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Summer Internship 2015

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| The Firm

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Who are we?

Brigard & Urrutia

• Founded in 1934, Brigard & Urrutia is one of the most

prominent full-service law firms in Latin America.

• Our firm provides integral legal advice in all related areas

of business law to a clientele composed by national and

foreign companies with presence in different sectors such

as, industrial, commercial and services, banks and other

financial institutions, private equity funds, insurance

companies, governmental agencies and corporations

• We build a relationship with our clients that is based

around the deep commitment we take on with them,

whereby not only are we their legal advisers, we are also

strategic counselors who foster success in their

transactions.

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Brigard & Urrutia Awards

Legal 500: English publication of great

international recognition, in its first

edition for Latin America, awarded

Brigard & Urrutia the highest rating in

several areas of practice.

Chambers & Partners: English

publication specialized in research of the

global market of law firms, has

recognized Brigard & Urrutia with the

colombian Law Firm of the Year award

2014.

Chambers Latin America: highlighted a

large number of practice areas and

recognized the efforts of the

organization to position itself not only in

the traditional areas of business law, but

for our specialization in different growing

industries.

IFLR 1000 awarded the distinction as

“Firm of the Year in Colombia” to Brigard

& Urrutia in 2012

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Who are we?

Brigard & Castro

• Brigard & Castro has an experience of more than fifty years in the field

of intellectual property

• The firm has a deep knowledge in all matters related with industrial

property and copyright.

• The Firm has been positioned as a leader in the field of IP in

Colombia, through an excellent reputation and the quality of their

services .

• For several consecutive years, the firm has been ranked as the best

Colombian firms in the field of IP.

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Brigard & Castro Awards

Brigard & Castro has been named for more than

three consecutive years as band one in

intellectual property topics in the English

publication Chambers and Partners.

Brigard & Castro has been named for three

consecutive years as the firm of the year in

Colombia in intellectual property topics according

Managing Intellectual Property of Euromoney

group.

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| Summer Internship

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The Internship

“My experience Brigard & Urrutia was for

me the direct acces to a new legal

horizon and a new way of thinking and

learning the legal work.

This program allowed me a unique

enrichment in an environment conducive

to professional and personal development

where one grows daily through mutual

intellectual exchange. Thanks for

everything.”

Quentin Logie

Universidad de Versalles

2010 Summer Intern

Why do the summer internship in

Brigard & Urrutia - Brigard y Castro?

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• Interns will learn from inside the operation of a law

firm, after get involved as new members in B&U

B&C.

• They may have the opportunity to work in the

different Teams of High Performance.

• Work with our attorneys and may have direct

approach to the practice of the profession.

• Participate in activities of training and professional

development.

Which are the activities of the Interns in the firm?

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The Internship

• Students of the best schools of law in

Colombia and abroad, with

outstanding academic performance,

excellent personal qualifications and

English-Spanish language skills.

• People with talent and initiative who

want to have the experience of

working for a few weeks in one of the

best law firms in Latin America.

What are we looking for?

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The Internship

• After receiving the recommendations

from the universities and the resumes

of the interested students, we

interview and pre-select the

candidates that fulfill the requirements

of the profile established.

• Finally, the Coordinating Team of the

Internship selects those students with

the best academic credentials and

personal qualities, conforming a solid

group capable to assume and

respond to the challenge of being

Summer Intern of B&U and B&C

How do we select our summer interns?

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The Internship

• It you are interested in applying for our

selection process tor the Summer

Internship 2015, please send us your

resume to the email

pasantiasdeverano@bu.com.co,

enclosing a letter in which you explain

the reasons of your interest in the

program (part in English and Part in

Spanish).

• For more information about Brigard &

Urrutia and Brigard & Castro, our

practice areas and/or our Summer

Internship program, please access our

web page www.bu.com.co

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