Criminal Matters: 

PPU has a specialized practice in criminal litigation and consulting especially on corporate crimes. We have extensive experience in representing victims and in the development of defense strategies in the context of criminal litigation. Likewise, we are experts in crisis control in the presence of criminal contingencies in companies.

We also provide the service of identification and evaluation of criminal risks within companies’ business activity. Therefore, PPU develops compliance programs, which are intended to mitigate criminal risks.

We believe that a company with efficient control systems promotes legal, transparent and ethical practices, which has a direct impact on its business and reputation.

• Criminal-law litigation.
• Legal opinions.
• Consulting on Good Practices and Good Corporate Governance.
• Due Diligence on criminal matters.
• Development of long-range strategies to prevent the commission of crimes within the company or through the same, thus preventing it from becoming a victim or tool for perpetrating crimes.
• Forfeiture procedures.
• Crime prevention within the companies, preparation and/or review of Compliance and Good Corporate Practices, as well as risk analysis in corporate businesses.
• Crisis management on criminal matters within companies. Advice to shareholders, board of directors, legal representatives, CEOs, executive officers and managers in order to provide an efficient solution to crises.
• Advice on the prevention and management of criminal risks in real estate, infrastructure, financial, M&A business, among others.
• Extensive experience in Criminal Environmental Law and Criminal Economic Law, as well as Criminal Compliance.

Compliance: 

Systematic set of efforts made by the members of the company to ensure that their activities within the framework of the corporate business do not violate the applicable legislation.

It contains aspects related to the organizational structure, distribution of responsibilities, procedures and resources used to identify, prevent, control and monitor risks, as well as to sanction and report them when they are materialized.

Compliance as cross-sectional area:

• Banking, Financial and Capital Markets.
• Infrastructure and Projects.
• Public Law.
• Competition.
• Corporate M/A.
• Energy, Mining and Natural Resources.
• Real Estate.
• Labor Law.
• Intellectual Property.
• TMT.
• Corporate Environmental and Sustainability.
• Criminal Law.
• Tax Law.

The Compliance area is led by well-known experts in corporate criminal law and corporate investigations, with more than 25 years of experience. The team has an interdisciplinary approach, which allows them to satisfy the needs of our clients, using their comprehensive knowledge of business and risk control.

We have been pioneers in advising companies on the implementation of best business practices, legal and regulatory compliance and mitigation of the risks inherent in economic and criminal activity, as well as the management of operational, legal and reputational contingencies.

Compliance Services:

• Risk analysis.
• Advisory for controlling internal criminal contingencies.
• Corporate investigations in cases of misconduct.
• Anti-Bribery and Corruption Programs (ABC Programs).
• Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT Programs)
• Implementation and enforcement of Compliance Programs and best business practices.
• Cross contamination risk analysis.
• Legal opinion regarding debarment from bidding and contracting with the Colombian State.
• Reinforcement of compliance programs for state/public contracts, foreign investment, mergers, acquisitions and sales.
• Due Diligence and Compliance Checks Reports
• Crime prevention.
• Cybersecurity.
• Management of Conflicts of Interest
• Data protection and privacy.
• Biosafety protocols.
• Training of managers and employees on Compliance-related matters.

Taylor-Made Products:

• Compliance Programs.
• Internal codes and policies.
• Drafting of Protocols and Guides.
• Drafting of AML/CTF safeguard clauses.
• Drafting of safeguard clauses for forfeiture prevention (extinción de dominio).
• Review of contracts and clauses for employees, third parties and suppliers.

Training and awareness Programs:

• ABC and AML/CFT training
• Compliance and Ethics training.
• Risk assessment and contingency prevention in business.
• Forfeiture risks in business.
• How to prevent administrative sanctions for inefficient or inadequate AML/CTF and ABC policies and how to prevent crimes from omission of controls.
• Omission as source of criminal and administrative liability.
  Companies’ liability based on the commission of crimes in or through the company.
• Criminal and civil liability of Legal Representatives, Board of Directors, CEOs and other managers by action or omission of their duties.
• Legal Representative liabilities and duties.
• Compliance Officers liability.