SEERIL IBA meeting held in Bogotá
We were delighted to host the Power Law Committee lunch during the SEERIL IBA meeting held in Bogotá. Assisting clients in developing clear energy projects in our jurisdictions is a shared interest and it was great to see so many friends and colleagues again.
New Appointments Strengthen Latin American & Caribbean Regional Committee
Alliott Global Alliance (‘AGA’) is delighted to announce the recent appointment of lawyers Gabriela Mancero and José Cruz Campillo to its Latin America & Caribbean Regional Advisory Committee.
AGA is one of the largest and fastest growing global multidisciplinary alliances, with 220 law and accounting firms operating out of 300 offices in 95 countries.
Gabriela Mancero, Partner at Peña Mancero Abogados in Bogota, Colombia, and José Cruz Campillo, Managing Partner at Ulises Cabrera in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, will serve maximum five-year terms which became effective 1st January 2024.
The alliance’s regional committees form an important part of AGA’s governance structure by representing the members’ interests and views in their respective regions and by driving forward the region’s strategy in consultation with the Board and Executive Office team. AGA now has law and accounting firm representation in 16 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Gabriela Mancero comments:
“I am delighted to have been appointed to the Latin America & Caribbean Regional Advisory Committee. Our alliance continues to appoint high calibre, independent professional firms that offer a wide range of expertise to domestic and foreign clients operating in Latin America, the Caribbean and in all other main world regions and I am excited to have the chance to contribute to the next chapter of the alliance’s strategic planning.”
José Cruz Campillo said:
“This is an excellent opportunity to help develop AGA’s strong presence further across Latin America and the Caribbean and to be an advocate for the interests and views of our AGA colleagues across the region, developing recommendations and strategies effectively and collaboratively into 2024 and in future. It is an honor to have been appointed.”
Danilo Mininel, Chair of the Latin America & Caribbean Advisory Committee, adds:
“In 2024 and beyond, we will be continuing our focus to expand AGA in Latin America and the Caribbean, and I am therefore delighted with the appointment of Gabriela and José who will be instrumental in supporting our development targets for the region. These appointments reflect our continued commitment to ensuring we have the right people on the team to help move us forward over the next few years.”
Giles Brake, Alliott Global Alliance’s CEO, concludes:
“Our alliance in the Latin America & Caribbean region has gone from strength to strength in recent years. The appointment of these two talented and committed lawyers to the committee will further the alliance’s ambitions in the region and help us to reach the next level. I look forward to working closely with Gabriela and José in the years to come.”
About Alliott Global Alliance:
Founded in 1979, and with 220 firms operating out of 300 offices in 95 countries Alliott Global Alliance is an international alliance of independent, law, accounting, and specialist advisory firms, working across the world Together as One.
Each of our members share a common goal: to learn and share knowledge, resources, and opportunities to make the world smaller and their businesses stronger. We work with a spirit of generosity and openness — so that together, we can continue to fulfil our ambitions, gain greater experience, and drive mutual success.
Alliott Global Alliance is expanding fast, and the alliance has its sights set firmly on growing its legal and accounting membership to 100 countries. Opportunities are available to independent professional firms in specific countries in Africa, Europe, China, the ASEAN region, Australasia, the Gulf Cooperation Council region, Central and South America and in North America.
2023 Worldwide Conference: CEO Summary
Excellence Awards winners
Our inaugural Excellence Awards recognised those member firms that had excelled and gone the extra mile in initiatives aligned with our wider business goals and their own. Congratulations to all this year’s winners (see below).
International Business Development
Overall Winner: ICS Bagimsiz Denetim (Turkey)
Outstanding Achievement (Accounting Firm): Prasad & Company (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement (Law Firm): Peña Mancero Abogados (Colombia)
AGA Brand Ambassador
Global Winner: Sherrards (UK)
Outstanding Achievement (Accounting Firm): SUMM (Denmark)
Outstanding Achievement (Law Firm): Wołoszański & Partners Law Firm (Poland)
Innovator
Global Winner: Wołoszański & Partners Law Firm (Poland)
Outstanding Achievement: Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott (USA)
Global Citizenship
Global Winner: Linkenheimer (USA)
Outstanding Achievement: ICS Bagimsiz Denetim (Turkey)
Peña Mancero Abogados (PMA) announces the opening of new office in Barranquilla
Legal services provider Peña Mancero Abogados announced today the opening of its new office in Barranquilla.
Known for being the “Golden Gate of Colombia”, Barranquilla has a port infrastructure comprising more than 20 port concessions and a dozen terminals in one, which allows transport of all types of cargo to the rest of the country and the world.
The practice in Barranquilla will be led by Jaime Tello, who has over 25 years of experience and will strengthen the firm’s foreign trade practice area. Jaime is also an arbitrator with the Chambers of Commerce of Barranquilla and Santa Marta.
“Barranquilla is one of the most important hubs in Colombia and probably the most prominent and developed city of all the Caribbean region. Our office in this city provides us with a unique opportunity to serve both Colombian clients wishing to expand internationally and foreign clients who wish to do business in Colombia,” said Daniel Peña, founding partner of the firm.
The opening of a new office in Barranquilla continues the firm’s expansion trend since its joining Alliott Global Alliance, the international network of accounting and law firms with presence in 95 countries.
ALLIOTT GLOBAL ALLIANCE has been ranked in the highest band (band 1) of Law Firm Networks
We are delighted to announce our global alliance (AGA) has been ranked in the highest band (band 1) of Law Firm Networks by Chambers and Partners for 2023. This is powerful validation of AGA and our ability to coordinate our clients’ representation in nearly 100 countries worldwide.
Annual conference International Distribution Institute (IDI) in Madrid
Our senior associate María Fernanda González participated in the International Distribution Institute (IDI) annual conference held in Madrid. Honored to be the Colombian member for distribution and agency agreements.
Partner Daniel Peña participates in the conference: smart contracts of the Commission for Commercial Practices of the CCI
Daniel Peña, socio de Peña Mancero Abogados participó como conferencista en evento de la Comisión de Prácticas Mercantiles de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional que tuvo lugar en el auditorio de la CCB de la sede de Chapinero, donde expuso todo lo relacionado con Smart Contracts: conceptos, la formas, el consentimiento, la prueba y conflictos de leyes en los contratos inteligentes.
La conferencia abordó la evolución de la forma y el consentimiento como elementos estructurales del negocio jurídico, teniendo como punto de partida los contratos WEB (‘cliqueo’ y navegación) hasta los contratos inteligentes (Smart Contracts) en sistema de información automatizados con garantía de integridad y autenticidad de información.