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All companies face risks associated, among others, with money laundering, corruption and transnational bribery, which can have devastating consequences and damages.

Our Compliance team advises local and international clients on a broad spectrum of Compliance-related matters, both locally and globally, where we have more than 400 lawyers with vast experience in Corporate Crime, Compliance and Forensic lawyers.

We advise clients in the development, implementation and improvement of governance frameworks and compliance programs, systems and controls.

We also advise clients on internal investigations, often with cross-border and multijurisdictional components, where it is key to integrate and put to work our global reach, our comprehensive practice and sector groups, and CMS Evidence forensic tools.

We have leading technology in-house, backed by one of the largest dedicated teams of any major law firm. For clients, this means they can save time, money and effort during what can be the most pressing and crucial stage of a contentious matter.

Our team, in close coordination with our Corporate Crime and Forensic lawyers, as well as CMS labour and data protection experts, assist clients with due diligence to assess whether companies’ compliance programs are appropriate to prevent and control identified risks and comply with applicable law. In the
context of M&A and real estate transactions, we verify if target companies have adequate compliance systems or if there are specific risks regarding the assets to be acquired, associated with successor liability or “domain extinction”.


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01/02/2024
Corruption, Opacity, and Fraud Risk Management Subsystem of the National...
The Corruption, Opacity, and Fraud Risk Management Subsystem (“SICOF”) is part of the Integrated Risk Management System applicable to certain organizations in the Health Sector.  Through its regulation...
11/10/2023
Chambers of Commerce and Foreign ESAL must implement SAGRILAFT and PTEE
20/04/2023
Implications of the Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá's compliance...
On the grounds of the Transparency and Public Ethics Programs introduced by Law 1474 of 2011 in its Article 73, as amended by Law 2195 of 2022 and CONPES D.C. This means that this CONPES is at the level...
08/07/2022
The rigorous supervision and sanction policy of the Superintendence of...
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29/06/2022
Introducing the perfect ally for the compliance team of your company
Effectively and efficiently coordinate everyone regardless of their role, level, jurisdiction, branch, division, etc;Effectively and efficiently audit whether everyone is doing what they are supposed...
08/03/2022
Changes regarding compliance matters introduced by the Transparency Law...
20/08/2021
The Superintendence of Companies has issued new instructions for the im­ple­ment­a­tion...
​The Superintendence of Companies (the “SC”) issued two new regulations through which it intends to strengthen the fight against corruption by means of efficient corporate governance mechanisms...
20/04/2021
The term to adopt a SAGRILAFT is extended
On April 9th, 2020, the Superintendence of Companies (“SC”) issued External Resolution 100-000004 of 2021 (“Resolution 100-00004”) through which several sections of External Resolution 100-000016...
12/02/2021
Comprehensive amendment to the Superintendence of Companies Resolution...
On December 24th, 2020, the Superintendence of Companies issued External Resolution No. 100-000016 (the “New AML/CFT/FPWMD Resolution”).  The New AML/CFT/FPWMD Resolution comprehensively amended...
27/10/2020
New measures adopted to strengthen the legal mechanisms to fight against...
lower-romanAn individual that has been de­clared:  Ju­di­cially responsible for the commission of any crimes against public administration; or Any of the crimes or faults included in Law 1474 of 2011;...
27/07/2020
Implementation of blockchain in public procurement to reduce corruption...
The Office of the Inspector General of Colombia partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Economic Forum to lead a mul­tidiscip­lin­ary team to develop the “Transparency Project”...
16/01/2020
New State contracting and criminal law measures adopted to sanction the...
Law 2014 of 2019, enacted on December 30th of 2019, introduced important changes in relation to acts of corruption and crimes against the “public ad­min­is­tra­tion”: Significant amendments were made...