Mr Gustavo Tamayo > Lloreda Camacho & Co. > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

The TMT team at Lloreda Camacho & Co. ‘always responds with great agility, precision and a great level of detail’. The group is particularly well primed to advise on data protection and privacy law, with associate director of the privacy and data protection practice, Maria Alejandra De Los Ríos, highly regarded in this field. Telecoms work is another strong suit, with litigator Gustavo Tamayo noted for his experience in telecoms-related regulatory and administrative law matters. Tamayo co-heads the overarching TMT department together with Juan Manuel Ojeda, who was promoted to associate director of the TMT area in May 2024.

Lloreda Camacho & Co.’s dispute resolution practice is marked by its strong international focus, with its client list primarily composed of multinational companies in the life sciences, consumer, manufacturing and TMT spheres. Class actions are a notable strong suit — in line with the IP heavyweight’s dominant regulatory offering — and it recently secured victories in two major class actions, where it represented global corporations in pharmaceutical and tobacco litigation totalling over $500m. The department is led jointly by Gustavo Tamayo, who additionally heads the TMT group and is noted for his strong telecoms expertise; and Christian Perez Rueda, who was promoted to partner in August 2023 and maintains a comprehensive dispute resolution focus; together, they led the class action cases. Senior associate Jimmy Buenaventura provides additional practice support. In July 2023, senior associate Esteban Isaza joined from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, where he was a professor. Senior associate Jorge Rodríguez left the firm in June 2023. Since publication, Perez Rueda has left the firm to establish his own boutique – effective as of November 2024.

Lloreda Camacho & Co.’s arbitration group sits within its integrated dispute resolution practice, where it draws on lawyers who are experienced in both judicial and arbitral proceedings. The wider firm’s strength in representing clients from heavily regulated industries is reflected in its arbitration caseload, with its recent work spanning matters involving the energy, automotive and construction sectors. The department is led jointly by Gustavo Tamayo, who additionally leads the TMT practice, and recently promoted (August 2023) partner Christian Perez Rueda, whose comprehensive dispute resolution focus encompasses domestic and international arbitration. Key associates include senior Jimmy Buenaventura and senior Esteban Isaza, who joined in July 2023 from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, where he was a professor. Since publication, Perez Rueda has left the firm to establish his own boutique – effective as of November 2024.