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About

Attorneys Luis Humberto Ustáriz Gonzalez and Jose Federico Ustáriz Gonzalez, who have significant experience in legal advice to domestic and foreign companies, established Ustáriz & Abogados Estudio Jurídico in 2006.

The law firm was founded in the belief that a small group of responsible lawyers may provide legal services of the highest quality to customers. Therefore, the law firm provides personalized attention to its customers in order to meet their legal needs in a comprehensive, efficient and confidential manner.

The firm’s team of partners and lawyers are graduates from the most prestigious universities in Colombia and many hold postgraduate law degrees on the major legal areas in Colombia and abroad. They have acquired extensive experience to deal competently with the practice areas in which the law firm practices.

The firm is highly appreciated because of the wide experience of its partners and associates handling financial and capital markets issues as well as financial consumer protection and litigation cases.

Main Areas of Practice

    • Capital Markets.
    • Legal Compliance Services.
    • Financial Training Services

Capital Markets: We are experts in capital markets issues with an extensive knowledge of its regulation, its participants and in its offered products and services. This includes consultancy for securities issuance and advising about the legal risk of potential investments. We also participate in the negotiation of the agreements to achieve operations for our clients. In addition, we issue several legal opinions regarding capital market matters, in order that our clients can do or void financial operations.

Legal Compliance Services: We are the only law Firm that offers a Legal Compliance Services with a certified Quality Management System. Additionally, we developed the Custody Portfolio Control Software, which is a tool that allows participants of the Stock Market to mitigate operational risk, legal risk and to support the role of compliance. Finally, we provide financial advice by a team of professionals in legal, accounting and financial area.

Financial Training: Our Firm is building a strong reputation in training in capital markets issues. Specially, in obtaining the certification with the Autorregulador del Mercado de Valores for which the Firm has published 13 guidelines, including the first publication about Derivatives Transactions in Colombia and we have the first and only App in Financial Education.

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Memberships

  • ISDA

Staffing Figures

  • 2 Partners
  • 9 Associates