The firm has an important and recognized group of lawyers in fields of Commercial Law, Contractual Law, Corporate law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Insolvency Law, Intellectual Property, Financial law and Tax.
We work closely as associates with many of the most important private law firms in Bogotá, helping us to provide our services in an updated, organized and dynamic way. Our team of associates, provide advice in insolvency processes, business reorganization, liquidation of companies, either private or before the Superintendencia de Sociedades, in the acquisition of companies.
We are also specialized in tax processes of inspection before Dian (Colombian tax authority), compensation and returns processes before Dian and the Bogota Treasury Secretary, as well as settlement and guarantees of payment before Dian.
It is of the utmost importance for us to handle the information of our clients with total discretion, regarding their companies, partnerships and tax structures. Our professional practice criteria seeks as a priority to establish a lasting relationship with our clients and to be able to accompany them at the precise moment of their requirements, with the highest ethical standards and respect for the institutions and all the parts involved.
Lawyer from Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (1992), graduated with honors for his degree thesis "Punishment and Docimetry". Postgraduate Degree from Universidad de Los Andes in Commercial Law (1.998), from the Universidad del Rosario in Financial Law, (1.999) and from Universidad de Los Andes in Accounting, Financial and Legal Tax Regime (2.004).
Legal advisor in commercial, financial and tax law of large companies at national and international level; Business structuring in financial, contractual, commercial and corporate matters.
He has worked in the public sector as a Counselor of the Superintendente (Superintendecia de Notariado y Registro).
Lawyer from the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (1998), Post graduate studies in Comparative Law at the University of Westminster, (London, England 1999). Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario Postgraduate Degree in Contract Law in 2006; in Commercial Law in 2.006 and in Business Law in 2.007. Basic Training in Insurance (Liberty University) 2.006.
She is a consultant on matters of Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, and Insurance.
Rosita has more than 20 years experience in public and private sector as a legal advisor for the Dirección General and the Legal Office of INVIMA (Local Food and Drug Authority); as an associate lawyer of well known law firms; and as a lawyer for Delegatura de Propiedad Industrial de La Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (Trade Mark and Patent local authority).
Lawyer from the Universidad de Los Andes. Specialized in Commercial Law (Universidad de Los Andes); Contractual Regime (Universidad Externado de Colombia); Finance (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana); and with Postgraduate degrees abroad in Business Administration (Harvard University); International Law and International Relations (Complutense University of Madrid) and Master in Business Law (Francisco de Vitoria University).
He has more than 20 years of professional experience in important national and foreign companies in Corporate and Corporate Affairs, Project Structuring in Investment Banking and Investment Portfolios. Knowledge in Foreign Trade Operations, International Investments and External Debt. Expert in International Negotiation Techniques.
He has also participated as a consulting lawyer in Conciliation Centers, Arbitration Courts and Legal Advisor in the Legal Vice Presidency of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce.
Currently, he belongs to the Official List and acts as Assistant to the Justice, as (i) Promoter, (ii) Liquidator and (iii) Controller before the Superintendency of Companies.
Public Accountant from Universidad Libre, expert in territorial taxes. He had work for the Bogota Tax Office in the following positions: Head of Taxpayer Orientation, Coordinator of the Settlement Office of the Subdirectorate of Taxes on Production and Consumption, reviewer of administrative acts liquidating taxes and penalty taxes, Group of refunds and compensations, Group for the creation of the Tax Information System SIT I Juan Fernando has been a lecturer of the Bogota Tax Directorate in seminars such as; Basic Tax on Industry and Commerce, Urban Delineation Tax, Withholdings at source for Industry and Commerce Tax, Capital Gains and Tax Determination Processes issued in Bogotá, Medellin, Cartagena, Pasto, Villavicencio, Soacha and Tunja, and as a tax advisor of the Municipality of Puerto Salgar.
Oscar and his father, are both procedural lawyers, graduated from the Universidad Autónoma, they work as active experts in the Judicial Branch before the Administrative Court of Bogotá and before the Supreme Court (Council of State). Mr Abella (senior) is a former judge of the Republic. Both of them are very experienced lawyers, and have more than 30 years of experience in Procedural Law and Litigation.
An attorney graduated from La Gran Colombia University with a diploma in Social Security from the same institution, currently pursuing a specialization in Contract Law at Universidad Externado de Colombia.
She has experience from her practices in Bogotá Municipal Civil Courts of and Bogotá Labor Court.