A destination practice for criminal defence work, Jaime Lombana & Abogados has a leading track record in representing individuals and corporations in white-collar crime and corruption-related matters. The specialist boutique secures a significant share of Colombia’s most high-profile cases, with its historical highlights including involvement in the Hidroituango environmental file, as well as defending Tecnoglass against the Superintendencia de Companias. Department head Jaime Lombana is a criminal law veteran with extensive practical experience as well as strong academic credentials (he is a professor of criminal law at Rosario University and a founding trustee of the International Foundation for Criminal Sciences). Other names to note include litigator Felipe Alzate Gómez, who is equipped to handle a wide spread of criminal, tax and disciplinary matters, and criminal defence specialist Jorge Amorocho Price — both are associates.

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