Business success depends not only on good operational management, but also on a solid legal structure that drives growth and minimizes risks.
We provide strategic advice on company formation and restructuring, mergers, acquisitions and corporate governance, helping companies to operate with legal certainty and efficiency.
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The Simplified Stock Corporation (SAS) offers the greatest flexibility for structuring capital, issuing shares, incorporating investors, and establishing internal rules that adapt to the projected growth of the business. However, if it is an international company, a branch of a foreign company would be a more suitable corporate structure in Colombia.
It is necessary to draft clear bylaws, register the company with the Chamber of Commerce, obtain a Tax Identification Number (NIT), register with the Single Taxpayer Registry (RUT), enroll employees in the social security system, and comply with initial tax obligations. Legal support ensures efficiency and stability from the outset.
Due legal, administrative and financial due diligence must be carried out, hidden liabilities must be identified, strategic contracts must be reviewed, regulatory compliance must be verified and the ownership and corporate governance structure must be analyzed.
It is the system that regulates the relationship between shareholders, managers, and oversight bodies. It strengthens transparency, improves decision-making, and minimizes reputational, financial, and legal risks. Good corporate governance increases the company’s value to third parties.
During periods of expansion, changes in the business model, the entry of new investors, reorganization of operational lines, or in the face of financial crises, a timely restructuring can align the business with its strategic purpose.
Clauses on decision-making at meetings, restrictions on the sale of shares, preferential acquisition rights, mechanisms to resolve conflicts between partners and clear rules for the entry or exit of capital.
This can lead to internal conflicts, dilution of control, exposure of partners’ assets, and difficulties in accessing financing or attracting institutional investors.
A merger involves the integration of two or more companies into a single legal entity.
In an acquisition, one company takes control of another while both maintain their legal existence, although with operational and strategic subordination.
Through well-designed bylaws, shareholder agreements, and succession or retirement protocols that guarantee operational continuity, confidentiality, and balance in decision-making
Internal auditors, statutory auditors, and oversight boards not only monitor regulatory compliance, but also strengthen transparency, prevent reputational risks, and support the confidence of investors, partners, and financial institutions.
