With successful and high-caliber practical experience in various economic sectors, including international commercial and investment arbitration, we are prepared to advise on decision-making in relation to complex regulatory actions that affect the rights and interests of private actors. We also have extensive experience in various areas of public international law and specialize in building capacity so that in-house legal teams can tackle challenges independently.
We have extensive experience tracking and analyzing public-private relationships in a wide range of diverse and challenging contexts. Our practice includes anticipating, mitigating, and managing regulatory risks in different sectors of the economy, as well as structuring corporate legal strategies supported by public, private, and international law instruments.
1. Advising private companies in the agricultural sector on claims by transnational actors with property and environmental implications.
2. Advising mixed companies on the management of contractual disputes in the oil & gas sector.
3. Advising non-profit organizations on regulatory gaps and loopholes in public law that impact mission management.
4. Legal advisory on disputes related to the exercise of regulatory measures in transnational contexts, including complex measures such as asset forfeiture in Colombia.
5. Due diligence analysis in the definition of regulatory risks within the framework of structuring foreign direct investment in various sectors of the economy.
6. Legal advisory on the management of settlement and transaction agreements for the resolution of disputes between private parties and between private parties and public entities, as well as disputes of a mixed nature.
We have unique theoretical and practical knowledge in various branches of public international law, including high-level advisory work and representation at international conferences and tribunals.
1. Prevention and early resolution of international disputes.
2. Strategic litigation in human rights matters at the national and international levels.
3. Management of claims by foreign investors.
4. Advice and litigation in relation to maritime disputes.
5. International consulting on international and transnational regulations.
6. Legal advisory on privileges and immunities of officials and diplomatic missions.
7. Protection of acquired rights against state regulatory activity.
8. Advice on extradition proceedings and international judicial cooperation.
9. Negotiation of treaties, drafting of explanatory statements for laws approving treaties, and defense of the constitutionality of laws approving treaties.
Our team has participated in landmark commercial and investment arbitrations of the highest complexity. We are aware of the special rigor required by international arbitration practice and are able to support the structuring of legal strategies, direct client relations for the collection and systematization of evidence, as well as the construction of briefs and the preparation of hearings.
1. Management of cooling-off or negotiation periods once the dispute or intention to initiate arbitration has been notified.
2. Negotiation of settlement agreements in international commercial arbitration proceedings.
3. Management of commercial arbitration with parallel proceedings, including criminal, disciplinary, and tax proceedings.
4. Successful support to global law firms in the management of international commercial and investment arbitrations in various economic sectors (construction, environmental, mining and energy, oil & gas, public services).
5. Successful support in the preparation of technical and local law experts.
6. Successful support in preparing factual witnesses in novel cases.
We have extensive experience in training in-house teams, both in the private and public sectors, in matters of public law, private law, and international law.
1. Training in the prevention of disputes arising from regulatory measures in the environmental, mining, energy, and agricultural sectors, among others.
2. Training in risk management and contractual disputes with legal entities governed by public law.
3. Building capacity for the direct assumption of tasks in the context of international arbitration.
4. Development of practical workshops for dealing with arbitration disputes.
5. Preparation of academic articles and texts to support complex legal strategies.
