Claudia Patricia Barrantes Venegas

B.L. from the Universidad Externado de Colombia in 1978. Juris Doctorate, Summa Cum Laude, from the same University. Specialized in Public Economic Law, Commercial Law and Financial Law. Principal Manager of the Financial and Stock Exchange Law Postgrade, of the same University. Has been Head of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce Legal Department, Secretary General of Banco Popular, Secretary General and Deputy Superintendent of the Banking Superintendency, and Superintendent of Securities...

Socio Director de Litigios de Álvarez Liévano Laserna. Ex-Magistrado Auxiliar en la Sala de Casación Laboral de la Corte Suprema de Justicia. Árbitro en conflictos colectivos del trabajo. Miembro de la Lista de Árbitros de la Corte Suprema de Justicia 2023-2024. Autor del libro La Tiranía de la Normalidad (Ibáñez, 2022). Articulista en medios jurídicos especializados, conferencista y profesor universitario. Becario del Curso de Es...

Lawyer from the Universidad de los Andes, 1981. With specializations in Commercial Law and Financial Law. He was Head of the Legal Department of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce; Head of the Legal Office, General Director of Banks and Corporations and Delegated Superintendent of Insurance of the Banking Superintendency, and Superintendent of Industry and Commerce. Consultant to the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Referee of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce. Partner of Ló...

Carolina Polanco García is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law. Carolina Polanco, who practices law in Bogotá, Colombia, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Carolina Polanco is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Gustavo Alberto Cuberos is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Arbitration and Mediation and Litigation. Gustavo Alberto, who practices law in Bogotá, Colombia, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gustavo Alberto is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Lawyer specialized in Negotiation and international contracting, and in Labor Law and Social Security, with a master's degree in the same area and experience in business consulting on labor issues of individual and collective law and comprehensive social security; management of company-union relations, individual labor relations, collective bargaining, arbitration tribunals, retirement plans, labor audits and attention of processes before the Ordinary Labor Jurisdiction, Administrative litiga...

Maria Margarita Parra Gomez is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Maria Margarita, who practices law in Bogotá, Colombia, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Maria Margarita is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Gustavo Ibarra is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Competition / Antitrust Law. Gustavo, who practices law in Bogotá, Colombia, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gustavo is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Bernardo is a founding partner of Parra Rodríguez Lawyers, established in 1991. He specializes in corporate and finance law, mergers & acquisitions, and aviation law with a special focus on cross-border transactions. His experience includes financing, mergers & acquisitions, aircraft leases and purchase & sale transactions, private placements, secured loans and the issuance of notes, among others. He is a graduate of the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) in 1986 and earne...

José Federico Ustáriz González is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law. José Federico, who practices law in Bogotá, Colombia, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which José Federico is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.