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AZC Abogados Among the 50 Largest Law Firms in Colombia.

In a recent recognition granted by Semana and Dinero magazines, our firm has been included in the list of the 50 largest law firms in Colombia. This...

September 18, 2023

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AZC ABOGADOS THE BEST IP FIRM IN COLOMBIA IN 2020

Aug 21, 2020

AZC donates nearly a ton of food to the Archdiocese of Cali

May 26, 2020

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AZC launches system for consulting regulations associated with COVID-19

In light of the current health emergency and the constant issuance of new legal provisions by Colombian entities, hundreds of new provisions have been issued on various matters, which are scattered and, in most cases, difficult to access.

Mar 26, 2020

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AZC Group's Contingency Plan in Response to the Public Health Emergency Situation

In light of the public health emergency ordered by Resolution 385 of March 12, 2020, issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, the measures and recommendations issued...

Mar 16, 2020

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Interview in AZC with Dr. Esteban Piedrahita, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Cali.

In AZC we invite Dr. Esteban Piedrahita Uribe, president of the @camaracali, former general director of the (DNP) of Colombia and economist of the @Harvard to talk about the challenges facing the Colombian business...

Jan 31, 2020

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AZC ABOGADOS, THE BEST IP FIRM IN COLOMBIA IN 2019

AZC abogados was awarded as the best IP firm in Colombia in 2019 (Best IP Law Firm 2019 – Colombia) by the European business magazine, Acquisitions...

Sep 17, 2019

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AZC ABOGADOS NOMINATED IN EUROPE FOR MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Acquisition International, a British business magazine, has nominated AZC abogados for the "AI Legal Awards", where the most outstanding firms worldwide will be chosen for their demonstrated excellence in the industry, thus serving as a guide to highlight the best firms in the sector...

Jul 23, 2019

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AZC Affiliated with Fedesoft

AZC Abogados, a proactive and forward-thinking firm that drives innovation, competitiveness, and internationalization, and specializes in Intellectual Property, is pleased to announce its affiliation with the Colombian federation of the software industry and related information technologies (FEDESOFT), being the first legal consulting firm in southwestern Colombia to join this select group.

Jul 30, 2018

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Protection of Airline Users, New Goal of Aeronautical Authorities and the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce.

The purpose of this article is to inform about the behavior of airlines regarding non-compliance with the Consumer Statute, and the obligations arising from the provision of air passenger transport services...

August 31, 2017

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Protection of Airline Users, New Goal of Aeronautical Authorities and the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce.

Personal Data Protection: Colombia Reaching Out to the World.

Personal Data Protection in Colombia is defined by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (hereinafter SIC) as follows: "The Law that recognizes and protects the right of all individuals to know, update, and rectify information that has been collected about them in databases or files that may be processed by public or private entities."

August 31, 2017

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Personal Data Protection: Colombia Reaching Out to the World.

How to Register Software? Procedure in Colombia and the United States

Individuals wishing to register a literary or artistic work, including a computer program such as software, must register with the Copyright Office of the National Directorate of Copyright and submit the following documents...

July 28, 2017

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How to Register Software? Procedure in Colombia and the United States

What You Should Know About Copyright

Copyright is defined by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as those "creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, as well as symbols, names, and images used in commerce,"...

May 26, 2017

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AZC abogados, new advisor to Hero Motocorp on personal data protection matters.

Hero MotoCorp Ltd, formerly Hero Honda Motors Ltd., chose AZC abogados as its legal advisors on personal data protection matters, thus joining the multinational companies that receive the support of our firm in Colombia.

May 26, 2017

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AZC abogados, new advisor to Hero Motocorp on personal data protection matters.

Trademarked App by AZC Lawyers Receives International Award

The mobile application "Guaral," developed by researchers from the International Center for Training and Medical Research (CIDEIM) and the i2T research group at Icesi University in Cali, whose trademark registration is handled by the intellectual property area of AZC lawyers, has received an award in London for enabling residents of Colombian jungle areas to identify whether they have cutaneous leishmaniasis.

May 10, 2017

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Trademarked App by AZC Lawyers Receives International Award

What You Should Know About Photo Tickets and the Legal Requirements for Their Validity

Although the administrative authority has the sanctioning power, it inherently involves a procedure to make the sanction or measure effective. Therefore, according to Article 29 of the Constitution, due process must be guaranteed, as well as the principles of legality and publicity. The former is understood as the requirement that the norm must pre-exist the sanction, and the latter means that every administrative act must be notified to the person it affects in the case of a specific administrative act, or published and disseminated to the affected community in the case of a general administrative act.

May 2, 2017

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What You Should Know About Photo Tickets and the Legal Requirements for Their Validity

Billing Errors That Can Make Collection of Your Portfolio Unfeasible

Article 772 of the Commercial Code establishes that the Negotiable Invoice is a negotiable instrument that the seller or service provider may issue, deliver, or send to the buyer or beneficiary of the service...

March 31, 2017

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Billing Errors That Can Make Collection of Your Portfolio Unfeasible

Frequently Asked Questions for Patent Registration

What is an invention patent? It is a set of exclusive rights granted by the State to an inventor. These rights include the possibility of exclusively exploiting the invention economically...

February 20, 2017

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Frequently Asked Questions for Patent Registration

Insolvency of Non-Merchant Natural Persons

Insolvency is a legal situation in which a person cannot meet the payments they must make, because these exceed their available economic resources...

January 24, 2017

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Insolvency of Non-Merchant Natural Persons

Law on Secured Transactions: Elimination of the Prohibition of the Commissory Pact.

The growing number of small and medium-sized enterprises nationwide, which due to their economic conditions face a barrier or limitation in accessing credit services, starting from...

November 18, 2016

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Law on Secured Transactions: Elimination of the Prohibition of the Commissory Pact.

Decree extended the deadline for registration of databases of legal entities and set a term for individuals and public entities.

Decree No. 1759 of November 8, 2016, extended the deadline for the registration of databases with the National Database Registry (RNBD). This...

November 9, 2016

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Decree extended the deadline for registration of databases of legal entities and set a term for individuals and public entities.

Software Registration in the US by AZC Lawyers

On August 24, the intellectual property area of AZC Lawyers obtained the registration of the software "SAFE CANDY" before the Copyright Office of...

October 21, 2016

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Software Registration in the US by AZC Lawyers

What You Should Know About Insolvency of Non-Merchant Natural Persons

In ruling C-699 of 2007, the Constitutional Court urged Congress, within its legislative configuration powers, to issue a universal regime to which non-merchant natural persons in insolvency could adhere...

October 6, 2016

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What You Should Know About Insolvency of Non-Merchant Natural Persons

A Brief Approach to the Legal Regulation of Offshore Companies in Colombia

Offshore companies are legal entities characterized by being incorporated in a certain State, but their activities are carried out in other jurisdictions. The International Monetary Fund...

October 5, 2016

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A Brief Approach to the Legal Regulation of Offshore Companies in Colombia

EPS, IPS, and Their Staff Are Jointly Liable for Medical Acts

The medical act is understood as any activity through which the physician commits to employing their skills to cure the patient; for this purpose, it inherently includes the duty to perform tasks aimed at diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, or surgical intervention required for the patient's recovery[1]. On the other hand, this activity concretizes the physician-patient relationship, which carries an associated risk, given the high possibility of causing sequelae, injuries, or limitations to legally protected interests.

September 12, 2016

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EPS, IPS, and Their Staff Are Jointly Liable for Medical Acts

State Liability: Imputation Criteria for Compensation of Conscripted Soldiers.

In Colombia, Article 10 of Law 48 of 1993 establishes that "every Colombian male is obliged to define his military status from the date he reaches the age of majority, except for high school students, who will define it when they obtain their high school diploma"; this public burden imposed on Colombian males is served as conscripts; that is, those soldiers who are recruited compulsorily and enter as regular, high school graduate, or peasant soldiers. It is therefore of vital importance to differentiate between the soldier who performs compulsory military service and the one who does so voluntarily or as a career, because the legal regime applicable to damages that may be caused during military service is different.

September 9, 2016

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State Liability: Imputation Criteria for Compensation of Conscripted Soldiers.

The Importance of Family Protocols in the Strategic Planning of Family Businesses

The family protocol is a written document that clearly expresses the relationship between family members and the company's management policies. Therefore, there is an interrelation between business planning and family planning, whose main objective is not to eliminate conflicts but to ensure they do not arise.

September 6, 2016

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The Importance of Family Protocols in the Strategic Planning of Family Businesses

AZC attorneys, a company that innovates in the legal sector - El País Newspaper

AZC attorneys was featured in the Leaders and Business section of El País Newspaper, the most important print media in the region, under the title...

August 3, 2016

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AZC attorneys, a company that innovates in the legal sector - El País Newspaper

AZC attorneys in the DINERO MAGAZINE ranking

Dinero magazine, one of the most prestigious business publications in Colombia, dedicated its most recent edition to analyzing the legal services sector from different perspectives...

July 25, 2016

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AZC attorneys in the DINERO MAGAZINE ranking

AZC attorneys, a benchmark in the special edition of the business newspaper "La República"

In the special edition of the business newspaper La República, circulating today in its digital and print versions, our firm was one of the protagonists alongside the most prominent in the sector nationwide.

June 22, 2016

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AZC attorneys, a benchmark in the special edition of the business newspaper "La República"

We Are Now AZC Abogados — New Corporate Image

AZ Consultores presents its new corporate image "AZC Abogados". This change responds to the focus on providing increasingly specialized legal services and the recognition achieved in the market.

June 1, 2016

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We Are Now AZC Abogados — New Corporate Image

"Municipalities are guarantors of the right to peace and quiet against noise pollution" Constitutional Court

It is common in the commercial world to find establishments that, in the use and execution of their commercial activity, do not correctly or exactly comply with the regulations imposed...

April 20, 2016

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"Municipalities are guarantors of the right to peace and quiet against noise pollution" Constitutional Court

App Registered by AZC Featured by CNN in Spanish

CNN in Spanish featured the "Spectra" App, currently the only application that helps monitor and collect data for the control of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. AZC is advancing the protection of its intellectual property.

March 15, 2016

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App registered by AZC featured by CNN in Spanish

CNN in Spanish highlighted the "Spectra" App within the article titled "A Colombian app helps control Chikungunya", being currently the only application that...

February 1, 2016

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Successful Completion of Project with the Mayor's Office of Palmira

The execution of the consulting contract entered into between AZ Consultores and the Mayor's Office of Palmira has been successfully completed, with all deliverables having been received to full satisfaction.

January 15, 2016

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Successful Completion of Project with the Mayor's Office of Palmira

Purchase of Airline Tickets – Your Right to Withdraw or Rescind

Despite the frequency with which Colombians use air transportation, those who act as consumers of this service have entered a state of misinformation, ignorance, and even confusion regarding the rights that assist them...

January 6, 2016

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Purchase of Airline Tickets – Your Right to Withdraw or Rescind

AZ Consultores Opens Its New Offices in Bucaramanga

AZ Consultores held the opening of its third office nationwide and the first in Bucaramanga, establishing the eastern branch from which all matters of the region will be handled.

December 1, 2015

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AZ Consultores Opens Its New Offices in Bucaramanga

Major Alliance Sealed Between AZC and Marca Colombia

AZC sealed a major strategic alliance with Marca Colombia, the national program that promotes the country's image abroad, strengthening the firm's international presence.

June 1, 2015

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Major Alliance Sealed Between AZC and Marca Colombia

AZC Selected as Advisory Firm for Ecopetrol S.A.

Through a selection process, AZ Consultores was chosen as advisor and representative of Ecopetrol S.A. in matters of Administrative, Labor, Civil, and Constitutional Law in western Colombia.

March 1, 2015

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AZC Selected as Advisory Firm for Ecopetrol S.A.

AZC new labor advisor to the Mayor's Office of Palmira

Through a merit-based competitive process, AZ Consultores was selected by the Mayor's Office of Palmira to advise them on collective labor law and extra-legal conventional benefits.

October 15, 2014

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AZC new labor advisor to the Mayor's Office of Palmira

AZC Among Colombia's Most Outstanding Law Firms

The business newspaper "La República" distinguished AZ Consultores as one of the country's most outstanding law firms, in its July 24, 2014 edition.

July 24, 2014

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AZC Among Colombia's Most Outstanding Law Firms

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