Description
In today’s context of great environmental, social and economic challenges, companies and sustainable investments play a crucial role in structuring new business models thar are way more connected to the environment in which they are intended, more respectful and aligned with well-being, diversity, inclusion and transparency to achieve a fairer and more equitable society.
We are the first law firm in Colombia with an industry team, whose proposal and expertise provides a broad portfolio of services offered by an interdisciplinary group of professionals, experts in the main topics associated with the ESG and Impact Investment agenda, among which the following are:
- Sustainable Business.
- Green financing.
- Governance, Compliance and Crisis Management.
- Human rights and business.
- Energy transition.
- Impact investment.
- Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality.
- B and BIC companies.
Our main goal is to help companies in the transition towards a new business model, supporting them in their efforts to align policies with the new standard of environmental, social and governance responsibility.
Our partners:
SERVICES PORTFOLIO
B and BIC Companies
- Advice on the implementation of equity standards in compensation plans, and coordination of salary conditions and extra-legal benefits.
- Advice on reports and deliverables to the Ministry of Labor, and others on wage equity standards.
- Advice on the creation of extra-legal benefit plans and compensation schemes.
- Design and implementation of benefits and training plans; training and professional habilitation for workers; and grants and forgivable loan programs.
- Assistance in termination processes with workers, and inclusion of non-economic benefits such as professional reorientation programs.
- Design of plans for participation for workers in society.
- Formulation of health and wellness plans and policies aligned with SG-SST standards.
- Design of nutritional, mental and physical health strategies, as part of the SG-SST Annual Plan and epidemiological surveillance programs.
- Accompaniment in the management of cases of workplace harassment and preventive and corrective measures.
- Implementation of home-office schemes, as well as flexible and compensable days.
- Assistance in internal audit processes.
Corporate and Commercial Affairs
- Advice and training for the implementation and development of the legal and regulatory requirements set for B companies or for Benefit and Collective Interest companies (BIC). This includes, among others, the corporate obligations of companies and, in the case of BICs, the implications of being incorporated as such.
- Assistance in establishment of BIC companies.
- In the case of a previously established company, we will provide assistance regarding the bylaws reform process in order to modify the company's name and corporate purpose.
- Assistance in the process of modifying the composition of the governing bodies within companies to guarantee the inclusion required in the laws for BIC companies.
- Assistance in the fulfillment of the annual obligations of the company, including among others, the preparation of the management report that the legal representative must submit in relation to the company regarding activities of benefit of collective interest.
- Draft and/or verification of the contracts, leases and/or agreements that the company enters into by virtue of the development of its corporate purpose as a BIC or B company.
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