About

The legal team of Gran Colombia Gold Corp presides over an exciting operation focused on locating and mining an ever-increasing quantity of gold within the Segovia and Marmato operations bases in Colombia. The company’s production levels are improving constantly, and it managed to mine a 22% increase in the first half of 2017 over the previous year. The legal team is organised by function, and has a dedicated labour team to deal with the unique challenges posed by the labour-intensive and potentially dangerous mining sector; David Lopera Noguera, labour lawyer, is an individual tasked with this demanding brief. Legal manager Alejandro Ramirez Echeverry is another lawyer within the team who came in for praise for his relationship-building and risk management abilities, built throughout an already impressive career in the financial and mining sectors. An indication of the company’s ambition and willingness to take on the best was given by their April 2017 announcement that Gran Colombia has filed a $700m lawsuit against the Colombian government utilising powers inherent to the Colombian-Canada free trade agreement. This dispute, caused because the Colombian government aims to block the company’s further expansion at the highly important Marmato operations base, is a particularly high profile one that could benefit Gran Colombia hugely if a positive outcome is achieved.