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The Best Lawyers in Colombia™ 2024

Best Lawyers is honored to announce the 14th edition of The Best Lawyers in Colombia™ for 2024, which honors Colombia's most esteemed lawyers and law firms.

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November 8, 2023 09:00 PM

The Best Lawyers in Colombia™ Awards

Best Lawyers, in partnership with Diario Financiero SUD, is proud to announce the 14^th edition of The Best Lawyers in Colombia™. The 2024 edition of these esteemed awards include 563 individual honorees in 45 distinct practice areas.

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Of the unique practice areas in which lawyers were awarded in Colombia, these are the top ten with the most honorees: Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Labor and Employment Law, Tax Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation Law, Banking and Finance Law, Administrative Law, Competition/Antitrust Law and Project Finance/Development Practice.

Individuals seeking legal guidance and services in Colombia turned to www.bestlawyers.com to find and source lawyers in several practice areas. The top ten most searched practice areas were: Litigation, Competition/Antitrust Law, Immigration Law, Tax Law, Labor and Employment Law, Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Intellectual Property Law, Banking and Finance Law, Administrative Law and Arbitration and Mediation Law.

A Brief History of Best Lawyers

For more than 40 years, Best Lawyers has utilized our Purely Pure Review™ methodology to award the top legal talent in several countries. We are proud to now be in 22 markets worldwide. As we usher in 2024, Best Lawyers is excited to publish this year’s awards for The Best Lawyers in Colombia.

“Lawyer of the Year” Awards

For 2024, Colombia also celebrates “Lawyer of the Year” awards. We are proud to highlight 27 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients at 21 law firms in Bogotá. The "Lawyer of the Year" honors are awarded annually to only one lawyer per practice area in each region with extremely high overall feedback from their peers, making it an exceptional distinction.

Araújo Ibarra & Asociados
Martín Gustavo Ibarra Pardo – Trade Law

Arrieta, Mantilla y Asociados
Carlos Gustavo Arrieta Padilla – Administrative Law

Baker McKenzie
María Carolina Pardo Cuéllar - Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice

Brigard Castro
Juan Pablo Cadena Sarmiento – Intellectual Property Law

Brigard Urrutia
Camilo Mutis Téllez - Immigration Law
Carlos Fradique-Méndez – Banking and Finance Law
Sergio Michelsen Jaramillo – Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Buitrago Asociados
Oscar Buitrago – Customs and Excise Law

Cavelier Abogados
Andrés Rincón – Life Sciences Practice
Eduardo Varela – Media Law

CMS Rodríguez-Azuero
Lorenzo Villegas-Carrasquilla – Communications Law

Cuatrecasas
Felipe Mariño Dueñas – Real Estate Law
Manuel Fernando Quinche – Project Finance and Development Practice

Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas
James Valdiri – Mining Law
Juanita Acosta – Information Technology Law

Esguerra Asesores Jurídicos
Alfonso Miranda Londoño – Competition / Antitrust Law
Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero – Litigation

Gamboa & Chalela Abogados
Nicolás Gamboa Morales – Arbitration and Mediation
Gómez-Pinzón
Andrés Fernández De Castro Muñoz - Technology Law

Herrera Laboralistas
José Roberto Herrera Vergara – Labor and Employment Law

Holland & Knight
José Vicente Zapata – Energy Law

Lewin & Wills
Alfredo Lewin – Tax Law

Márquez-Robledo Abogados
Santiago Márquez – Advertising Law

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Sandra Manrique Loaiza - Natural Resources Law

Salazar, Pardo & Jaramillo Abogados
Gabriel Pardo-Otero – Insurance Law

Suescún AbogadosJorge Suescún Melo – International Arbitration
Torrado Angarita & Pinzón Abogados
Jorge Torrado Angarita – Capital Markets Law

Showcasing Your Best Lawyers Award

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Please contact sales@bestlawyers.com to learn more about how you can highlight individual lawyer and firm awards through your website, social media channels, Best Lawyers Profile Suite packages and commemorative items.

Interested in seeing Best Lawyers honorees in Colombia? Use our Find a Lawyer in Colombia tool to search by location and specialty. You can also explore our Find a Lawyer page to search for lawyers in other countries and practice areas.

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