White Collar Defense

Our lawyers represent foreign business clients in a variety of white collar criminal matters.

Our lawyers represent foreign business clients in a variety of white collar criminal matters. Companies and foreign business executives facing criminal investigations in Colombia confront a myriad of challenges that are not always present in other jurisdictions. Many have to navigate unfamiliar laws and regulations, unreliable criminal defense counsel and an unpredictable legal system, even as defendants are forced to understand their rights in a foreign languages.

Our Criminal Defense Practice group regularly represents businesses, executives and other individuals in a wide range of investigations and prosecutions. Our Criminal Defense practice includes allegations of criminal conduct involving the following crimes:

  • money laundering (“lavado de activos”);
  • business fraud (“fraude”);
  • misappropriation (“malversación y
  • dilapidación de bienes”);
  • import/export violations;
  • regulatory violations;
  • securities fraud; and
  • tax offenses.