{"id":581,"date":"2024-04-23T17:01:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T22:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upwyse.co\/mta\/?page_id=581"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:57:18","slug":"somos-pioneros","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/en\/somos-pioneros\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneers in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"581\" class=\"elementor elementor-581\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1828317 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1828317\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5d8cc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5d8cc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pioneers in Colombia<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a20d76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a20d76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4361_-1536x465.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1092\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4361_-1536x465.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4361_-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4361_-1024x310.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4361_-768x232.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_4361_.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b970354 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b970354\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5aeead e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5aeead\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d4da34 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d4da34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f6145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46f6145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">We have always been ready and willing to innovate and explore, taking on the most complex transactions, problematic litigation cases and challenging projects with the aim of improving the national and international legal landscape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08183a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08183a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Our founding partner, Diego Mu\u00f1oz Tamayo, set the tone with the firm\u00b4s first endeavors, advising on large-scale privatizations in Colombia, including the transfer of the highest volume of state-owned assets the country has yet seen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8eafe7 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8eafe7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7718b74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-timeline\" data-id=\"7718b74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-jet-timeline jet-elements\"><div class=\"jet-timeline jet-timeline--align-center jet-timeline--align-middle\">\n\t<div class=\"jet-timeline__line\"><div class=\"jet-timeline__line-progress\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"jet-timeline-list\"><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-4e10746 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1217\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/k-suit-against-sky.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1158\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/k-suit-against-sky.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/k-suit-against-sky-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/k-suit-against-sky-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/k-suit-against-sky-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/k-suit-against-sky-1536x748.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/k-suit-against-sky-2048x997.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">1992 - 1993<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Right to Good Name and Representation<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">Diego Mu\u00f1oz Tamayo successfully presented the first constitutional protection action (acci\u00f3n de tutela) of fundamental rights that obliged the media to correct published false information that harmed a person\u00b4s reputation.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">1992 - 1993<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-a2fb2fa jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/strong-electric-power-tower-2023-11-27-05-14-49-utaac-min-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1117\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/strong-electric-power-tower-2023-11-27-05-14-49-utaac-min-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/strong-electric-power-tower-2023-11-27-05-14-49-utaac-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/strong-electric-power-tower-2023-11-27-05-14-49-utaac-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/strong-electric-power-tower-2023-11-27-05-14-49-utaac-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/strong-electric-power-tower-2023-11-27-05-14-49-utaac-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/strong-electric-power-tower-2023-11-27-05-14-49-utaac-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">1994-2007<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Privatization<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">Diego Mu\u00f1oz Tamayo and his team were at the forefront of privatization processes in Colombia. MTA acted as legal counsel for government agencies in the sale of a very significant percentage of the assets in the gas and electric energy sectors, with a total transaction value exceeding US$5 billion (the equivalent of US$9 billion in 2021 prices).<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">1994-2007<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-26bf374 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d-in-sunny-2023-11-27-05-19-17-utc-min-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1128\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d-in-sunny-2023-11-27-05-19-17-utc-min-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d-in-sunny-2023-11-27-05-19-17-utc-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d-in-sunny-2023-11-27-05-19-17-utc-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d-in-sunny-2023-11-27-05-19-17-utc-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d-in-sunny-2023-11-27-05-19-17-utc-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/d-in-sunny-2023-11-27-05-19-17-utc-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">1996<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Privatization by Means of Successive Stock Offerings<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">MTA continues as the leading privatization law firm in Colombia through devising a groundbreaking move: the implementation of a privatization process through successive stock offerings. Although this legal instrument had been created in 1995, MTA\u00b4s move marked the first time it was used in Colombia.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">1996<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-4529e3e jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1669\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ana-indsds-evora-portugal-2023-11-27-05-29-39-utc-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1119\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ana-indsds-evora-portugal-2023-11-27-05-29-39-utc-min.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ana-indsds-evora-portugal-2023-11-27-05-29-39-utc-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ana-indsds-evora-portugal-2023-11-27-05-29-39-utc-min-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ana-indsds-evora-portugal-2023-11-27-05-29-39-utc-min-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ana-indsds-evora-portugal-2023-11-27-05-29-39-utc-min-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ana-indsds-evora-portugal-2023-11-27-05-29-39-utc-min-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2000<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Change in Procedural Case Law<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">The firm expanded the scope of interpretation of the procedural law sentence based on a ruling of the Constitutional Court by which mental illness was recognized as a disabling health factor that allows the suspension of judicial proceedings. The firm expanded the scope of interpretation of the procedural law sentence based on a ruling of the Constitutional Court by which mental illness was recognized as a disabling health factor that allows the suspension of judicial proceedings.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2000<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-43a59c7 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/telescope-2024-12-13-00-57-04-utc-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1123\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/telescope-2024-12-13-00-57-04-utc-min.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/telescope-2024-12-13-00-57-04-utc-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/telescope-2024-12-13-00-57-04-utc-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/telescope-2024-12-13-00-57-04-utc-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/telescope-2024-12-13-00-57-04-utc-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/telescope-2024-12-13-00-57-04-utc-min-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2001 - 2004<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Corporate Restructuring<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">While Law 550 of 1990 was in force the firm was at the forefront of the first restructuring of a company in the telecommunications sector, at the time, one of the largest ever in Colombia. This corporate restructuring started the trend for many to follow as the country\u2019s development continues.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2001 - 2004<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-0060075 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/27-05-0-25-utc-min-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1137\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/27-05-0-25-utc-min-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/27-05-0-25-utc-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/27-05-0-25-utc-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/27-05-0-25-utc-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/27-05-0-25-utc-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/27-05-0-25-utc-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2002<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Protection for Minority Shareholders<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">In the first case of this type in Colombia, MTA achieved effective protection for minority shareholders from the former Colombian Securities Commission.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2002<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-a11dff6 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1669\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/llinn-2023-11-27-04-59-40-utc-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1143\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/llinn-2023-11-27-04-59-40-utc-min.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/llinn-2023-11-27-04-59-40-utc-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/llinn-2023-11-27-04-59-40-utc-min-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/llinn-2023-11-27-04-59-40-utc-min-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/llinn-2023-11-27-04-59-40-utc-min-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/llinn-2023-11-27-04-59-40-utc-min-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2002 - 2004<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Good Corporate Governance Practices<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">The firm designed and drafted the first Good Corporate Governance practices for a Colombian state entity.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2002 - 2004<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-c53fe2d jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/asset-21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1139\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/asset-21.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/asset-21-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/asset-21-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/asset-21-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2003<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">First Unwinding of a State Entity by Means of an Operational Trust<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">MTA designed the legal and contractual structure for the first unwinding of a state entity, Telecom. The integrity of the assets whose value exceeded US$4 billion was protected by means of a trust structure.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2003<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-0c01bdc jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1814\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/he-2023-11-27-05-02-19-utc-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1146\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/he-2023-11-27-05-02-19-utc-min.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/he-2023-11-27-05-02-19-utc-min-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/he-2023-11-27-05-02-19-utc-min-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/he-2023-11-27-05-02-19-utc-min-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/he-2023-11-27-05-02-19-utc-min-1536x1115.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/he-2023-11-27-05-02-19-utc-min-2048x1486.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2004<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Privatization Doctrine<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">Diego Mu\u00f1oz Tamayo wrote the first book about privatization in Colombia, which remains the most authoritative doctrinal source on this topic.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2004<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-092a5cb jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/credit-card-woman-hands-and-mobile-phone-for-ecom-2023-11-27-05-25-59-utc-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1145\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/credit-card-woman-hands-and-mobile-phone-for-ecom-2023-11-27-05-25-59-utc-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/credit-card-woman-hands-and-mobile-phone-for-ecom-2023-11-27-05-25-59-utc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/credit-card-woman-hands-and-mobile-phone-for-ecom-2023-11-27-05-25-59-utc-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/credit-card-woman-hands-and-mobile-phone-for-ecom-2023-11-27-05-25-59-utc-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/credit-card-woman-hands-and-mobile-phone-for-ecom-2023-11-27-05-25-59-utc-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/credit-card-woman-hands-and-mobile-phone-for-ecom-2023-11-27-05-25-59-utc-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2004<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Electronic Commerce Law<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">Diego Mu\u00f1oz Tamayo presided over an arbitration tribunal where evidence was presented by means of video conference, applying the legal basis for the Law of Electronic Commerce for the first time in the country.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2004<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-4d1b032 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1668\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e-building-2023-11-27-05-23-37-utc-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1162\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e-building-2023-11-27-05-23-37-utc-min.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e-building-2023-11-27-05-23-37-utc-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e-building-2023-11-27-05-23-37-utc-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e-building-2023-11-27-05-23-37-utc-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e-building-2023-11-27-05-23-37-utc-min-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/e-building-2023-11-27-05-23-37-utc-min-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2005 - 2009<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Purchase of Non- and Underperforming Asset Portfolios<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">The firm designed the contractual structure that allowed foreign financial entities for the first time to buy underperforming credit portfolios in Colombia.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2005 - 2009<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-bc6642d jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-25.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-627\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-25.jpeg 1060w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-25-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-25-1024x623.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-25-768x467.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2006<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">\u201cVirtual Competitor\u201d in Privatizations<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">MTA designed and carried out a virtual mechanism for privatization procedures by using a sealed envelope which contained a hidden minimum price below which the state would not sell. The undisclosed minimum was only revealed after the offers from interested parties were made public. Although later judicially challenged, this mechanism prevailed.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2006<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-76a291a jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_27151789-min.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1259\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_27151789-min.png 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_27151789-min-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_27151789-min-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_27151789-min-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_27151789-min-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_27151789-min-2048x1366.png 2048w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_27151789-min-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2006 - 2009<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Changes in the Regulatory Framework in the Healthcare Sector<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">Diverse administrative and judicial actions undertaken by the firm have produced important changes in the framework and regulatory development of the social security health system in Colombia.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2006 - 2009<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-fac620e jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a-2023-11-27-05-13-48-utc.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1152\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a-2023-11-27-05-13-48-utc.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a-2023-11-27-05-13-48-utc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a-2023-11-27-05-13-48-utc-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a-2023-11-27-05-13-48-utc-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a-2023-11-27-05-13-48-utc-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/a-2023-11-27-05-13-48-utc-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2007 - 2008<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Mechanisms for Clean Development<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">MTA structured and participated in the initial trials for the implementation of carbon emission mechanisms for clean development.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2007 - 2008<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-48e18cb jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1663\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bla-2023-11-27-04-51-43-utc.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1150\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bla-2023-11-27-04-51-43-utc.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bla-2023-11-27-04-51-43-utc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bla-2023-11-27-04-51-43-utc-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bla-2023-11-27-04-51-43-utc-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bla-2023-11-27-04-51-43-utc-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bla-2023-11-27-04-51-43-utc-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2008 - 2009<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Regulatory Correction by Means of a Writ of Protection<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">The firm made groundbreaking use of a constitutional rights protection action by using one as an instrument of regulatory correction, obtaining a historic ruling from the Constitutional Court of Colombia. Sentence T\u2013760 of 2008 redefined the regulatory framework of the healthcare sector.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2008 - 2009<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-61a8c37 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1319\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/countries-against-t-2025-01-09-01-52-05-utc-min.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1257\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/countries-against-t-2025-01-09-01-52-05-utc-min.png 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/countries-against-t-2025-01-09-01-52-05-utc-min-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/countries-against-t-2025-01-09-01-52-05-utc-min-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/countries-against-t-2025-01-09-01-52-05-utc-min-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/countries-against-t-2025-01-09-01-52-05-utc-min-1536x810.png 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/countries-against-t-2025-01-09-01-52-05-utc-min-2048x1081.png 2048w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/countries-against-t-2025-01-09-01-52-05-utc-min-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2008 - 2009<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">International Claim<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">MTA was a pioneer in filing the first international foreign investor claim against the Republic of Colombia under a bilateral investment treaty.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2008 - 2009<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-23b46f5 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-30.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-632\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-30.jpeg 1060w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-30-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-30-1024x623.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-30-768x467.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2010-2011<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Leniency Program<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">The firm advised on the first leniency program in Colombia under the Law 1340 of 2009.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2010-2011<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-431aeaa jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/me-2023-11-27-05-34-34-utc-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1165\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/me-2023-11-27-05-34-34-utc-min.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/me-2023-11-27-05-34-34-utc-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/me-2023-11-27-05-34-34-utc-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/me-2023-11-27-05-34-34-utc-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/me-2023-11-27-05-34-34-utc-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/me-2023-11-27-05-34-34-utc-min-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2011<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Good Faith Standards in the Performance of Contracts<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">Diego Mu\u00f1oz Tamayo presided over an arbitration tribunal that extended the principle of good faith in the performance of contracts, linking it to good corporate governance practices, company values and business social responsibility.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2011<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-9f1ffa9 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-32.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-634\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-32.jpeg 1060w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-32-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-32-1024x623.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-32-768x467.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2013<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Abuse of Majority Rights by Shareholders<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">MTA won the first case in Colombian history for the annulment of a decision adopted through the abusive exercise of majority vote, before the mercantile proceedings jurisdiction of the Superintendence of Corporations.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2013<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-400035c jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1666\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/against-2023-11-27-04-50-00-utc-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1153\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/against-2023-11-27-04-50-00-utc-min.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/against-2023-11-27-04-50-00-utc-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/against-2023-11-27-04-50-00-utc-min-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/against-2023-11-27-04-50-00-utc-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/against-2023-11-27-04-50-00-utc-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/against-2023-11-27-04-50-00-utc-min-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2014 - 2015<\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Environmental Liabilities<\/h5><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">The firm\u2019s environmental team helped develop a regulatory strategy for the intervention of areas affected by abandoned mining activities for which the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME), a Special Administrative Unit of the National Energy Commission, was responsible.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2014 - 2015<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-f7d38e1 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1060\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/mtalegal.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/asset-34.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full 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