Jaime Trujillo is a principal of the global law firm Baker McKenzie. His practice focuses on advising multinational clients on transactional matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions and private equity deals in Colombia, the Andean Region and Central America, among others. He is a graduate of Universidad de los Andes (J.D.) (1988) and of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M. International Business Law) (1994). He has also played a significant role in the leadership of Baker McKenzie, as the Firm’s Acting Global Chair, a member of the Firm’s Global Executive Committee, the chair of its Latin American Regional Council and its Financial Committee, the  Managing Partner in Colombia, and the leader of Baker McKenzie’s Latin America Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity Practice Group.

Jaime has been a member of the board of directors of the Colombian subsidiary of a major international bank, the chairman of the Council of American Companies in Colombia (Consejo de Empresas Americanas, CEA) the chairman of the Colombian Chamber of Law Firms (Cámara de Servicios Legales – ANDI), the chairman of the board of governors of one of the most reputable international schools in Bogotá and a member of the board (committee) of the Vance Center for International Justice in New York and the Fundación Pro Bono Colombia. He helped establish Baker McKenzie’s global pro bono practice, its pro bono Latin American pro bono practice and is the pro bono partner in Baker McKenzie’s Colombia office.