Gamboa, García y Cardona Abogados > Bogota, Colombia > Firm Profile

Gamboa, García y Cardona Abogados
Carrera 9 # 80-45 piso 4
Colombia

Colombia > Corporate and M&A Tier 4

The ‘multidisciplinary and diverse team’ at Gamboa, García y Cardona Abogados’ is considered unique by some for its ‘ability to understand and work from the client’s perspective’. Equipped to advise clients from all industry sectors on corporate issues, from incorporations through to M&A and MBO processes, the group is particularly well versed in matters concerning the food supply, technology, and automotive sectors. With over two decades of deal-making experience, name partner Daniel García has a focus on corporate and real estate transactions; he co-heads the practice with the ‘technically very goodJuan Felipe Roldán, who specialises in cross-border transactions - including foreign direct investment. The team also includes corporate partner Monica Pastor and key associates Carlos Eduardo Delgado and Nicolás Mora Barrero. In July 2022, associate Mónica González Pineda joined from Muñoz Tamayo & Asociados.

Practice head(s):

Daniel García; Juan Felipe Roldán; Mónica Pastor

Testimonials

Gamboa, García & Cardona Abogados has a multidisciplinary and diverse team, comprised of both men and women professionals, which demonstrates solid knowledge and great practicality. Lawyers are flexible and adapt to customer needs. Deliver on time.

The team’s ability to understand and work from the client’s perspective makes it unique. The team listens and adapts its work to the exact need, additionally, to the extent that they take care of their clients, they proactively anticipate situations and advise comprehensively.

We value that the team takes great care of the client, and the client’s needs, in an integral way, and it does it with a genuine interest in generating holistic relationships where it can contribute as a team on different fronts.

The team provides 100% personalised attention. Juan Felipe Roldán has attended us since 2021 and his advice has been fundamental.

GGCA is very strong in corporate law and M&A. Especially, Juan Felipe Roldán, who is a very good lawyer in these matters.

Juan Felipe Roldán is a very competent lawyer in corporate law and M&A and he is very practical and technically very good.

Key clients

Finsocial

Exagon Impact Capital

Shareholders of Procibernética

PPC Temkin Flexible Packaging, subsidiary of private equity funds managed by Morgan Stanley

Digitex Informática Internacional

Cosco Shipping Colombia

Corporación Maresa (Ecuador)

Jiangling Motors Colombia

Jokr

Avient Switzerland (formerly PolyOne Corporation)

Bogotá Coque (Colombia branch)

Athenex Inc (and certain of its subsidiaries)

WESCO International (formerly Anixter Inc)

V V Technology (VIVO Worldwide)

Work highlights

  • Advised Exagon Impact Capital on the potential purchase of a majority interest in the Colombian Temporal Union Andired and Infraestructura y Servicios de Colombia.
  • Advised Jokr on the acquisition of Mercado & Plaza.
  • Advised the managers of Procibernetica on a leveraged management buyout,

Dispute resolution > Litigation Tier 4

The litigation practice at Gamboa, García y Cardona Abogados is held in high esteem for its ‘ability to function as a team of professionals’. The group is routinely engaged to represent domestic and multinational clients in judicial and administrative proceedings, with a focus on the automotive, technology, financial services, construction, and security and defence sectors. Department head Juan Ignacio Gamboa possesses over two decades of experience in dispute resolution; he is currently representing Ness Technologies in litigation initiated by the Colombian Ministry of National Defense concerning obligations to supply intelligence equipment for the army. Other key names include Pedro Hernán Montaño; who has particular expertise in finance-related cases; Juan Felipe Roldán, who is commended for his ‘global perspective’; and dispute resolution-focused senior associate Felipe Andrés Díaz.

Practice head(s):

Juan Ignacio Gamboa; Juan Felipe Roldán; Pedro Hernán Montaño

Testimonials

There are two factors that make this practice different: the easy, direct, simple relationship with each professional in the firm whenever it is required; and its ability to function as a team of professionals — It is not a single opinion that is obtained but several of them.

All professionals are close and empathetic, and that closeness and empathy make matters flow quickly. There is no exhaustion in the formulation of the situation, the problem is addressed almost immediately.

The team is very strong and responsive. Lawyers are very diligent and really understood our concerns and goals in the litigation. They were tough but never crossed the line with counterparties; I think that is what ultimately led to our successful result, which in Colombia is more of an uncertainty for foreigners.

Juan Felipe Roldán has a solid background, a global perspective and is always thinking ahead.

Our litigation experience was one of the most difficult things we went through while doing business in Colombia, and Juan Felipe Roldán did such excellent job for us that, honestly, we would not trust anyone else to handle these types of matters for us in the future.

Key clients

DEME Concessions

Cosco Shipping Lines Colombia

Airbnb

Israel Aerospace Industries

Dredging International

Jiangling Motors Colombia

Mettler Toledo

Schreder Colombia

NSO Group

Elbit C4i & Cyber

Hupecol Operating Co

Bogota Coque

Grand Bogotá

Cordis Medical Holdings

JOKR Colombia

Ingram Micro

Barco

Algranel

Hunter Douglas de Colombia

Fiduciaria Colombiana de Comercio Exterior (Fiducoldex)

El Arrozal y Cia

Nitrofert

Comdata Colombia

Allianz Colombia

Mile High Investments

Armor International

Aritmetika

Work highlights

  • Advising Cosco Shipping Lines Colombia on the collection of debts owed by over 50 debtors in different cities of Colombia for maritime transportation services provided by Cosco.
  • Representing Cimarrona in a lawsuit filed by Ecopetrol concerning the execution of two association agreements, derived from the interpretation of the concept of reimbursements in the development of the contracts.
  • Advising Ness Technologies on a claim initiated by the Colombian Ministry of National Defense concerning obligations to supply intelligence equipment for the army.

Colombia > Labour and employment Tier 6

Lawyers at Gamboa, García y Cardona Abogados are recommended for their ‘availability and creativity when analysing and presenting solutions’. The team’s experience encompasses a range of labour, social security and immigration matters, including recent strong showings in personnel management strategies. Department head Ivan Cardona Restrepo is primarily recognised for his record in labour litigation. The group also includes associate practice director Ingrid Barrero Valencia, who joined in July 2022 from Deloitte Asesores y Consultores. In October 2022, senior associate Edna Liliana Torres left to go freelance. Since publication, Cardona Restrepo has left the firm - effective as of February 2024.

Practice head(s):

Iván Cardona Restrepo; Ingrid Barrero Valencia

Testimonials

The team possesses full knowledge of labour law in Colombia. Lawyers demonstrate availability and creativity when analysing and presenting solutions to situations that the company may face.

The team stands out for its experience and knowledge of the subject. Lawyers are available at any time for our needs.

Key clients

95/24 Colombia

Tigre Colombia

Hunter Douglas de Colombia

Ottobock Healthcare Andina

Internacional Dental Distribuidores

Orbidental

Remanso y Caudales

Jokr Colombia

Longport Airport Services

Israel Aerospace industries

Cosco Shipping Lines Colombia

Hunter Douglas de Colombia

AGP de Colombia

Mendebal

Terranum Desarrollo

Inversiones Libra (Hoteles Cosmos)

Confipetrol

Camco

Work highlights

  • Advised Mendebal on the inspection process carried out by the Ministry of Labour, in which an anonymous labour harassment complaint involving several workers was investigated.
  • Represented Ottobock Healthcare Andina in a lawsuit initiated by the former CEO of the company.
  • Advised Jokr Colombia on structuring and implementing labour-relationship models for workers who were hired to provide services in the different links of the business chain of the virtual platform.