ECIJA opens in Colombia
Ecija has started operations in Colombia through the integration of MBCR Abogados
Two months after its landing in Argentina, ECIJA undertakes a new project in Latin America and manages to open operations in Colombia through the integration of the law firm MBCR. With this move, the Firm continues its relentless growth strategy and reinforces its leadership as the Spanish law firm with the largest presence in Latin America, adding a total of 27 offices in 16 countries, 14 of them in the Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic). It also has 145 partners and more than 750 professionals worldwide.
ECIJA’s new office in Colombia is a full-service law firm, one of the leading firms in the market in the Competition, TMT and Entertainment practices. The firm also stands out for its Intellectual Property, Corporate and M&A, National and International Arbitration and Public Policy areas. Regarding its industry expertise, the firm has extensive experience in banking, energy, retail, utilities, urban and rural real estate, and pharmaceuticals. In the area of media and entertainment, the law firm stands out for having advised film and television productions that have been international hits on digital platforms and linear channels in different countries.
ECIJA’s team in Colombia adds 6 new partners and 30 professionals to the global structure of the law firm and will be led by Pablo Márquez, Julio Castañeda, Carlos Hugo Ramírez, Patricia Renjifo, Camilo Ramírez and Lorena Garnica. This team has first-class professional credentials, having been part of, among others, the competition authority and economic regulatory bodies in Colombia and, in turn, from the private sector, holding positions as directors of legal counsel for major multinationals in different sectors.
This new movement of the Firm in the American continent responds to the growth pattern of the firm in recent years, based on a disruptive model in the legal sector, which combines owned offices and offices under management ownership, a model that departs from the traditional formats of law firms, which has been decisive in the exponential growth of ECIJA.
Hugo Écija, founding partner and executive chairman of ECIJA highlighted “Latin America has been and is a priority for the Firm. With the new opening in Colombia, one of the most important legal markets in the region, ECIJA not only manages to position itself as a Latin American leader but also strengthens its office structure to accompany its clients in their internationalization process”.
Pablo Márquez, managing partner of ECIJA Colombia, said “We are very excited about this decision, which will allow us to make a quantitative and qualitative leap in our services. Both firms share significant expertise in information technology, media, telecommunications and intellectual property, which will strengthen the Firm in the region”.
ECIJA, one of the Ibero-American firms that have grown the most in the last years, has incorporated a total of 7 firms into its structure since 2020, entering Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina. According to the president of ECIJA, the integration with MBCR is an important step in the Firm’s internationalization strategy and will be followed by others that are expected to be announced in the coming months.
About ECIJA
ECIJA is one of the full-service firms of reference in the Spanish market, leader in TMT, Intellectual Property and Data Protection, as recognized by international directories such as Chambers & Partners or The Legal 500. It has been recognized by The Lawyer as the best TMT firm in Europe and by Financial Times among the twenty most innovative firms in the continent. Its relevance in the Spanish market has been recognized by Expansión and Forbes, which have highlighted it as the best firm in Digital Economy in Spain. ECIJA has a team of 145 partners and more than 750 professionals globally, being the Latin American firm with the largest presence in Latin America. ECIJA has offices in Spain, Portugal, United States, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina and Colombia
About ECIJA Colombia
ECIJA’s new office in Colombia was born in 2015 as a full-service law firm for corporate and private clients, government and multilateral organizations, offering services in the areas of competition practice, information technology law, entertainment and telecommunications, corporate law, labour, intellectual property, national and international arbitration, government, regulation and public policy. The firm has extensive experience in telecommunications, banking, energy, utilities, retail, pharmaceuticals, urban and rural real estate.
