Ms Marcela Blanco > Diaz Reus International Law Firm & Alliance > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Diaz Reus International Law Firm & Alliance Offices
Calle 98, No. 9-03 Oficina 802
Edificio Torre Sancho BBDO
Bogota, D.C.
Colombia
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Ms Marcela Blanco
Work Department
International Litigation, Business & Finance Transactions, Regulatory Compliance
Position
Partner, Head of the Bogota office
Career
Multifaceted bilingual international attorney, licensed to practice in both the U.S. and Colombia, Marcela Cristina Blanco is knowledgeable and experienced in international business transactions and cross-border disputes.
Fluent in Spanish and English, Ms. Blanco counsels corporate clients in governance, entity formation, and relevant local and international jurisdictional regulations and heads the Diaz Reus Bogotá office.
Experienced in partnership transactions, shareholder meetings, customs issues, and legal research, Ms. Blanco is skilled in drafting commercial contracts such as supply, service, sales, distribution, licensing, and inter-company agreements.
She is also a skilled adviser and negotiator in international contract disputes, and represents Diaz Reus clients in international and domestic litigation and arbitration in Colombia and the U.S.
Languages
English, Spanish
Memberships
- Florida
- Kansas
- U.S. District Court of Kansas
- Colombia
Education
- University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, JD
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, Master in Corporate Law
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, LL.B
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Compliance and white-collar crime
The team at USA-headquartered Diaz Reus International Law Firm & Alliance is commended for providing ‘quality, honest, transparent, and close advice’. Distinguished by its robust cross-border expertise, the Bogotá-based group frequently teams up with the wider firm’s Miami office to advise on Colombian, US, and other international compliance regulations. It also handles criminal proceedings and transaction-related issues. Demonstrating the practice’s international-facing approach, ‘exceptional attorney’ Javier Coronado splits his time between Bogotá and Miami. The department also draws on the senior experience of Bogotá managing partner Marcela Blanco, who is dual-qualified in Florida and Colombia and also has a significant multi-jurisdictional dimension to her practice. A former lawyer at the Office of the Attorney General, capable associate Marcelo Buendía Vélez is additionally recommended.
Colombia > Corporate and M&A
Miami-headquartered Diaz Reus International Law Firm & Alliance is distinguished by its focus on corporate compliance matters. In particular, its international platform and team of dual US and Colombia-qualified lawyers ensures it is a popular choice to advise domestic and regional companies on US compliance and anti-corruption regulations. Bogotá office head Marcela Blanco maintains a broad practice that spans commercial, corporate, compliance, and white-collar crime work. The team also includes associate Marcelo Buendía Vélez, who specialises in compliance and white-collar crime issues, including investigations, litigation, tax crime and anti-money laundering matters.