Competition protection

The Deputy for Competition Protection prevents and investigates conduct restrictive of competition and ensures the protection of Free Economic Competition in all markets in the country. The main purposes of the Office to create a culture of competition through preventive and corrective functions of the markets are the welfare of consumers, economic efficiency in national markets and the free participation of companies in the markets. 

International forums and organizations

  • International Competition Network (ICN)
  • Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • American Bar Association – Antitrust Law Section (ABA)
  • George Washington University (GWU)
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Deputy Superintendent for Competition Protection

Ingrid Soraya Ortiz Baquero

Lawyer from the Externado University of Colombia, specializing in Commercial Law from the same university. Master's degree in Contractual and Extracontractual, Civil, and State Liability from the Externado University of Colombia. Diploma of Advanced Studies in Commercial Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Master's degree in Consumer Law from the University of Castilla la Mancha. Expert in Spanish Law from the University of Alcalá de Henares. Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Alcalá de Henares. She is a fellow of the Autonomous University of Madrid for a research stay at the University of Trento.

She holds a PhD in Commercial Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid, earning her doctoral thesis in civil liability for anticompetitive acts, receiving a summa cumme laude distinction.

A tutor and later coordinator and assistant director of the Commercial Law Department, she became a research professor and director of the Competition Law, Intellectual Property, and Consumer Law Research Line of the Colombian and Comparative Commercial Law Research Group. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in competition law, consumer law, market protection, and vertical restraints, and is also a lecturer and author of several articles and research papers on these topics. Additionally, since 2021, she has served as Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Externado de Colombia Law School.

In her professional practice, she has served as a lawyer at Guzmán Escobar y Asociados and as a senior associate attorney specializing in national and international administrative law and arbitration at the firm Chemás Asesores, where she has worked for over 25 years.

Contact point for international affairs

Nicolás Mauricio Mejia Saba

International Affairs Professional

Liaison for Competition Protection

c.nmejia@sic.gov.co

International Cooperation

Agreement Year of signature (2009-2020) Deputy Superintendence involved       Declaration of Technical Cooperation between ONUDI (UN) – SIC 2020 Legal Metrology Memorandum Of Understanding between OMPI (UN) - SIC 2020 Industrial Property Memorandum Of

Colombia and the OIML

The International Organization of Legal Metrology is an intergovernmental organization which: o    Develops model regulations, standards and related documents for use by legal metrology authorities and industry.o    Provides mutual recognition systems which reduce

Colombia and the Iberoamerican Data Protection Network (RIPD)

The Iberoamerican Data Protection Network (RIPD), arises from the agreement reached at the Iberoamerican Data Protection Meeting (EIPD) held in La Antigua, Guatemala, from June 1 to 6, 2003, with the assistance of representatives of 14 Ibero-American countries. Aware of the important role that data

About ICPEN

The International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network (ICPEN) is a membership organization consisting of consumer protection law enforcement authorities from across the globe. ICPEN provides a forum for developing and maintaining regular contact between consumer protection agencies and focusing

Colombia and ICN

The International Competition Network (ICN) is a virtual and informal network whose objective is to facilitate cooperation between worldwide competition authorities. Its creation occurred in 2001, after the publication of the Final Report of the Advisory Policy Committee on International

Colombia and OECD

Since 2011, the Government of Colombia has expressed its interest in becoming member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD is an international organism that has as primary goal the promotion of “Better Policies for Better Lives”. Founded in 1961 and has as

Colombia and WIPO

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, created in 1970,  it has 188 States Members. Colombia has been a member since May 1980. It administers twenty-six (26) multilateral treaties. Colombia is a State Party in twelve (12) of them

APPA (Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities)

APPA is a forum for privacy authorities in the Asia Pacific region. It gives privacy authorities in the region an opportunity to form partnerships, discuss best practices and share information on emerging technology, trends and changes to privacy regulation.  APPA members convene twice a year

GPA (Global Privacy Assembly)

The Global Privacy Assembly first met in 1979 as the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners. The Assembly has been the premier global forum for data protection and privacy authorities for more than four decades. The Assembly seeks to provide leadership at

CAN (Andean community)

The “Andean Community” is an intergovernmental organization composed by Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru with the aim to promote the expansion of markets and guarantee an effective economic development to the region. In 2020 Colombia assumed the 2020 – 2021 Presidency of the Andean Community

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