Andrés Jaramillo > Esguerra JHR > Bogotá, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

Esguerra JHR
Calle 72 No. 6-30, piso 12
Bogotá
Colombia

Work Department

Competition and Antitrust

Position

Partner of the Competition and Antitrust practice area

Career

He has extensive experience in legal advice and dispute resolution, mainly in matters related to unfair trade, anticompetitive practices, mergers, commercial issues and government contracts before the administrative jurisdiction, the Competition Authority (the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce) and Arbitral Tribunals.

He was a legal analyst for the publishing of the book “General Contracting Statute for Public Administration,” the “Code of Administrative Procedure,” and the “Contract Yearbooks” for the years 1995 and 1996 (Derecho Vigente Ltda).

Languages

Spanish and English

Education

  • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Lawyer, 1994
  • Universidad Externado de Colombia, Graduate Degree in Business Law, 1986
  • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Graduate Degree in Administrative Law, 2005

Lawyer Rankings

Colombia > Competition and antitrust

(Leading partners)

Andrés Jaramillo HoyosEsguerra JHR

Colombia > Dispute resolution > Litigation

Litigation is a mainstay at Esguerra JHR and the team leverages the wider firm’s premier offerings in public law and competition to excel in complex regulatory and administrative law cases. That being said, the group also handles a significant volume of commercial disputes, with strong recent experience in the financial services, energy and transport spheres. A former government minister, Juan Carlos Esguerra is widely recognised as a leader in constitutional law matters; he is representing UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones in litigation against the Colombian Ministry of Telecommunications and Technology. Felipe Piquero is also highly regarded for his expertise in administrative law disputes and additionally maintains an active commercial litigation practice; he is advising Confianza in several insurance coverage cases related to the construction of the TransMilenio roads. Esguerra and Piquero co-head the practice together with competition specialist Andrés Jaramillo, who advises on disputes concerning unfair competition, state contracts and commercial matters. Providing support is key associate Harry Montoya, who specialises in insurance and civil and state liability. Associate Jorge Andrés Gómez left to establish his own firm in June 2023.