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Today, lawyer Ana María Mesa joined Avante Abogados' team. Mrs. Mesa received her degree in law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá) and was awarded with the San Pedro Claver Cross for having excelled in the performance of her duties, human qualities and effective commitment...

On May 21st, our partner Juan David Gutiérrez participated in the "Compliance in times of Coronavirus. A vision from Latin America" webinar organized by the University of El Salvador (Argentina). The full video of the session is available here. The topic that Juan David addressed in...

By Juan David Gutiérrez y Fery Cure Due to the sanitary emergency caused by COVID-19, companies and government organizations must follow strict biosecurity protocols issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. These protocols create responsibilities for employers, contractors, employees and contractees, even if the last two...

By Juan David Gutiérrez and Fery Cure On May 11th of 2020, the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) issued Resolutions 20490 and 20476 of 2020 which, respectively, established rules relative to collaboration agreements between competitors related to the COVID-19 emergency, and resumed the terms of the merger control procedures...

by Carlos Esguerra y Fery Cure Prior to the world focusing 100% of its attention on the challenge of COVID-19, Colombia was in the middle of a big debate about the need of regulating digital platforms such as Uber, Rappi and Airbnb.  Given the circumstances, this debate...