OUR MISSION

The mission of our law firm is to provide responsible, excellent and timely legal and business services, within the highest ethical, professional, quality and confidentiality standards.

OBJECTIVE

The objective of Legal & Business Consulting is to provide our clients an integrated legal and business service, which enables them to strengthen and optimize their corporate processes internally and with third parties, while pursuing excellence and cost efficiency.

We believe that companies, which manage important projects, require an adequate balance between legal and business advisory and an optimum management of the alternatives and risks involved in their business.

Legal & Business Consulting shall contribute to the development of practical and sustainable solutions, tailored in accordance to the special requirements of your company.

LEGAL SERVICES

1. OIL AND GAS LAW. Legal & Business Consulting may provide legal support to your company before the National Agency of Hydrocarbons (ANH) and Ecopetrol, to enter into competitive processes to award areas, such as rounds and public auctions for Technical Evaluation Agreements (TEA) and Exploration and Production Agreements (E&P). We also have a wide experience in drafting contracts such as:

  • Farm In and Farm Out Agreements;
  • Joint Operation Agreements (JOA);
  • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Letter of Intent (LOI);
  • Construction of gas and oil pipelines;
  • Engineering, construction and Acquisition of facilities;
  • Oil Services;
  • Drilling Agreements;
  • Seismic Agreements;
  • Construction of locations and wells Agreements;
  • Turnkey Agreements;
  • Engineering Procurement and Contracting (EPC).

2. GAS REGULATIONS AND CONSULTANCY. Drafting and revision of agreements regarding production, transport, distribution commerce, distribution and purchase and sale of gas abroad and in Colombia, under current regulations in force and Resolutions issued by the Commission of Gas and Energy Regulation – CRAG. Legal advice related to gas industry activities, including production, transport, distribution, purchase and sale. Accompaniment and representation of your company at the Gas and Energy Regulation–CREG, Superintendency of Services and Superintendency of Industry and Commerce. Submission of proposals regarding exploitation of gas associated to coal and proposals of gas exploitation discoveries during oil exploitation before the ANH, based on the regulation of exploitation of hydrocarbons and the Ministry of Mines and Energy on the matter.

3. MINING LAW. Legal & Business Consulting provides legal assistance before the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Ingeominas and National Mining Agency (ANM).

Legal & Business Consulting also has experience in drafting the following contracts:

  • Farm In and Farm Out Agreements;
  • Joint Operation Agreements (JOA);
  • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Letter of Intent (LOI);
  • Contracts for Mining Concessions;
  • Tender processes of Mining Concessions;
  • Negotiation of Mining Easements and its proceedings;
  • Assignment of Mining Contracts;
  • Mining subcontracts;
  • Study of Mining Titles from the prior regime such as: Exploration and Exploitation Licenses, Operating Licenses and Mining Contributions;
  • Register of Mining Contracts before the AMC.