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Fortune 500 healthcare company Baxter provides products and services including producing medical supplies to treat haemophilia, kidney disease and provide intravenous therapy to patients across the world. Baxter’s operations in Colombia first began in 1956 when it opened a site in Cali – one of Baxter’s first facilities outside the USA and its very first in Latin America – which has since grown from just nine employees to more than 1,800 that serve in a hub for its clients across southern Latin America. Andres Aguirre is the legal director for the Baxter Colombia businesses, and he, along with the rest of the legal department, is in charge of dispensing advice to the business on all of its applicable issues, transactions and projects. Adept at containing legal risk and advising on all specialist areas of law related to the various lines of business of the company, the team must act in line with the high professional standards of Baxter’s global legal advisory function. Also singled out for special mention is Juan Carlos Fernández who, in his role of assistant general counsel, assists with the legal team’s impact on the objectives of the company in a positive way. In a notable example of the high level of performance of Baxter’s Colombian subsidiary, the branch was recognised with a Chairman’s Award, Baxter’s highest honour for commercial excellence, evincing the scope of activities made possible in part by the legal team’s assistance in pushing through and securing these deals in the commercial sphere.