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Santiago Calle
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

Insights by Santiago

Is it possible for a ruling to be a mean of evidence within the criminal law proceeding?

21 Oct 2024 4 min read

Attorney-Client Privilege: A Guarantee from Which In-House Lawyers Are Excluded

04 Jul 2024 5 min read

Be careful with your data

25 Jul 2023 4 min read

What is the extinction of domain in Colombia?

12 Oct 2022 5 min read
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