Shareholder's fiduciary duty of loyalty as a remedy for abuses in stock corporations

En este trabajo se pretende realizar una revisión del deber de lealtad debido por el accionista mayoritario en sociedades de capital. Los deberes fiduciarios son estándares de conducta para quienes desarrollan labores de confianza. El deber de lealtad en una sociedad implica que se debe actuar en su mejor interés. En Colombia, el deber de lealtad actualmente está consagrado para los administradores de la sociedad; no existe uno aplicable al controlante. Se busca conocer cómo opera este deber en otras jurisdicciones que si lo reconocen en cabeza del controlante para revisar los hallazgos desde una perspectiva colombiana.This investigation seeks out to research the fiduciary duty of loyalty that is owed by controlling shareholders in stock corporations. Fiduciary duties are standards of conduct that are imposed on those who undertake activities or relationships characterized by a high level of trust. In the context of corporations, a fiduciary duty of loyalty implies that one must act in the corporation's best interests. In Colombia, the fiduciary duty of loyalty is imposed by law upon the directors of corporations; however, its not imposed upon controlling shareholders. This investigation seeks out to describe how the fiduciary duty of loyalty is applied in foreign jurisdictions that do acknowledge it as enforceable against controlling shareholders, in order to then analyze the findings from a colombian perspective.Abogado (a)Pregrad