JRO Corlaw

Legal services

Six fronts, one criterion: the business behind the file

We do not sell paperwork. Every opinion is written around the decision you have to make — and each matter is handled by the professional whose area it is. The firm is small enough for that to be literally true.

Corporate law

Companies in Colombia and the United States, and the contracts that hold the operation together.

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  • Company formation in Colombia and the United States
  • Domestic and international commercial contracts
  • Shareholders' agreements and bylaws
  • M&A and cross-border transactions
  • Corporate insolvency
  • Compliance and corporate governance
  • Shareholder and corporate disputes
  • Corporate secretarial work and filings

Trademarks and distinctive signs

Filing, defence and watch of the trademark in Colombia, the United States and elsewhere.

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  • Trademark filing before the SIC (Colombia)
  • International registration · Madrid System (WIPO)
  • Filing before the USPTO (United States)
  • Trade names, commercial signs and slogans
  • Clearance search and registrability
  • Oppositions and responses
  • Appeals and further remedies
  • Portfolio watch and renewals

Technology & digital law

Legal structure for platforms, software and artificial intelligence.

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  • Legal structuring of disruptive models
  • Electronic and smart contracts
  • Technology platforms and marketplaces
  • E-commerce compliance
  • Fintech, legaltech and insurtech advisory
  • Regulation and ethical use of artificial intelligence
  • Software, licensing and technology contracts
  • Cybercrime and cybersecurity

Data protection

The personal data programme the company actually runs day to day, and the answer when the authority asks.

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  • Processing policies and notices
  • Registration of databases (RNBD)
  • Consent flows and data subject rights
  • International data transfers
  • Data processing agreements with vendors
  • Diagnostics and audits
  • Incident response and breach notification
  • Proceedings before the SIC

Consumer & constitutional

Claims, advertising and constitutional actions brought against the company.

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  • Consumer claims and warranties
  • Terms and conditions and consumer contracts
  • Advertising and promotions
  • Proceedings before the SIC (consumer protection)
  • Financial consumer protection
  • Constitutional actions (acción de tutela)
  • Information requests (derecho de petición)
  • Design of complaint-handling processes

Litigation

Commercial, corporate and public contracting disputes. Led by Santiago Peña.

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  • Commercial and corporate disputes
  • Contract enforcement and termination
  • Debt recovery and enforcement proceedings
  • Liability claims
  • Public contracting
  • Public–private partnerships
  • Precautionary measures and enforcement
  • Settlement and pre-litigation strategy

Also under the same roof

Accounting, tax and finance

Six more fronts, led by Gerson Anduquia: accounting, tax, international taxation and transfer pricing, CFO services, due diligence, and the automation that runs underneath. When a transaction needs both sides reviewed, it runs as one process instead of two reports that never meet.

See the accounting and tax portfolio

Accounting

Outsourcing, closings, financial statements and reporting

Tax

Planning, compliance, returns and tax audits

International

Treaties, transfer pricing and cross-border structures

Transactions

Financial, accounting and tax due diligence

Not sure which area your matter falls under?

Describe it in two lines. We will tell you who should handle it — and whether it is something we should handle at all.

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