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Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados Offices
CARRERA 43, NO 36-39 ED CENTRO 2000
OFICINA 406
MEDELLIN
Colombia
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Dr Javier Tamayo Jaramillo
Work Department
Dr. Javier Tamayo is the firm´s consultant for all its practice areas.
However, he has an extensive experience in dispute resolution matters before the ordinary and administrative jurisdiction. Also before arbitration courts, including the preparation and opposition of appeals for annulment of arbitral awards.
He has assisted the firm´s clients in class action law suits brought to court in matters related with: land and air transportation accidents, collapse or ruin of constructions of all kinds, environmental pollution, earthquakes, explosions, floods, fires, defective products, etc.
During the last few years he has successfully represented companies sued for the Bogotá's river contamination and for the construction of hydroelectric projects. Also, he is currently representing victims in several class actions brought due to the ruin of several buildings in the city of Medellín.
Dr. Javier Tamayo Jaramillo has been appointed on several occasions to render expert opinions on Colombian law before foreign courts. In fact, his expert´s opinions have been considered by courts in different countries to resolve litigation proceedings abroad regarding Colombian private law.
Position
Founding Partner
Career
Lawyer, graduated from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia) and specialist in Economics and Insurance Law from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). Professor in civil and medical liability at multiple universities in Colombia. Professor in residence (invited) in foreign universities such as Université Paris 2 – Panthéon – ASSAS for the academic periods 1989 – 1990 and 1999 – 2000. Former Magistrate of the Civil Chamber of the Honorable Supreme Court of Justice. Author of numerous articles and legal books, including the following: “Tratado de Responsabilidad Civil” (Compendium of Civil Liability), “El Contrato de Transporte” (The transportation contract), “La Responsabilidad Civil en las acciones populares y de grupo” (Damage Law and class actions), “La Decisión Judicial” (The judicial decision) and “La prueba de la culpa médica” (Medical neglect´s evidence). Currently, his new work entitled “El consentimiento informado del paciente” (The patient´s informed consent) is being printed.
In October 2011, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (both in Colombia) published a book to recognize Professor Tamayo’s law career. The book is entitled “Responsabilidad civil, derecho de seguros y filosofía del derecho: Homenaje al profesor Javier Tamayo Jaramillo” (Civil liability, insurance and philosophy of law: a tribute to the Professor Javier Tamayo Jaramillo).
The law firm Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados, founded and presided by Dr. Javier Tamayo Jaramillo, has been ranked in the areas of insurance and dispute resolution for the last 5 years by international ranking´s Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Leaders League. Also, these rankings have personally recognized Dr. Javier Tamayo Jaramillo as one of the lawyers with most experience and deeper background in Colombia in insurance and dispute resolutions.
Dr. Javier Tamayo has been professor in residence (invited) in: Université Paris 2 – Panthéon – ASSAS (France), Universidad Autónoma de México (Mexico), Universidad de Lima (Peru), Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), Universidad Externado de Colombia (Colombia), Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica), Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela), Universidad San Pedro del Perú (Peru), Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (Peru), Universidad San Marcos (Peru), Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile), Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Dominican Republic) and Universidad de Panamá (Panama).
During his academic career Dr. Javier Tamayo Jaramillo has gained multiple academic distinctions: “Doctor Honoris Causa”(Honorary Doctorate) – Universidad San Pedro del Perú (Peru), “Profesor Honorario” (Honorary Professor) – Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (Peru), and “Gran Talento Bolivariano” (Bolivarian distinguished talent) – Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia).
In October 2011, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (both in Colombia) published a book to praise Professor Tamayo’s law career. The book is entitled “Responsabilidad civil, derecho de seguros y filosofía del derecho: Homenaje al profesor Javier Tamayo Jaramillo” (Civil liability, insurance and philosophy of law: a tribute to the Professor Javier Tamayo Jaramillo).
Dr. Javier Tamayo Jaramillo´s main publications are:
“Responsabilidad Civil por Productos Defectuosos”
Product liability
Publishing company: “Legis”
Year: 2016
“Manual de Hermenéutica Jurídica”
Manual of Juridical Hermeneutic
Publishing company: “Editorial Jurídica Diké”
Year: 2013
“La Decisión Judicial”
The Judicial Decision
Publishing company: “Editorial Jurídica Diké”
Year: 2011
“Tratado de la Responsabilidad Civil”
Compendium of Civil Liability
Publishing company: “Legis”
Year: 2007
“La Indemnización de Perjuicios en el Proceso Penal”
Compensation for damages within the course of a criminal proceeding
Publishing company: “Legis”
Year: 2003
“La Responsabilidad Civil en las Acciones Populares y de Grupo”
civil liability and class action
Publishing company: “Editorial Jurídica Diké”
Year: 2001
“La Responsabilidad Del Estado”
State´s liability
Publishing Company: “TEMIS”
Year: 1997
“La Prueba De La Culpa Médica”
Medical neglect´s evidence.
Publishing Company: “Editorial Jurídica Diké”
Year: 1995
“El Contrato de Transporte”
The agreement for transportation services
Publishing Company: “TEMIS”
Year: 1991
“La Culpa Contractual”
Contractual compliance and liability
Publishing Company: “TEMIS”
Year: 1989
Languages
Spanish and French
Memberships
- Former Magistrate of the Civil Chamber of the Honorable Supreme Court of Justice (1994 – 1996).
- Arbitrator for the Bogotá´s Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre.
- Arbitrator for the Medellín’s Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre.
- Member of the Commission for the revision of the Colombian Commercial Code in relation to air and maritime transport.
- Member of ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE DROIT DES ASSURANCES (AIDA), Colombian chapter.
Education
Lawyer, graduated from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia) and specialist in Economics and Insurance Law from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).
Leisure
Dr. Javier Tamayo Jaramillo´s main leisure activities are read, write, teach and listen to tango.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Insurance
(Hall of Fame)According to sources, Medellín-based boutique Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados ‘is characterised by its highly specialised knowledge in insurance and liability issues’. With experience across a wide range of regulatory, commercial and contentious issues, the group is differentiated by its robust activity in judicial and extrajudicial claims and contractual matters. Widely regarded as a reference in the market, firm founder Javier Tamayo Jaramillo stands out for his practical and academic credentials. Tamayo Jaramillo steers a ‘young, diverse, passionate and disciplined work team’ that includes risk analysis partner Carlos Andres Gonzales Galvís, who has a ‘broad vision of the law’; Laura Castaño Echeverri, who is recommended for her record in insurance litigation (including medical liability); Daniel Ossa Gómez, who has an emphasis on civil and state liability; and associate Daniel Bedoya, who is highlighted as a ‘lawyer with extensive experience despite his youth’.
Colombia > Dispute resolution > Litigation
According to clients, Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados’ team is composed of ‘people with diverse skills who generate deliverables with a holistic, complete and efficient analysis’. A prominent name for insurance work, the firm’s contentious expertise extends beyond insurance to take in construction, consumer law and administrative law disputes, among other matters. Up-and-coming litigators Laura Castaño Echeverri and Daniel Ossa Gómez are highlighted together as ‘very smart and strategic lawyers’; they teamed up with firm founder and high-profile insurance expert Javier Tamayo Jaramillo to successfully represent the inhabitants of the ‘Space’ building in their lawsuit seeking compensation for damages caused by construction deficiencies. The group also draws on risk analysis partner Carlos Andrés González, who is ‘skilled in strategic litigation and civil liability’; and Luis Miguel Gómez, who specialises in dispute resolution, and civil and state liability. Key associates include Daniel Bedoya and Manuel Cadavid Valencia. Luis David Pérez left the firm in November 2023.
Colombia > City focus > Medellín
According to some, insurance and dispute resolution boutique Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados fields ‘the best offering in terms of insurance law’. Founded in Medellín in 1980, the firm additionally leverages a well-staffed Bogotá platform and is nationally regarded as a destination practice for contentious insurance work. The team enjoys close links with local insurance heavyweight Suramericana, while it also acts for major multinational insurers and reinsurers from its Medellín headquarters, including HDI Seguros and Chubb Seguros Colombia. Founding partner Javier Tamayo Jaramillo is considered by many as a reference in the market for insurance law and recently represented Inversiones Techcolombia in a dispute against its insurer, Seguros Bolívar. Other recommended names include Carlos Andres Gonzales Galvís, who has a focus on complex insurance litigation; next-generation insurance specialists Laura Castaño Echeverri and Daniel Ossa Gómez; dispute resolution partner Luis Miguel Gómez; and Margarita Rosa Jaramillo, who handles fiscal liability and insurance. Rising star associate, Daniel Bedoya, is also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Colombia > Insurance
- Medellín Colombia > City focus
- Insurance Colombia
- Litigation Colombia > Dispute resolution