The Foro de Gerencias Legales Bogotá 2026 will take place on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at the Metropolitan Club in Bogotá. For the third consecutive year, Bogotá will host this leading event for analyzing the main challenges facing corporate legal departments in Colombia and Latin America.
The meeting, organized by Gericó Associates, will bring together general counsel, legal directors, experts in compliance, financial regulation and energy, as well as partners from leading firms, to discuss the impact of regulatory, technological and economic transformation on the corporate legal function.
The event is sponsored by Esguerra JHR, Akerman, Pinilla, González & Prieto, Bigle and Fabio Humar Abogados.
Throughout the day, the forum will address how legal areas are evolving to respond to an environment marked by digitalization, regulatory pressure and the regional expansion of companies, with one of the central themes being the advancement of new frontiers in financial regulation, where Colombian supervision, the rise of fintech, crypto assets and artificial intelligence are redefining legal strategies for business expansion.
The meeting will also delve into the challenges of compliance, anti-money laundering, and anti-corruption, analyzing how extraterritorial standards such as the FCPA and UKBA are transforming risk management in companies with operations in Colombia and Latin America. It will also address the increasing complexity of megaprojects and large-scale contracts, focusing on dispute prevention mechanisms such as dispute boards, early warning clauses, and arbitration in construction contracts.
The program will also incorporate a strategic vision on legal talent in transformation, analyzing the new demands in leadership, retention and governance of artificial intelligence to train the general counsel of the future.
Regarding the challenges in taxation and legal management, topics will range from transfer pricing to digital taxation, as well as best practices in the prevention, documentation and resolution of tax disputes in the region.
Finally, the forum will address the key role of legal departments in the energy transition and sustainability, with special attention to environmental regulation and the development of renewable energy in Latin America.
Confirmed panelists include Alejandra Gómez, legal manager and general secretary of Oleoducto Central SA (OCENSA); Alejandro Mejía, partner at Esguerra JHR; Álvaro Tovar, legal counsel for contracts at COMCEL SA; Ángela Bedoya, head of legal at Bia Energy SAS; César González, director of criminal, disciplinary, and compliance law at Pinilla, González & Prieto Abogados; Claudia Mora, partner and director of energy and corporate law at the same firm; Erick Castellanos, senior legal advisor at Ecopetrol; Fabio Humar, partner at Fabio Humar Abogados; Felisa Baena, legal services leader at Summa, Centro de Servicios Digital; Freddy Navarrete and Guillermo Caez, partners at Esguerra JHR; Guillermo Poveda, head of legal and compliance for the Americas at Xebia; Leonardo Berrío, general counsel at ESENTTIA; and Loredana De Trizio Ayala, litigation manager in the legal vice presidency of Grupo Energía. Luis A. Pérez, chair of Latin America and the Caribbean Practice and co-office managing partner of Akerman; and Sandra Jiménez, legal manager of Sinohydro Corporation Limited Peru Branch.
With this edition, the Foro de Gerencias Legales Bogotá 2026 reinforces its position as a platform for exchange among legal leaders in the corporate field, at a time when the legal function is acquiring an increasingly strategic role for business competitiveness.
Bogotá is thus consolidating itself as a key point for the analysis of legal trends in Latin America, in an environment where regulation, sustainability and technological innovation are redefining the role of legal management.
