En nuestra práctica de Mercado de Capitales asesoramos clientes locales e internacionales en todos los aspectos relacionados con sus actividades corporativas y financieras.

Los clientes de DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán obtienen los beneficios de una práctica que está estrechamente coordinada con otras áreas de la firma. De esta manera, ofrecemos un servicio integral para garantizar el éxito de sus transacciones.

Contamos a nivel local y global con abogados multidisciplinares y altamente capacitados para brindarles las mejores soluciones.

Así, representamos con éxito todo tipo de participantes en el mercado: empresas, aseguradores, agentes colocadores e inversionistas, haciendo que nuestra práctica de Mercado de Capitales sea altamente reconocida a nivel mundial.

Our Environmental Law and Sustainable Development practice at DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán specializes in providing legal advice to our clients on environmental regulatory matters, sustainable use and exploitation of natural resources and structuring projects of various types, with special emphasis on the energy, chemical, pharmaceutical, agro-industrial, manufacturing, transportation and infrastructure sectors.

We have extensive experience in the implementation of legal strategies with a socio-economic and environmental approach that we design according to the needs of our clients and the operational reality of their activities and projects. We have participated in the structuring and implementation of the most complex and recognized industrial and infrastructure projects in Colombia nowadays.

Our portfolio of services includes legal and public policy aspects specially designed to advise our clients in the identification and compliance of regulatory and environmental requirements applicable to their social purpose and in the design and implementation of corporate practices based on "ESG" criteria and international principles.

Our services include:

• Environmental prevention and compliance.
• Risk mitigation and environmental liability processes.
• Structuring and environmental viability of projects, constructions and/or activities.
• Participation and social responsibility mechanisms.
• Environmental legal advice on transactional and financial matters.
• Sustainability, ESG criteria and climate change.

El equipo de Propiedad Intelectual de DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán has extensive experience advising clients on the protection of their intellectual.

Our services include:

• Prosecution, surveillance and enforcement of all types of intellectual property rights.
• Trademark litigation, copyright, patents and industrial secrets.
• Intellectual property due diligence.
• Franchise contracts.
• Technology licenses and transfers.

The team of DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán has broad experience advising clients across all industries in the creation and implementation of their data protection policies and best practices.

Our Personal Data Protection team is aware of the value of data for each of our clients, which is why we not only create, but also advise on the implementation of personal data compliance policies. Additionally, we offer corporate training to our clients regarding data protection and their constant changes and regulatory updates.

Furthermore, we represent domestic and foreign companies in all administrative investigations carried out by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce in matters related to the alleged violation of the personal data protection regime in Colombia.

Our goal is to offer preventive solutions for the optimal operation of our clients’ business.

DLA Piper's International Arbitration practice is one of the world's leading teams, recognized as a truly global practice. The wide geographic presence of the practice allows us to offer an integrated team that works in multiple jurisdictions. This provides our clients with both ongoing responsiveness and relevant local knowledge, two key points for successfully resolving international disputes.

DLA Piper's international arbitration team has more than 150 lawyers located not only in the most recognized arbitration centers in the world such as New York, Paris or London, but also in the main emerging markets. In Bogotá, DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán has a specialized team with extensive experience in international commercial arbitration and international investment arbitration.

At DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán we offer a unique service in Colombia: the expertise of a leading global practice in the industry, with a strong local presence.

In 2020, DLA Piper was once again recognized as part of the global international arbitration elite in Global Arbitration Review's annual ranking of the most active arbitration practices in the world.

Our services include:

• International Commercial Arbitration.
• International Investment Arbitration.
• Public International Law

We believe that projects are fundamental for the development of the country and its regions. We know the positive impact of projects on the increase of competitiveness, employment generation, economic growth, prosperity, formalization and security.

Therefore, based on the strong belief in what we do and our responsibility in the construction of the future, DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán is deeply committed to the objectives of each project, so that we can form the best team and be strategic allies of our clients.

We always seek to have a deep understanding of each project and to take care of the details in the advice we provide. We put our best capabilities at the service of our clients in a conscientious and consistent manner with the commitment to transform needs into successful transactions.

Our services include: 

Project structuring: We assist both public and private entities in the legal structuring of projects. Our team's experience in this area includes both public-private partnerships and legal advice on structuring in several sectors such as energy, water, mobility, and transportation, among others.

We provide legal consulting in the design and evaluation of public policies, the definition of the legal viability of projects, the definition of new business models and / or the improvement of existing businesses.

Transactional advisory and contractual management for project development: We advise on transactions related to projects of different industries by providing our legal knowledge on such businesses and the legal vision on the corresponding regulatory and administrative aspects. For such purposes we act in an articulated manner with other practice areas of the Firm, forming a single work force for the benefit of the client. We also provide support in contractual management during the life of the project.

Public procurement, public and administrative law: We approach our advisory in public procurement as a strategic exercise in which we build, hand in hand with our clients, the necessary analysis to make the decisions that these processes require in order to achieve a viable, efficient and competitive participation of the client.

We permanently advise on public law and administrative law issues, which are crucial to the dynamics between public and private actors.

Our Projects M&A practice area works together with our teams of infrastructure, public law, tax, banking and finance, competition, labor, dispute resolution, real estate, and regulatory practices in order to provide comprehensive legal assistance. Our experience allows us to conduct multi-jurisdictional matters and provide advice to our clients during all the stages of a business transaction, offering pragmatic business solutions; and our clients benefit from receiving advice from a leader in the global stage.