Lloreda Camacho & Co

Firm Details:
Managing Partners: Gustavo Tamayo
Number of partners: 11
Number of lawyers: 52
Languages: English, Spanish, French

Firm Overview:
Lloreda Camacho & Co is an innovative law firm that has accompanied its clients for more than 80 years in building successful legal strategies.
We are driven by our desire to be at the forefront with cutting edge service and technology. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of areas of expertise in order for our clients to find their complete legal advice in one place.

Main Areas of Practice:
Corporate Law & Commercial Contracts:
Lloreda Camacho & Co. focuses on providing top quality services to its clients, based on a deep understanding of its business operations, strategic goals and objectives. The corporate area of practice offers a wealth of experience and knowledge on day-to day corporate issues. The team provides counsel and legal advice to national and foreign investors, helping them to determine the most effective way to set up their business in Colombia and identify the corporate structure that best suits their needs. It advises its clients in the structuring, documentation and negotiation of a wide range of commercial transactions, support them in coordinating meetings with corporate governance in order to carry out by law amendments, appointments and accountability of the previous financial year by the managers. In like manner, and among others, the firm also assists its clients in liquidation processes.

Intellectual Property:
The firm is recognised in Colombia as a leading Intellectual Property law firm and for its experience and ability to understand the needs and projects of its clients within their businesses. Lloreda Camacho's partners are highlighted by their clients and by different international media as the best in their field, for their ability to design comprehensive strategies with high ethical and legal standards that allow them to obtain the highest protection of their Copyright and Social Media, Brands and Patents, and in this way achieving their clients' goals.

M&A:
Experience on cross-border and domestic transactions during all their stages: approach, negotiation, closing and subsequent obligations. Support and guide the planning and identification of the ideal structure for the transaction, administration of the data room and identification of legal risks during the stages of due diligence (aimed at purchase or sale) and negotiation of pre-contractual documents and those containing the final agreements between the parties. The firm and its team deliver quality work to their clients, based on the understanding of their businesses and commercial interests.

Life Sciences:
Lloreda Camacho & Co. is considered in Colombia as one of the most renowned and experienced law firms in this field. It stands out for offering guidance that seeks to differentiate through a comprehensive advice and 360-degree support. They understand the complexity of the practice and therefore identify the needs of the companies. These has led them to create an interdisciplinary group with experts from several areas including Regulatory, Patents, Competition, Compliance, Data Privacy, Contracts, among others, which allows them to become strategic partners for companies in the health sector. Lloreda Camacho represents major biotechnology, medical device, pharmaceuticals (human and veterinary), R&D, food and beverage and cosmetics, local and foreign companies in Colombia. Known for counseling their clients on a full range of regulatory, patent, contracts, data privacy and competition life science’s related issues. Also, they advise their clients on strategies for Marketing Authorisation (preparation and prosecution of applications for health registrations, renewals, modifications, certifications and authorisations with INVIMA that is the National Regulatory Agency in Colombia); Promotional Practices; and Post-Marketing Safety Plans. Their advice includes antitrust considerations, and they counsel companies on market practices that are fully compliant. Lloreda has helped their clients to structure complex agreements on shared risk, as well as innovative agreements in the sector that include relations with different partners, which are also aimed to promote access. The Life Sciences team is also specialised and well-known for its active patent practice in the biopharmaceutical sector in the Latin America Region.

Competition & Consumer Protection:
Recognised for its innovation capacity, they design strategies that articulate legal aspects with corporate policies, emphasising a preventive approach that supports the policies of strengthening companies in the market. Their advice includes, among other, direct claims, complaints before the different administrative authorities, judicial actions, business integrations, anticompetitive practices and unfair competition, design, development, and implementation of compliance programs.

Mining & Natural Resources:
The Mining & Natural Resources Department is widely known for the deep knowledge of its team members regarding all legal matters related to the mining industry in Colombia. The firm offers efficient assistance to mining companies, financial entities, and funds in financing processes, analysing foreign agreements under the light of Colombian law, and putting securities in place. They also offer successful filing of nullity and reinstatements of rights claims before the Council of State in connection with illegal decrees and resolutions issued by the mining authorities. This practice area is highly regarded for giving competent assistance to clients in negotiating and drafting mining joint ventures, acquisition of mining companies, establishment of special purposes vehicles, option agreements and purchase agreements of mining titles and related, building, construction and operating mining agreements, earth removal agreements, easements, preparing mining due diligence processes and preparing the required documents from a Colombian legal perspective for listing processes on the TSX, TSXV and ASX. A specialised work team capable of providing its clients with appropriate advice on processing of environmental licenses, permits and authorisations, as well as expert representation in judicial actions and administrative procedures, and in environmental related conflicts in general.

Litigation & Insolvency:
The team advise and have experience in any type of dispute, before arbitration tribunals and judicial and administrative authorities, being leaders in their specialty, extensive experience in processes of reorganization and judicial liquidation of companies; their services include supporting and advising their clients in the collection and defense of credits, as well as in the improvement of guarantees of collection, as well as in matters of diverse nature, such as commercial, civil, administrative, insurance, unfair competition, restrictive practices of competition and consumer protection, contractual disputes, commercial agency, infrastructure, popular actions, and actions for protection, among others.

Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT):
For more than 20 years the firm has supported leading global organisations in voice, data and video transmission, and e-commerce, providing legal support to the most important cultural events, artists and creators for the success in their activities in the country. Whether it is the registration of a satellite, the legal organisation of a concert, or the legal support for an application, Lloreda-TMT has the team of experts to help realise their clients' technology projects in Colombia.

Labour Law, Social Security & Migration:
Lloreda Camacho & Co.'s Labour Law, Social Security & Migration area is characterised by understanding thoroughly its clients' goals and business plans, therefore offering a more comprehensive advice by having a complete context and understanding of the clients' needs. The labour department is best known for handling issues that arise from mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, sales, and incorporation or liquidation of companies in Colombia. The broad scope regarding legal issues permits a better understanding of the legal environment needed to align the labour strategies with the clients' business purposes. All this, by considering all legal aspects involved, in addition to the labour issues. One of the department's strengths is its attorneys’ experience in health and safety regulations. This allows that the labour analysis and recommendations provided always meet the quality standards that are required within the services rendered.

Government Procurement & Infrastructure:
This practice area is well known for its deep understanding of the law and applicable regulation for the infrastructure sector, its practical approach in assessing and managing legal risks, its creativity in solving problems and the insightfulness that the team contributes to each project. One of the major assets of the firm's practice is that it works closely with its banking and finance practice group to provide an integrated approach to the main legal issues involved in infrastructure projects. The firm has steadily played a significant role in this practice area, working with high-profile clients mainly in the infrastructure, telecom, oil, clean energies, and health/medical sectors.

Financial Law & Capital Markets:
Lloreda Camacho & Co advises local and foreign financial institutions, insurance companies and other entities of the financial sector, in matters related to financial and capital market operations, regulation applicable to the development of their businesses, development of new products, incorporation and acquisition of financial institutions, and in the opening of representation offices in Colombia by foreign institutions. The regulatory and industry knowledge gives them the possibility of being a leading player in the development of the Fintech industry in the country.

Data Privacy & Protection:
The team advises their clients from a local regulation point of view, as well as in conjunction with other jurisdictions. They analyse the relevance and impact that the commercial and corporate initiatives of their clients may have with regards to the current regulation in Colombia, as well as foreign regulations that may be applicable. Their aim is to help their clients with strategies and initiatives in accordance with the regulation, which may have positive impact on their businesses and be consistent with global developments.

Tax:
The firm has wide experience on tax planning, compliance with tax obligations, mergers and acquisitions, investment projects, transfer prices, due diligence processes, agreements to avoid double taxation and other matters related to the tax practice. The department is recognised not only as a tax service provider, but as a true business partner.

Fintech:
The firm helps fintech clients in every stage of their operation, starting with their establishment, the development of new products and services, and in the conclusion of contracts between “fintech” companies and entities supervised by the Financial Superintendence. Lloreda Camacho & Co. actively participate in the regulatory developments that impact the industry in Colombia.

Foreign Exchange Law:
The team ensure that international investment operations, foreign indebtedness, guarantees and sureties in foreign currency, imports and exports are developed in accordance with current regulations, also design efficient structures for the specific business of each client.

Foreign Trade, Logistics & Customs:
The firm advises throughout the different steps including the design, planning, and execution of strategies that allow taking advantage of special mechanisms for the promotion of foreign trade, such as free zones, Vallejo Plan, international commercialisation companies, international free trade agreements between Colombia and other countries, among others, foreseen in the Colombian legislation. Assess the potential risks of their operations and design innovative, efficient and ethical strategies.

Real Estate Law:
The firm has great experience advising its clients throughout each of the stages of a legal transaction related to real estate, starting from their negotiation, and including dispute resolution. In the Real Estate practice it starts by thoroughly understanding the specific characteristics of the sector and the regulation and effects on the reputation of its clients, therefore offering complete advice and executing successful legal strategies that meet the client's interests and facilitate the development of private and commercial activities in Colombia.

Key Clients:
McCann Erikson, Claro, Gilat, Herbalife, MSD, Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Abbott, Anglo American, IPG Mediabrands, Goodyear, Levapan, ENEL, Alstom, Willis Towers Watson, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, Gilead, Glaxo Smith Kline, Continental Gold, Sanofi.