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Baker McKenzie S.A.S. Offices

Baker McKenzie S.A.S.
CARRERA 11 NO. 79-35 PISO 9
6TH FLOOR
110221
Colombia
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Bibiana Cala

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Work Department

Intellectual Property - White Collar Crime

Position

Partner

Career

In 2012 she joined Baker McKenzie as an associate and is currently the Partner in charge of the firm’s Corporate Criminal Law practice. Lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in criminal litigation, specialist in Criminal Law and Intellectual Property and with a Master’s Degree in Ibero-American Compliance.

Her professional practice has focused mainly on Corporate Criminal Law, corporate fraud and corruption.  She has advised national and international companies from different sectors of the economy and has successfully defended the rights and interests of companies and their executives in criminal proceedings, as well as their relations with the different state bodies and authorities.

Thanks to her knowledge in different areas of law, she has worked as co-author of important publications related to corruption, cyber-piracy and criminal law and the criminal protection of industrial property rights in Colombia.

She was an advisor at the Ministry of Justice, position in which she intervened in the elaboration of decisions of the Andean Community of Nations.

Bibiana has worked as a litigation attorney in criminal proceedings before the different authorities of the criminal jurisdiction and represents the main guilds of the country in the largest projects against counterfeit products, working with the Attorney General’s Office, the National Police, the DIAN and the American Embassy.

She represents companies, both national and international, in criminal proceedings seeking that their rights are protected and defends the directors of the companies that are investigated by the Attorney General’s Office, for conduct related to the position and functions they perform.

Additionally, she performs risk matrices and criminal risk analysis when companies consider that there are conducts carried out by their employees that may generate some type of criminal liability or when a transaction is being carried out.

Rankings:

  • Next Generation Partner, Compliance and White-Collar Crime, Legal 500 Latin America, 2024
  • Rising Star, Compliance and White-Collar Crime, Legal 500 Latin America, 2023

Languages

Spanish - English

Education

  • Universidad de Salamanca (Master in Ibero-American Compliance) (2022).
  • Universidad Externado de Colombia, (Specialized in Criminal Law) (2007).
  • Universidad Externado de Colombia, (Specialized in Intellectual Property) (2006).
  • Universidad Externado de Colombia (J.D.) (2005)

Lawyer Rankings

Colombia > Compliance and white-collar crime

(Next Generation Partners)

Bibiana Cala – Baker McKenzie S.A.S.

Baker McKenzie S.A.S.’s team ‘acts as a partner to the client, seeking to understand its business and its procedures’, according to sources. A particularly strong performer on the compliance side, where it leverages its global platform to excel in advising multinational corporations on local compliance matters, the team’s recent experience also encompasses internal and administrative investigations. Competition and TMT specialist Carolina Pardo steers the practice and is noted for her robust regulatory compliance expertise, while the recently promoted Luis Alberto Castell has a broad regulatory that spans competition, corporate compliance and data protection. On the contentious front, newly promoted (July 2023) partner Bibiana Cala is noted for her extensive experience in criminal litigation.

Colombia > Intellectual property

Baker McKenzie S.A.S. stands ‘at the forefront of new technology’, according to sources who praise its innovative approach to IP matters. Best known for its trade mark offering, where it routinely advises major multinationals on portfolio management and enforcement, the practice also encompasses copyrights, patents, IP litigation, and corporate support matters. Juan Pablo Concha Delgado demonstrates ‘high-level leadership and relationship skills’; he steers the department, and is also a member of the firm’s global IPtech steering committee. In July 2023, the group was bolstered at top level with the promotions of senior associates Yuliana Salamanca (trade marks, copyrights and litigation) and Bibiana Cala (criminal litigation) to partner. Of counsel Ricardo Metke is noted for IP disputes.

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