Ignacio Orrego Rojo

Professional profile

Extensive experience in Civil, Labor, Criminal, Administrative, Commercial and Insurance Law across all lines, from both a technical and a legal standpoint. Handling of insurance claims and loss adjustment. Collection of mortgage and executory loan portfolios; title examination. Banking and Insurance Adviser. Adviser to construction companies on performance and construction stability bonds and mortgage loans. Expert in the laws and decrees governing the UPAC and UVR systems and Ley de Vivienda 546/99. Specialized in Labor Law. Conciliator in Law.

Experience and achievements 7

• Independent Practice of Law. Bogotá, D. C. External counsel to Central de Inversiones S. A. CISA: legal opinions, advisory services, attorney of record in mortgage-backed and ordinary executory proceedings. External counsel to Banco Central Hipotecario: legal opinions, banking advisory services, attorney of record in mortgage-backed executory proceedings and labor proceedings. External counsel to Davivienda: executory proceedings secured by mortgages or pledges. External counsel to La Previsora S. A. Compañía de Seguros. External counsel to Colseguros: advisory services and legal opinions; ordinary and executory proceedings. External counsel to Caja Popular Cooperativa and Coopcentral: executory proceedings. Counsel to Arklow Constructora Ltda. Conciliator in Law and lecturer on Insurance Conciliation at the Centro de Conciliación de CONALBOS. Advisory services in drafting laws and decrees on UPAC, UVR, Ley de Vivienda 546/99 and the Código Nacional de Tránsito. National President of the Corporación Colegio Nacional de Abogados de Colombia “Conalbos”; Vice President of the Bogotá Chapter of “Conalbos”. Adviser to the Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia in drafting the Proyecto de ley de Colegiatura de Abogados, and promoter of mandatory bar membership within the legal profession. November 1, 1985 to date
• Manager of the insurance agency PROTECCIÓN JURÍDICA LTDA for more than 20 years.
• La Previsora, S. A. Compañía de Seguros: Head of the Insurance Division, Head of the Automobile Department: Deputy Head of Human Relations, Deputy Head of the Fire Department, Deputy Head and Head of the Automobile Department, handling of claims and loss adjustment. Head of the Insurance Division nationwide. Responsible for managing the Company’s insurance and budget and for coordinating its insurance plans and programs, including taking part in drafting and designing the global fidelity policy for public entities and its collection through coercive jurisdiction, the deductible waiver clause for automobiles of public entities, life insurance for judges, prosecutors and other authorities at high risk from public-order threats, and compulsory automobile insurance. Performance and construction stability bonds for contractors. Fidelity policies for the private and public sectors. August 2, 1976 to October 24, 1985
• Liberty de Seguros, S. A. (formerly La Libertad de Seguros): Deputy Head of the Fire and Theft Department. Risk Inspector, Analyst and Loss Adjuster. September 12, 1974 to July 23, 1976
• Suramericana de Seguros, Bogotá: Inspector, Loss Adjuster, Document Reviewer April 23, 1972 to September 9, 1974
• Juzgado 28 de Instrucción Criminal (28th Criminal Investigation Court), Bogotá: Court Clerk. Court Clerk. February 2, 1972 – April 22, 1972
• Secretaría de Educación (S). Teacher. Teacher. January 1, 1970 – December 31, 1971

Professional education 9

• Lawyer. Universidad Libre de Colombia. Bogotá. December 1976
• Professional License 16.638 issued by the Consejo Superior de la Judicatura.
• Degree obtained: Doctor of Law and Social Sciences.
• Thesis: Insurance Legislation
• Specialization in Labor Law. Universidad Nacional, Bogotá: 2 years. 1982 and 1983
• Degree obtained: Specialist in Labor Law

Diplomas and seminars 5

• Diploma in Conciliation: Universidad La Gran Colombia.
• Seminar “The Path of Conciliation” (“La ruta de la conciliación”), Comité Intercentros de Conciliación y Arbitraje.
• Seminar on the Adversarial Criminal Justice System. Agreement between the Fiscalía General de la Nación and the Corporación Colegio Nacional de Abogados “CONALBOS”, Bogotá Chapter.
• Negotiation Skills Seminar, Banco Central Hipotecario.
• Conciliation Seminar: Conalbos, Bogotá. 1998

Continuing education seminars

Risk Inspection, Industrial Safety, Business Management Techniques, Civil, Labor and Procedural Law, Adversarial Criminal Justice System, Conciliation, Computer Systems, Windows, Excel, Power Point.

Languages 3

• English. Instituto Colombo-Americano, Bogotá. 1990
• English. Hallandale Adult Community –Center 1000 Southwest 3rd. Street Hallandale, Florida, U. S. A. 1991
• Languages: Proficient in English and French

Countries visited 8

• United States
• England
• Belgium
• The Netherlands
• Luxembourg
• France
• Spain
• Venezuela and Ecuador

Advisory services and engagements

Banking and insurance adviser with extensive experience in all matters relating to insurance claims and loss adjustment, title examination, mortgages, subrogations, the Commercial Registry and company incorporation. Participated in drafting and revising laws and decrees on the UPAC and UVR systems, Ley de Vivienda 546/99, the Código Nacional de Tránsito, Colegiatura de Abogados, and the traditional lending system of the B. C. H. Studies and planning for past-due loan portfolios. Conciliator at the Centro de Conciliación de Conalbos.

Associations and memberships 5

• Full Member (Miembro de Número) of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Derecho del Trabajo.
• Member of the Asociación Nacional de Abogados Litigantes “ANDAL”.
• Member of the Colegio Nacional de Abogados “CONALBOS”. National President; Vice President, “CONALBOS” Bogotá Chapter.
• Member of the Asociación Colombiana de Derecho de Seguros “ACOLDESE”.
• Member of the Asociación de Egresados de la Universidad Libre “ADEUL”.