User talk:Ashabangar/sandbox

Summary: 9Alliance is an international law firm founded in Bogota, D.C., Colombia by Pilar Rattan in 1997. The firm has over 20 employees operating in the main office in Colombia and also internationally in the United Kingdom, the United States, India and other LAC countries.

No. employees: 20 Date founded: 1997 Website: http://9alliance.co/ Revenue:

History of the firm: Pilar Rattan initially held a government post in the Republic of Colombia where she was an administrative looking at the infractions incurred by foreign investors in Colombia. During this time she found herself in a socially compromising situation as she noticed that most of the investors were being sanctioned for basic reasons such as lack of awareness of the local law and lack of proper legal representation. Moreover, foreign investment was heavily needed during that time in Colombia as that was an important factor for the economy. This is when she decided to create International Law Consultants (ILC) to provide solutions to investors and companies who wanted to carry out businesses in Colombia in a more secure way. She soon realized it was not only legal or constitutional matters that needed to be dealt with but that the investors needed guidance through all the decisions and thus she decided that the firm should be multidisciplinary and not only a law firm in order to give a full coverage to their clients.

The first steps of the firm were taken in 1997 with Grupo Bimbo, a multinational bakery product manufacturing company, headquartered in Mexico, as well as Vitro, the largest glass producer in Mexico that wanted representation in Colombia.

After 2000, with the change of the millennium, the firm wanted to reestablish and relaunch itself by offering new services such as 9Juris. The firm started being contracted by companies such as Hewlett Packard, Böhler and CasaLuker due to the punctuality of it’s services and it’s multifaceted capabilities. In this sense the firm was a pioneer in Colombia for modifying what used to be the back office by creating platform for investors where all services can be found under one corporate house.

In 2010, ILC changed it’s name to 9Alliance due to internationalization and global alliances.

Notable clients and cases: Bimbo Böhler Hewlett Packard Casa Luker Isagen Samsung Decameron RCN Television eTb ISOIN Royce’ Seres Alpina Omega Energy Colombia Ibeaser Zehirut Group Coditeq Grupo Coremar La Huerta de Oriente