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Bibiana Cala
Work Department
Intellectual Property - White Collar Crime
Position
Partner
Career
In 2012 she joined Baker McKenzie as an associate and is currently the Partner in charge of the firm’s Corporate Criminal Law practice. Lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in criminal litigation, specialist in Criminal Law and Intellectual Property and with a Master’s Degree in Ibero-American Compliance.
Her professional practice has focused mainly on Corporate Criminal Law, corporate fraud and corruption. She has advised national and international companies from different sectors of the economy and has successfully defended the rights and interests of companies and their executives in criminal proceedings, as well as their relations with the different state bodies and authorities.
Thanks to her knowledge in different areas of law, she has worked as co-author of important publications related to corruption, cyber-piracy and criminal law and the criminal protection of industrial property rights in Colombia.
She was an advisor at the Ministry of Justice, position in which she intervened in the elaboration of decisions of the Andean Community of Nations.
Bibiana has worked as a litigation attorney in criminal proceedings before the different authorities of the criminal jurisdiction and represents the main guilds of the country in the largest projects against counterfeit products, working with the Attorney General’s Office, the National Police, the DIAN and the American Embassy.
She represents companies, both national and international, in criminal proceedings seeking that their rights are protected and defends the directors of the companies that are investigated by the Attorney General’s Office, for conduct related to the position and functions they perform.
Additionally, she performs risk matrices and criminal risk analysis when companies consider that there are conducts carried out by their employees that may generate some type of criminal liability or when a transaction is being carried out.
Rankings:
- Next Generation Partner, Compliance and White-Collar Crime, Legal 500 Latin America, 2024
- Rising Star, Compliance and White-Collar Crime, Legal 500 Latin America, 2023
Languages
Spanish - English
Education
- Universidad de Salamanca (Master in Ibero-American Compliance) (2022).
- Universidad Externado de Colombia, (Specialized in Criminal Law) (2007).
- Universidad Externado de Colombia, (Specialized in Intellectual Property) (2006).
- Universidad Externado de Colombia (J.D.) (2005)
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Compliance and white-collar crime
(Next Generation Partners)According to clients, Baker McKenzie S.A.S. houses a ‘very robust compliance practice, which has demonstrated leadership in the LATAM region’. The strength of its compliance group is evidenced by the impressive roster of leading corporates who turn to the team for support, including AT&T and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Significantly, its compliance and investigations expertise is underpinned by an increasingly prominent white-collar crime offering, which routinely handles criminal proceedings regarding white-collar crime, corruption and disloyal administration, among other issues. High-profile competition specialist Carolina Pardo is additionally a key contact for the compliance practice and co-heads the department together with Bibiana Cala, who specialises in criminal litigation. Former senior associate Luís Alberto Castell departed the firm in June 2024.
Colombia > Intellectual property
Lawyers in the IP practice at Baker McKenzie S.A.S. are ‘always willing to find solutions and alternatives to the complex problems that in-house lawyers face’. The group covers all facets of contentious and non-contentious IP law, with particularly prominent offerings in IP enforcement, and domestic and cross-border trade mark portfolio management. Department head Juan Pablo Concha Delgado brings to bear extensive expertise in IP enforcement and IP portfolio management; he recently advised McDonald’s on trade mark infringement matters. Yuliana Salamanca was promoted to partner in July 2023 and has a focus on trade mark and copyright law, including AI and digital media-related issues; she recently advised Asocolflores on registering its trade mark, “FLOWERS OF COLOMBIA”, in the United States. The team also includes newly promoted (July 2023) criminal law litigator Bibiana Cala, who is noted for the development of anti-counterfeiting strategies; and senior associate Julián David Ruiz Rondan, who leads the copyright team and currently serves as president of the Colombian Copyright Center (CECOLDA).
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Colombia > Compliance and white-collar crime
- Intellectual property Colombia
- Compliance and white-collar crime Colombia
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