public health insurance companies, hospitals and laboratories, such as:
Sanitas EPS
Saludcoop EPS
Susalud EPS
Colsubsidio
Coomeva
Baxter-RTS
Frosst Laboratories Inc. (subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc.)
Schering Plough S.A.
Bayer
Biogen
Afidro (association of investigation laboratories)
Instituto de Cancerología