Practice area
Litigation and Arbitration
We represent companies and shareholders in civil, commercial, corporate and administrative disputes, before both the ordinary courts and arbitral tribunals. Strategy is settled before filing: we assess evidentiary viability and the settlement scenario against the real cost of litigating.
Scope
Litigation and Arbitration services
- Enforcement proceedings and judicial debt recovery
- Civil and commercial litigation
- Corporate and shareholder disputes
- Arbitral tribunals
- Conciliation hearings
- Constitutional actions
- Proceedings before the administrative courts
- Consumer protection litigation before the SIC
- Insolvency and corporate intervention
Who handles it
Lawyers in this practice
Common questions
Questions about litigation and arbitration
- How long does commercial litigation take in Colombia?
- An ordinary commercial claim commonly runs three to five years across both instances. Arbitration usually resolves within months, which is why contracts with meaningful value are often drafted with an arbitration clause from the outset.
- Are foreign arbitral awards enforceable in Colombia?
- Yes. Colombia is a party to the New York Convention, so foreign awards are recognised and enforced subject to the limited grounds for refusal set out in the Convention and in Colombian arbitration legislation.