Riveros Bazzani Abogados

Compliance, Corporate Investigations, White-Collar Crime & Tax Crime

Juan David Bazzani Montoya is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Riveros Bazzani Abogados and is recognized as one of Colombia’s leading practitioners in economic criminal law, corporate investigations, compliance, and strategic criminal litigation.

He advises and represents national and international companies, financial institutions, business groups, boards of directors, senior executives, and public officials in high-complexity criminal matters involving economic and financial crimes, corporate fraud, corruption, money laundering, asset recovery, tax-related criminal investigations, and corporate criminal liability.

His practice focuses on the design and implementation of legal strategies for complex investigations, internal investigations, crisis management, and criminal risk prevention. He combines extensive litigation experience with a deep understanding of corporate environments, enabling him to provide strategic advice aimed at protecting clients’ legal interests, business continuity, and reputation.

Before founding Riveros Bazzani Abogados, Juan David held several positions within the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia, including advisory roles to the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, where he led investigations of national relevance and participated in the development of criminal policy initiatives and legislative reforms.

He is also a Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Universidad Externado de Colombia and a Professor of Criminal Evidence in postgraduate programs at the same institution.

Juan David Bazzani Montoya is a Founding Partner of Riveros Bazzani Abogados.

Prior to founding the firm, he held several senior positions at the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia (Fiscalía General de la Nación), serving as advisor to the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General. During this period, he coordinated the Principle of Opportunity Unit, led high-profile criminal investigations and played a key role in the drafting and implementation of significant criminal justice reforms, including Law 1826 of 2017 (Private Prosecutor Act) and reforms to Colombia's pre-trial detention regime (Laws 1760 of 2015 and 1786 of 2016). He also represented the Attorney General's Office before the National Criminal Policy Council.

Alongside his professional practice, he has developed an extensive academic career as Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Universidad Externado de Colombia and Professor of Criminal Evidence in postgraduate programmes.

His practice focuses on white-collar crime, corporate investigations, compliance, financial crime, corporate criminal liability and tax-related criminal matters.

Spanish, English

LL.M. in Criminal Law, State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), United States.

Specialist in Criminal Procedural Law, Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Law Degree (LL.B.), Universidad Externado de Colombia.