{"id":246530,"date":"2026-02-04T09:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=246530"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:56:45","slug":"winners-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/colombia-awards\/winners-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong> Banking and Finance <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Banking and Finance Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brigard Urrutia<\/p>\n<p><strong> Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ricardo Fandi\u00f1o, P\u00e9rez Llorca (formerly G\u00f3mez-Pinz\u00f3n Abogados &#8211; GPA)<\/p>\n<p><strong> Banking and Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jes\u00fas Albarr\u00e1n, Posse Herrera Ruiz<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Capital Markets <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Capital Markets Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez Llorca (formerly G\u00f3mez-Pinz\u00f3n Abogados &#8211; GPA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Luis Gabriel Morcillo, Brigard Urrutia<\/p>\n<p><strong> Capital Markets Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Camilo Gantiva, Holland &amp; Knight<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Competition and Antitrust <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Competition and Antitrust Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baker McKenzie S.A.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Competition and Antitrust Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Garcia de Brigard, Brigard Urrutia<\/p>\n<p><strong> Competition and Antitrust Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Ibarra, Ibarra Abogados Rimon Law<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Compliance <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Compliance Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fabio Humar Abogados<\/p>\n<p><strong> Compliance Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nadia Carolina Mendieta, MestreMendieta Penalistas<\/p>\n<p><strong> Compliance Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bibiana Cala, Baker McKenzie S.A.S.<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Corporate and M&amp;A (Mid-market) <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Corporate and M&amp;A (Mid-market) Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serrano Mart\u00ednez CMA<\/p>\n<p><strong> Corporate and M&amp;A (Mid-market) Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9s Hidalgo, Lloreda Camacho &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Corporate and M&amp;A (Mid-market) Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maria Isabel Molinares, DG&amp;A-Abogados<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Corporate and M&amp;A (High-end) <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Corporate and M&amp;A (High-end) Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez Quintero Mendoza Gonz\u00e1lez Laguado &amp; de la Rosa<\/p>\n<p><strong> Corporate and M&amp;A (High-end) Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lina Uribe, P\u00e9rez Llorca (formerly G\u00f3mez-Pinz\u00f3n Abogados &#8211; GPA)<\/p>\n<p><strong> Corporate and M&amp;A (High-end) Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9s Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez, Garrigues<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Dispute Resolution: Arbitration <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Posse Herrera Ruiz<\/p>\n<p><strong> Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rafael Rinc\u00f3n, Rinc\u00f3n Castro Abogados<\/p>\n<p><strong> Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Juan Felipe Merizalde, Adell &amp; Merizalde<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Dispute Resolution: Litigation <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Dispute Resolution: Litigation Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU &amp; Ur\u00eda<\/p>\n<p><strong> Dispute Resolution: Litigation Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Araque, P\u00e9rez Llorca (formerly G\u00f3mez-Pinz\u00f3n Abogados &#8211; GPA)<\/p>\n<p><strong> Dispute Resolution: Litigation Next Generation Partner of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Juan Ignacio Guerra, Rinc\u00f3n Castro Abogados<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Energy and Natural Resources <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Energy and Natural Resources Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dentons Cardenas &amp; Cardenas<\/p>\n<p><strong> Energy and Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sandra Manrique, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU &amp; Ur\u00eda<\/p>\n<p><strong> Energy and Natural Resources Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c1ngela Mar\u00eda Salazar, Lloreda Camacho &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Environment <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Environment Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holland &amp; Knight<\/p>\n<p><strong> Environment Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lu\u00eds Fernando Mac\u00edas, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU &amp; Ur\u00eda<\/p>\n<p><strong> Environment Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Margarita Lorduy, Dentons Cardenas &amp; Cardenas<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Insurance <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Insurance Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DAC Beachcroft Colombia<\/p>\n<p><strong> Insurance Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lucas Fajardo, Brigard Urrutia<\/p>\n<p><strong> Insurance Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sergio Rojas Qui\u00f1ones, Mart\u00ednez Quintero Mendoza Gonz\u00e1lez Laguado &amp; de la Rosa<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Intellectual Property <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Intellectual Property Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lloreda Camacho &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eduardo Varela, Cavelier<\/p>\n<p><strong> Intellectual Property Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Natalia Franco Onofre, Lloreda Camacho &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<h4><strong> International Trade and Customs <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> International Trade and Customs Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ara\u00fajo Ibarra<\/p>\n<p><strong> International Trade and Customs Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Ibarra, Ibarra Abogados Rimon Law<\/p>\n<p><strong> International Trade and Customs Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicol\u00e1s Potdevin Stein, P\u00e9rez-Llorca<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Labour and Employment <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Labour and Employment Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baker McKenzie S.A.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Labour and Employment Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mirna Wilches, Chapman Wilches<\/p>\n<p><strong> Labour and Employment Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carolina Porras, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU &amp; Ur\u00eda<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Life Sciences <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Life Sciences Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OlarteMoure<\/p>\n<p><strong> Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karl Mutter, CMS Rodr\u00edguez-Azuero<\/p>\n<p><strong> Life Sciences Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cardona, Lloreda Camacho &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Projects and Infrastructure <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Projects and Infrastructure Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arrieta Mantilla &amp; Asociados<\/p>\n<p><strong> Projects and Infrastructure Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9sar Felipe Rodr\u00edguez, Brigard Urrutia<\/p>\n<p><strong> Projects and Infrastructure Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Francisco Noguera, Garrigues<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Public Law <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Public Law Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dur\u00e1n &amp; Osorio Abogados Asociados<\/p>\n<p><strong> Public Law Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yady Villaquir\u00e1n, Arrieta Mantilla &amp; Asociados<\/p>\n<p><strong> Public Law Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paola Larrahondo, P\u00e9rez Llorca (formerly G\u00f3mez-Pinz\u00f3n Abogados &#8211; GPA)<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Real Estate <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Real Estate Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU &amp; Ur\u00eda<\/p>\n<p><strong> Real Estate Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Juan Manuel Gonz\u00e1lez, Pinilla Gonz\u00e1lez &amp; Prieto Abogados<\/p>\n<p><strong> Real Estate Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Juan Esteban Agudelo, Serrano Mart\u00ednez CMA<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Tax <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> Tax Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez Quintero Mendoza Gonz\u00e1lez Laguado &amp; de la Rosa<\/p>\n<p><strong> Tax Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Juan Pablo Godoy, Goh<\/p>\n<p><strong> Tax Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Duque, Brigard Urrutia<\/p>\n<h4><strong> TMT <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong> TMT Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brigard Urrutia<\/p>\n<p><strong> TMT Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carolina Pardo, Baker McKenzie S.A.S.<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Marketing Team of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez Quintero Mendoza Gonz\u00e1lez Laguado &amp; de la Rosa<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Medell\u00edn Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Contexto Legal S.A.<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Deal of the Year (M&amp;A) <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>$400m sale of Telef\u00f3nica\u2019s Stake in Colombia Telecomunicaciones to Millicom Spain (awaiting confidentiality check) <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Mart\u00ednez Quintero Mendoza Gonz\u00e1lez Laguado &amp; De La Rosa &#8211; <em>Colombian counsel to Telef\u00f3nica<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Latham Walkins &#8211; <em>New York counsel to Telef\u00f3nica<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Brigard Urrutia &#8211; <em>Colombian counsel to Millicom<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Milbank &#8211; <em>New York counsel to Millicom<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong> Deal of the Year (Finance) <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>$600m refinancing of Autopistas del Nordeste\u2019s &#8220;Conexi\u00f3n Norte corridor project&#8221; by SMBC, Bancolombia, Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional, BlackRock, Banco de Cr\u00e9dito del Per\u00fa and Allianz Capital Partners <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Brigard Urrutia &#8211; <em>Colombian counsel to Autopistas del Nordeste (and its shareholders)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Paul Hastings &#8211; <em>New York counsel to Autopistas del Nordeste (and its shareholders)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cuatrecasas &#8211; <em>Colombian counsel to the lenders<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Clifford Chance &#8211; <em>New York counsel to the lenders<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong> International Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Milbank LLP<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Rising Star Associate of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Mar\u00eda Fernanda D\u00edaz, Cuatrecasas<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Next Generation Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Andr\u00e9s Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez, Garrigues<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Boutique Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alvarez, Lievano, Laserna S.A.S<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Up-and-Coming Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>DRET Legal<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Jaime Cubillos, Posse Herrera Ruiz<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Senior Partner of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Claudia Benavides, Benavides Mej\u00eda Dispute Resolution<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Colombia Firm of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Brigard Urrutia<\/p>\n<h4><strong> In-house Diversity and Inclusion Champion <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Juliana Hoyos Fl\u00f3rez, SierraCol Energy Limited<\/p>\n<h4><strong> In-House Lawyer of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Olga Luc\u00eda Var\u00f3n, Scotiabank Colpatria<\/p>\n<h4><strong> In-house Team of the Year <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Adriana Londo\u00f1o \u00c1ngel, Ocensa<\/p>\n<h4><strong> Most Innovative In-House Team <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alejandra Bonilla, Frontera Energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banking and Finance Banking and Finance Firm of the Year Brigard Urrutia Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year Ricardo Fandi\u00f1o, P\u00e9rez Llorca (formerly G\u00f3mez-Pinz\u00f3n Abogados &#8211; GPA) Banking and Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year Jes\u00fas Albarr\u00e1n, Posse Herrera Ruiz Capital Markets Capital Markets Firm of the Year P\u00e9rez Llorca (formerly G\u00f3mez-Pinz\u00f3n Abogados &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/colombia-awards\/winners-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Winners 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":115768,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-246530","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246536,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246530\/revisions\/246536"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}