About

Alianza Team (Team) is the leading edible oil and fat producer in Colombia and the parent company of a group of eight companies, located in Colombia, Mexico and Chile. The high achieving legal department at the organisation provides cross-border legal advice to all of Team’s subsidiaries in Colombia and abroad, and also provides legal advice to the company’s operations in other countries in Latin America. The function is led by vice president of corporate affairs Juan Sebastian Niño Romero and legal manager Santiago Lizarralde Méndez. Niño and Lizarralde are supported by a team of three young lawyers covering four jurisdictions in corporate matters, regulatory affairs, patents and innovations, trademarks, contracts, financing, antitrust, compliance and litigation. The most important change in the past two years was the promotion of Niño, who used to hold the legal manager position. Shortly afterwards, Lizarralde, who has an extensive background in top tier law firms, joined the team as legal manager. Niño identifies that ‘our team is very young but very capable. We thrive to provide our lawyers with the best tools, time and space, for them to develop their capability and interests’.