COLOMBIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Javier Franco, Franco & Abogados Asociados
Franco & Abogados Asociados is a boutique law firm, with its headquarters in Bogotá, Co - lombia. The firm specialises in maritime/ports/ transportation/logistics-related issues and has ample experience in representing and/or pro - viding advice to several local and international clients (including ship-owners, carriers, freight- forwarders, P&I clubs, fixed-premium insurance
companies and reinsurers), in both contentious and non-contentious matters around the coun - try. 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 high - est standards of quality and reliability.
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Javier Franco is a partner at Franco & Abogados Asociados, and is past President of the Colombian MLA, a member of the Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law, a titulary member
the group of experts appointed by the National Maritime Authority to prepare the first version of the Draft Maritime Code. Javier has written several articles within the ambit of transportation/maritime law, and authored a book (published in 2014) entitled “Legal aspects of logistics and logistics service contracts”. He also lectures on maritime/ transportation law at Externado University.
of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) and a member of the CMI’s International Working Group on Lex Maritima. He was a member of
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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