MPA/PDA Derecho Punitivo y Riesgos Corporativos

Providing ‘top-level corporate criminal law support’, boutique firm MPA/PDA Derecho Punitivo y Riesgos Corporativos specialises in punitive law and corporate risk, litigation and criminal compliance work. From its platforms in Bogotá, Barranquilla, Medellín and Manizales, the group is well versed across all of Colombia’s key economic sectors, but it is particularly recognised for its record in the financial services sector, where -notably- it advises 87% of the country’s banks. Criminal law expert Mauricio Pava Lugo is a conjuez of both the Supreme Court’s criminal chamber and of the National Electoral Council; he is equipped to handle the full range of white-collar crime and compliance matters, from advising on the design of preventative corporate defence plans, through to complex criminal sanctions issues. The group also draws on the senior experience of Barranquilla-based Andrés Díaz Arana, who co-heads the department; and Jacobo González Cortés, who leads the punitive law and virtual financial risks units. Counsel Daniel Guio, who specialises in compliance programmes and litigation management, is also singled out by sources as a ’practical, disciplined and a very good lawyer’.