Litigation, arbitration and insurance boutique Botero Salazar Tobón Abogados scores highly with clients for ‘the attention and dedication of its lawyers’. Highly regarded for the strength of its contentious insurance work, the group additionally handles disputes in the energy and natural resources, transport and construction spheres. Bernardo Salazar maintains a broad dispute resolution practice, which takes in judicial and arbitral proceedings, with a focus on insurance law. Salazar co-heads the department together with Luís Botero, who has an emphasis on administrative law and arbitration cases; and Andrés Tobón, who is a former head of legal of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.
Testimonials
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‘The team’s strengths are its comprehensive knowledge of various legal disciplines, its ability to work as a team with in-house lawyers, and the quality of its writing and deliverables.’
‘We highlight its knowledge and experience. Luis Felipe Botero and Julián Morales Valencia are outstanding lawyers.
Key clients
- Glencore/Prodeco
- Frontera Energy
Work highlights
- Represented the Colombian subsidiaries of Glencore (CI Prodeco and Consorcio Minero Unido), as claimants, in an ICC arbitration against some companies of Helm Holding Group.
- Represented Frontera Energy in a $500m international arbitration before the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce against Cenit and Bicentenario.