Senior Associate

Santiago Calle

Languages

Spanish
English
German

Santiago is a Senior Associate for the Firm in the Corporate Criminal Law, Compliance, and Dispute Resolution teams. He has more than seven years of experience advising and representing national and multinational clients in criminal and disciplinary matters. He has also advised multiple companies in criminal compliance matters and the development and implementation of good corporate governance policies, in addition to having collaborated in the structuring of real estate projects for the housing and hotel sector through the drafting of contracts and structuring of management trusts.

Additionally, he has participated in international congresses regarding organized crime and has advised several law projects in the Colombian Congress. Furthermore, in the academic field, he has been assistant professor in the courses of General Criminal Law, and Criminal Proceeding, among others at the Universidad de Los Andes and has published several publications on issues related to the armed conflict in Colombia and crimes against private property.

Professional Experience

2023-present – Senior Associate, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, Bogotá, Colombia
2018-2023 – Associate, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, Bogotá, Colombia
2018-2021 – Assistant Professor in the Criminal Proceeding course in the summer term, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
2016-2017 – Lawyer, JSR Abogados & Asociados, Bogotá, Colombia
2016 – Junior Lawyer, MPa Penal Corporativo, Bogotá, Colombia

Publications

Author, "Is environmental crime law mere symbolism?", 2021 - Link: https://bit.ly/3qQw9xb
Author. “Unfair Management and Compliance”. Asuntos Legales. October 6th, 2021. https://www.asuntoslegales.com.co/analisis/santiago-calle-3082094/administracion-desleal-y-los-programas-de-cumplimiento-3243061
Author. “Criminal liability of legal entities. Innecesary Solution”. Asuntos Legales. Octubre 30th, 2020. https://www.asuntoslegales.com.co/analisis/santiago-calle-3082094/responsabilidad-penal-de-las-personas-juridicas-solucion-innecesaria-3082090
Co-Author, “Colombian Chapter: Business Crimes 2020”, Business Crime Law, and Regulations, Editorial: ICLG, 2019
Author, “Fraud and co-owners theft: in the scope of the Decision of October 8th of 2014, number 44504, Criminal Cassation Chamber, Colombia Supreme Court of Justice, Critic studies of jurisprudence of the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice 5. Uniandes Editions, 2017
Co-Author, “Drug Trafficking: from organized crime to offence connected with a political offence in the context of the Colombian peacemaking process”, Transnational Organized Crime Observatory of Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain, 2015

Memberships & Roles

2020 - 2021 - Young member of CEPED (Procedural Law Studies Center)

Awards & Rankings

Santiago Calle, Legal 500 Latin America 2023, Compliance and White Collar Crime, Recommended Lawyer.

Education

2021 - LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, Universidad de Barcelona and Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
2018 – Specialization in Criminal Law, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 – I International Criminal Law Congress of Universidad Libre (24 hours intensity), Bogotá, Colombia
2016 – Lawyer, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Practice Areas

Corporate Criminal Law Compliance Dispute Resolution

sectors

Hospitality, Travel & Leisure

Insights

Global Reach