Mr Ignacio Santamaria > Lloreda Camacho & Co. > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

Lawyers at Lloreda Camacho & Co. ‘provide comprehensive advice, and timely and accurate support’. Distinguished by its focus on the mining sector, the group acts for a mix of multinational and domestic clients on a range of industry matters, including regulatory issues, bid tenders, commercial transactions, and dispute resolution. Department head Ignacio Santamaria is held up by sources for his ‘instinct for solutions’; he brings to bear comprehensive expertise across the full life cycle of mining law. The group also includes next-generation partner Angela María Salazar, who combines strength in mining and environmental matters.

Noted for its ‘perfect knowledge of Colombian legislation’, Lloreda Camacho & Co. supports clients on a range of environmental compliance, administrative procedures and due diligence matters. The firm’s robust offerings in the mining and life sciences spheres ensures that it is particularly active in environmental law issues pertaining to those industries, but its broad sector experience also spans agribusiness, technology and forestry, among others. Mining and natural resources specialists Ignacio Santamaria and Angela María Salazar oversee a practice that also includes environmental law-focused senior associate Natalia Soto, whose ‘deliverables are perfectly executed’.

Lloreda Camacho & Co.’s tax group operates both as a standalone practice and as a support to deal teams across the firm. With experience in tax planning, transactional tax structuring, and contentious matters, the department is particularly active on behalf of companies in the life sciences, retail, TMT, and energy and natural resources sectors. Mining, tax and foreign trade head Ignacio Santamaria co-leads the department alongside senior associate Luis Felipe Paredes. Associate Juan Fernando Díaz is highlighted for his ‘proper acumen’.