Álvaro Iván Cala > Brigard Urrutia > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Brigard Urrutia Offices
CALLE 70A #4-41
BOGOTA
Colombia
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Álvaro Iván Cala
Work Department
Corporate M&A; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate, Urban Regulation, Hotel and Agribusiness
Position
Partner
Career
Partner at Brigard Urrutia since 2006, with extensive experience in corporate and aeronautical law. Advisor to recognized national and international companies on issues concerning commercial, civil and labor law. He currently leads the Corporate, Aeronautical and Real Estate practices.
He provides advice to clients in all aspects of corporate law including the constitution, management and administration of companies and branches, advice on conflicts between partners, choice of investment vehicles and internal corporate reorganizations. He also provides advice on the drafting, negotiation and termination of commercial contracts of all kinds, such as distribution schemes, joint ventures, franchises, multilevel schemes, maquilas, sales, among others. Advises public and private real estate projects in Colombia, supporting the main developers, land owners, concessionaires and real estate investment funds, among other relevant actors in the sector.
He has extensive experience in the consumer protection regime both in terms of prevention and compliance, as well as in defense of consumer complaints and administrative investigations for breach of advertising rules, information and guarantees. He also has extensive knowledge in both air and land transport regulation, as well as in games of chance and luck.
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)Few firms in the market can equal Brigard Urrutia’s track record in transformative M&A deals, with the 23-lawyer team routinely involved in many of the most high-profile transactions to hit the Colombian market. The group’s ability to lean on a host of complementary practices from across the wider full-service firm equips its lawyers with a ‘comprehensive vision in consulting’ and ensures that it is sought after for complex mandates that require extensive cross-departmental collaboration. As a case in point, senior M&A expert Sergio Michelsen Jaramillo recently teamed up with next-generation partner Tomás Holguín, as well as the capital markets and competition practices, to advise Votorantim on the sale of its 82.42% stake in Acerías Paz del Rio. In a significant first-of-a-kind investment transaction, Michelsen also paired up with Jaime Robledo to advise Canada’s CPP investments on its $334m acquisition of a 19.3% stake in D1, which notably marked its first direct investment in Colombia. Darío Laguado Giraldo, chairman of the corporate and M&A practice, led on several infrastructure-related transactions over the past year, including advising Telefónica, and its subsidiary Colombia Telecomunicaciones, on the agreements by which Colombia Telecomunicaciones and KKR will establish the country’s first independent wholesale open access digital infrastructure company. Other senior names include corporate finance veteran Carlos Fradique-Méndez; aviation and real estate-focused specialist Álvaro Cala; senior partner Carlos Urrutia; and Fernando Alfredo Castillo. The sizeable department also fields a capable bench of corporate-dedicated non-partners, including director Ángela García Páez, prolific senior associates Paola Ordoñez and Andrea Camila Cruz, and associate Laura Ricardo Ayerbe. Since publication, Ordóñez and Mónica Gutiérrez Velasco have both been promoted to practice directors.
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