DG&A-Abogados

DG&A – Abogados, is a multi-service Colombian law firm established in 1997 with the purpose of serving national and foreign companies with legal advice through a group of bilingual lawyers with experience and leverage in the mayor areas of legal practice.

The firm is recognized as a boutique law firm committed to delivering its clients the highest quality services in complementary areas of expertise, dedicated to serving their needs and to satisfying the best interests of many local and foreign companies.

The firm has a team of over 15 associates in various practice areas. The partners are graduated from Colombia’s top universities and are fluent in at least one language other than Spanish.

The firm: DG&A is committed to the highest ethical standards. In its practice areas the firm is guided by the principles of transparency and the value of justice. It has a strong social commitment through which it strongly believes in contributing to the fulfillment of the noblest purposes of the country, Latin America and the international community. It is a signatory of the Pro Bono Declaration for Latin America of the Cyrus Vance for International Justice.

DG&A’s local and foreign clients value the firm as they receive a complete and comprehensive support for their businesses. The firm’s philosophy is to provide prompt, integral and highly reliable and qualified services. The search of excellence, understood as a constant and disciplined process, is the touchstone that guides DG&A’s work. To better serve the diverse interests of our clients, DG&A has correspondents within a network of specialized local and international firms and worldwide alliances.

An alliance has been signed with, one of the UK’s largest law firms that is ranked by UK Guide 2017.

Together with DWF LLP and other international firms, DG&A has participated in the elaboration of the second edition of the international Franchise Handbook.

In 2016 the firm, particularly the department of Corporate law was mentioned by lanota.com and ranked as one of the most recognized among clients: (http://lanota.com/index.php/CONFIDENCIAS/Ranking-2016-abogados-corporativos-de-Colombia.html)

The firm is a founding partner of the Chamber of Legal Services of the national Association of Industrialist in Colombia -ANDI-.  Currently, this Chamber is presided by one of DG&A Partners.

Main areas of practice: The main areas or practice are corporate M&A, labour and employment, tax, constitutional and administrative law. Nonetheless, the firm carries out work in the areas of banking and finance, human rights for enterprises, energy and natural resources, foreign trade, real estate, litigation and international public law.

In its areas of practice, the firm is best known for its personalized attention to its clients, for its in-depth analysis and speed in its responses.

In the corporate area of practice, one of the key areas of work is the specialized knowledge in franchising, in foreign investment procedures and the management of foreign exchange operations. Most recently the department has grown in the retail and mass sales sector.

The department of labor and employment also includes the area of migrations in which the firm is quite solid and highly recognized. This area is best known for the service given to employers more than to employees. The focus of its work practice is corporate.

The department has been growing in the area of legal counselling to companies subject to audit processes carried out by the Pension and Parafiscal Management Unit – UGPP: the objective is to ensure that the result of settlement resulting from such audits are close to zero.

In addition, as a boutique law firm, one of the areas in which extensive experience with positive feedback and a high percentage of success  is offered is the one that corresponds to the handling of judicial proceedings before the jurisdiction on labour law matters. The same can be said of repeals of nullification of a court decision made by the highest courts of the nation, exclusively on substantive grounds of interpretation and application of law.

As for the public law department, its main area of work is advising on contractual matters with the state, litigation before the contentious- administrative jurisdiction and verification of compliance with standards.  As part of the service offered b this Department  and considering the type of clients, a new area has been developed, offering advice to companies for verification and support in the implementation of human rights standards at all levels.

The tax law department area from DG&A has a practical vision of the consulting needs of its clients. It understands the importance of conceptualization, but it is also aware that managers need concrete tools for its decision-making process. In that sense, the department offers agile and timely advice. Nevertheless, legal concepts are always appropriately supported legally and academically.

The firm’s clients include industrial, commercial and service companies as well as national and foreign investment agencies. The main sectors of the industry to which the clients belong are consumer product manufacturing, food and drink producers, retail, real estate, travel and leisure, automobiles and parts, banks, charities, chemicals, commercial and professional services, construction and materials, consumer product manufacturing, education, financial services, private clients and individuals, real estate finance, technology, hardware and electronics, transportation and travel and leisure, banks, charities, energy, health care, industrial engineering, media, pharmaceutical, private clients, software and computer services, and telecommunications, among others.