COLOMBIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Javier Franco, Franco & Abogados Asociados
Franco & Abogados Asociados is a boutique law firm, with its headquarters in Bogotá, Colombia. The firm specialises in maritime/ports/transportation/ logistics-related issues and has ample experience in representing and/or providing advice to several lo - cal and international clients (including ship-owners, carriers, freight-forwarders, P&I clubs, fixed-premium
insurance companies and reinsurers), in both con - tentious and non-contentious matters around the country. The firm has developed a comprehensive legal portfolio within the ambit of the practice areas in which it operates, and always aims to provide its services in compliance with the highest standards of quality and reliability.
Author
Javier Franco is a partner at Franco & Abogados Asociados. He is a specialist in Maritime Law at Universidad Externado de Colombia.
He has an LLM with distinction in International Commercial Law and Maritime Law from Swansea University, Wales, UK. Among others, he is former President of the Colombian Maritime Law Association (ACOLDEMAR), Titulary Member of the Comité Maritime International (CMI), and a member of the Customs and Trade Facilitation Commission of the Colombian Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Colombia). He is author of the book Legal Aspects of Commercial Logistics and Logistics Service Contracts. He is also Director of the Trade Facilitation and Sustainability Working Group at the Center for Ocean Policy and Economics (COPE, USA).
Franco & Abogados Asociados Calle 75 No 13 – 51 Of. 408 Ed. Corinto Bogotá Colombia Tel: +57 1 703 5633 Email: jfranco@francoabogados.com.co Web: www.francoabogados.com.co
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