Mr Alejandro Mejía > Cáez Muñoz Mejía Abogados (CMM) > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Cáez Muñoz Mejía Abogados (CMM) Offices
Cra 17 No. 89 – 31 Of. 403
Colombia
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Mr Alejandro Mejía
Work Department
Criminal Law and White Collar Crime and compliance
Position
Founding Partner – Department Director
Career
Founding partner of Caez Muñoz Mejia and leader of the Criminal Law and White Collar crime and compliance department. He manages the area of White Collar Crime and Compliance. CMM has been acknowledged in the domestic legal market as one of the pioneer firms to introduce preventive criminal law practices through compliance programs within companies to promote autorregulation and transparency.
Mr. Mejia has provided integral services in his areas of expertise by advising, and representing before Courts both private and public organizations. He has been an external consultant for Fiduprevisora S.A.; an external consultant and legal attorney representing Grupo Argos through its subsidiary Tekia S.A.S. as the representative of the victims in litigations related to fraud against the corporation; off counsel of Sanclemente Fernandez Abogados on Criminal Law, mainly on the sector of hydrocarbons and of Denton´s Cardenas y Cardenas; criminal consultant and assistant of the Commision of Investigation and Accusation of the Colombian Congress as the advisor on the disciplinary and criminal proceedings; and consultant for the program for the strengthening of Justice “Fortalecimiento al Sector Justicia para la Reducción de Impunidad en Colombia” of the Ministry of Interior and Justice with the European Union, amongst others.
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
Alejandro obtained his Law degree in University Externado of Colombia, Masters Degree on the program of Corporate Compliance of the Economic & Jurist School in association with the University Rey Juan Carlos (Spain) and Fordham School of Law in New York. He has a specialization on Criminal Law for cross-border and corruption crimes on University of Salamanca (Spain) and specialization on Liability and Damages of University Externado of Colombia
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Compliance and white-collar crime
(Next Generation Partners)Cáez Muñoz Mejía Abogados (CMM)’s practice strikes a balance between corporate compliance and contentious matters, with a particularly prominent record in the former sphere. Over the past year, the team assisted a host of multinational clients with their local corporate compliance programmes, including Astara, Central Park System and Pernod Ricard Colombia. Founding partner Alejandro Mejía spearheads the department and advises both individuals and corporations on compliance, criminal investigations and judicial proceedings. Other key contacts include Freddy Navarrete, who sits in the corporate and energy groups and advises on compliance programmes and due diligence-related matters. At associate level, Juan Pablo Pantoja provides dedicated practice support, while Maria Camila González splits her time between the corporate and compliance teams.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Colombia > Compliance and white-collar crime
- Compliance and white-collar crime Colombia