Projects
Projects
Corporate and Commercial Law
Duran & Osorio is considered one of the most relevant firms in Colombia in terms of telecommunications, media and technology consulting.
Our experience dates back almost twenty years, since the liberalization process of the networks and services market in Colombia began, until the recent introduction of Internet-based services. During all these years, through our participation in significant transactions, we have managed to accumulate important knowledge of the sector and have consolidated our image as a firm that combines legal and regulatory knowledge with the understanding of the technical particularities and financial requirements of this industry.
This practice area is responsible for aspects related to the telecommunications regime such as the registration of operators, obtaining permits for the use of the spectrum and advising on the application of the regulatory framework. Likewise, the firm has advised state entities in the development of new regulations and has participated in merger and acquisition transactions of operators.
Other aspects dealt with by this practice area correspond to those related to audiovisual media, which include the authorization of TV operators, advice on content distribution contracts for television and OTT schemes.
Also part of this practice area is advice on the legal regime of personal data and, in particular, advice on the execution of contracts under the science and technology regime.
Customers:
We are very proud of been nominated in three different categories at the prestigious P3 Bulletin Awards.
Duran & Osorio was shortlisted for Legal Advisor Of The Year and two of the projects the firm advised (Bosa Hospital and First Bogota Metro Line) were nominated too.
We are very proud of been nominated in three different categories at the prestigious P3 Bulletin Awards.
Duran & Osorio was shortlisted for Legal Advisor Of The Year and two of the projects the firm advised (Bosa Hospital and First Bogota Metro Line) were nominated too.
We are very proud of been nominated in three different categories at the prestigious P3 Bulletin Awards.
Duran & Osorio was shortlisted for Legal Advisor Of The Year and two of the projects the firm advised (Bosa Hospital and First Bogota Metro Line) were nominated too.
We are very proud of been nominated in three different categories at the prestigious P3 Bulletin Awards.
Duran & Osorio was shortlisted for Legal Advisor Of The Year and two of the projects the firm advised (Bosa Hospital and First Bogota Metro Line) were nominated too.
We are very proud of been nominated in three different categories at the prestigious P3 Bulletin Awards.
Duran & Osorio was shortlisted for Legal Advisor Of The Year and two of the projects the firm advised (Bosa Hospital and First Bogota Metro Line) were nominated too.
We are very proud of been nominated in three different categories at the prestigious P3 Bulletin Awards.
Duran & Osorio was shortlisted for Legal Advisor Of The Year and two of the projects the firm advised (Bosa Hospital and First Bogota Metro Line) were nominated too.
We are very proud of been nominated in three different categories at the prestigious P3 Bulletin Awards.
Duran & Osorio was shortlisted for Legal Advisor Of The Year and two of the projects the firm advised (Bosa Hospital and First Bogota Metro Line) were nominated too.
Gabriel Taboada
Partner
Gabriel is co-managing partner of Durán & Osorio, which he founded in 1994. With more than 30 years of experience, he has an exceptional background in litigation and public law consultancy.
He has been involved in most of Colombia’s major public transportation and infrastructure projects over the past 25 years and was a member of the Presidential Infrastructure Commission that operated in 2019 and 2020. In 2022, he was awarded the Knights Cross of the National Order for Merit in Infrastructure (Presidential Decree 1102).
Beyond his legal practice, Gabriel has held several high-level government positions, including Securities Superintendent (head of Colombia’s capital markets watchdog), Managing Director of the National Institute for Social Housing and Urban Redevelopment (INURBE), General Director of Economic Regulation at the Ministry of Finance, and General Director of Banking at the Banking Superintendence. As a government official, he played a key role in drafting legislation and regulations on financial markets, securities, housing, transportation, corporate governance, and white-collar crime.
Currently, Gabriel leads our litigation and public law consultancy practices, heads our flagship Good Governance & Anti-Corruption Team, and serves as an A-list arbitrator for the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.
Education
Lawyer. Universidad de los Andes.
Graduate Degree in Financial Legislation. Universidad de los Andes.
Graduate Degree in Banking. Universidad de los Andes
Masters in Public Administration. Harvard University.
Languages
Español, Inglés
Contact
Practice areas
Litigios, Derecho Financiero, Energía e Industrias Extractivas, Derecho Comercial y Corporativo