Corporate and M&A lawyers at Contexto Legal S.A. impress clients with their ‘availability, knowledge and clear and precise information’. A prominent player in mid-market transactions for both domestic and multinational clients, the Medellín-based group also handles restructurings, compliance matters and day-to-day commercial issues. Managing partner Guillermo Villegas Ortega spearheads the team and combines strength in corporate, labour and immigration law; he leads the firm’s ongoing advice to key clients such as Evonik, Scribe Colombia and International Flavors & Fragances. Other key members of the practice include associate director Sara Aldana Alzate, who specialises in business reorganisations, M&A and spin-off transactions; and associate director Felipe Restrepo Rincón, whose activity encompasses corporate, commercial, real estate, regulatory and foreign exchange law.

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  • ‘The team’s response is agile. Felipe Restrepo Rincón has a very good knowledge of our company and our preferred methods.’
  • ‘Lawyers stand out for their availability, knowledge and clear and precise information, particularly Felipe Restrepo Rincón.’

Key clients

  • Premex
  • Trichem De Colombia
  • Viappiani De Colombia
  • Visdecol
  • El Cielo - Huevos Y Escobar
  • Muma
  • Scribe Colombia
  • Inversiones Coservicios
  • Mane Sucursal Colombia
  • Mantos Andinos
  • Master De Acero
  • MCM Company
  • Motoborda
  • Onelink
  • HMV Ingenieros
  • Exela Servicios Temporales
  • EDS Autogas
  • Ms Timberland Holding
  • Autoland
  • Vehiculos Del Camino
  • Compañia De Creditos Rapidos
  • Proyectos Guadalupe
  • Consultores De Seguros Autoland
  • Coa
  • Avicola Nacional
  • Bearing
  • Choucair
  • Gonvarri Ms Colombia
  • Factor Dinero
  • Intergastro
  • Laboratorio Medico Echavarria
  • Moldes Medellin
  • Okorum
  • Prebel
  • Farmfolio
  • Grupo IMSA
  • Grupo Oncologico Internacional (Astorga)
  • Hero Institute Medellín
  • Abrasivos De Colombia
  • Addimentum (Andercol International)
  • Agropecuaria Las Cabuyas
  • Agua Bendita
  • Andercol
  • Bonsol Hotels Gestion Colombia
  • Crown Colombiana
  • Comfenalco
  • Compañía Colombiana De Cacao
  • Compañia De Alimentos Colombianos Calco
  • Cueros Velez
  • Dexco Colombia
  • Decintel
  • Libera Supply Chain Finance
  • Reforestadora El Guasimo
  • Reforestadora Proaire
  • San Martin Mineria Colombia
  • Servicios Ambientales Y Geograficos
  • Silvotecnia
  • Santa Barbara Surgery Center
  • Vicunha Colombia
  • G19
  • Clinica Del Campestre
  • Especialidades Quimicas Venoco
  • Hevco
  • Arkema Colombia
  • Officepartners360
  • Talma CO
  • Talma Tech
  • Amlat
  • SAI
  • Lasa
  • The Juju (Bogota)
  • Zuma
  • Ror Ingenieria
  • El Colombiano
  • Fundacion Aurelio Llano Posada
  • Gitrans
  • JTP Juancho Te Presta
  • Logistics And Services
  • Sporty City (Smart Fit)
  • IFF Danisco Colombia
  • Valvoline De Colombia
  • Corporación Visión Suroeste
  • Fundación Acacia De Vida

Work highlights

  • Advised Evonik Colombia on various day-to-day matters, including foreign exchange regulations, corporate governance, contracts and regulatory issues.
  • Advised InterNexa on the pre-feasibility phase of a national connectivity project in Colombia.
  • Advised Corporación de Fomento Asistencial del Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul, a non-profit organisation, on the divestiture of one of its business segments.

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Guillermo Hernán Villegas, Felipe Restrepo Rincón, Sara Aldana Alzate