Praim Consultants S.A.S.
Partner

• Advice to Fortune Global 500 clients, Middle Market Companies and emerging companies in the development of projects in Colombia and abroad.
• Legal advice to clients with a presence in the US, Holland, Spain, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama, among other countries on matters related to corporate law, foreing exchange, contracts and due diligence.
• Structuring, execution and monitoring of projects, locally and abroad, for industries such as transportation, construction, health, among others.

Compliance Officer – SAGRILAFT – PTEE

• Design, issuance, execution and updating of compliance and risk management systems.
• Reports and management of relationships with authorities.
• Execution of Due Diligence for third parties.
• Training for employees, contractors and clients.
• Risk event management.
• Issuance of reports to be presented to management and the Board of Directors.
• Support and advice in the implementation and execution of Compliance Systems.

Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S. (Ecopetrol)
Arbitration Lawyer

• Advice on the development and implementation of the legal strategy in the largest construction arbitration in Latin America and the Ecopetrol Group, for an approximate value of four point five billion dollars (US$4.5B).
• Planning and control of the arbitration group’s budget for the attention of contractual disputes and arbitrations under its responsibility, likewise, developed and execution of strategies for its optimization for a value greater than thirty million dollars (US30M) per term.
• Coordination of the joint work of technical departments of engineering, accounting, treasury, taxes, free trade zone, supply and logistics to manage the closing of purchase orders of more than one hundred million dollars (US$100M).
• Structuring of settlement agreements derived from complex negotiations with international and local contractors.
• Due diligence to evaluate the company’s legal strategy in the face of complex contractual disputes.
• Active participation in the preparation, drafting and review of briefs, expert reports and testimonies with international and local advisors within the framework of construction arbitration, under the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
• Monitoring of administrative investigations and local procedures with impact on international arbitrations.

Gamboa, García & Cardona Abogados
Associate – Department of Corporate Law

• Merger and acquisition processes of multinational companies.
• Due diligence for corporate decision making.
• Incorporation of companies, branches, agencies.
• Registration of control and business group situations for local and international clients.
• Advice on capitalization processes of national and foreign entities.
• Registration of foreing invesments and credits before the Central Bank.

Gamboa, García & Cardona Abogados
Associate – Department of Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law

• Advice to local and international clients in national and international arbitrations before the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce (CCB) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
• Development of legal strategies for the defense of clients’ interests in corporate proceedings before the Superintendency of Companies, such as social responsibility actions, and removal of manager.
• Advice on private and government-to-government contracting processes, including the development of Offset obligations (government-to-government).

Lloreda Camacho & Co.
Associate – Department of Corporate Law

OPEBSA Compañía de Abogados S.A.S.
Associated

• Preparation of regulatory decrees for national entities.
• Structuring, projection and execution of public-private associations (APPs).
• Property title studies and due diligence processes for the acquisition of real estate.
• Advising clients on issues related to commercial and corporate law.
• Advice to public and private clients on issues related to public and private contracting.

Saludcoop EPS OC – In Intervention (National Health Superintendence)

• Participation in the corporate restructuring of the Saludcoop Business Group as a consequence of the intervention carried out by the National Health Superintendency.
• Attention to requests for information from control entities and investigated parties.
• Participation in the management of the company’s relations with regulatory and control entities, among which the Attorney General’s Office, Comptroller’s Office, Superintendencies, Ministries and General Prosecutor’s Office.
• Participation in the political control proceedings carried out for the company by the National Congress.