Mr Carlos Felipe Pinilla Acevedo > Pinilla González & Prieto Abogados > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

Leveraging its premier real estate offering, Pinilla González & Prieto Abogados is primarily noted for its focus on defending and promoting the rights and interests of Colombian construction and real estate companies. The team is additionally distinguished by its ‘constant efforts to understand the needs of the client’ and its ‘effective planning of legal strategies to best solve any case’. Óscar Martínez maintains a thriving disputes practice, with a focus on liability, private property protection, and insolvency, among other issues; he is representing Icono Urbano in proceedings initiated by a group of Bogota restaurants relating to damages caused to a building adjacent to the construction of a hotel. Martínez co-heads the group together with managing partner Felipe Pinilla, whose litigation practice is informed by his activity in corporate disputes, criminal law, and tax-related matters; and associate César Augusto Gónzalez, who specialises in criminal and disciplinary law. Civil litigation-focused associate Margarita María Hurtado is also recommended.

Standing as a benchmark for real estate law in Colombia, Pinilla González & Prieto Abogados’ group impresses with its ‘first-class lawyers’ and ‘remarkable level of experience’, according to sources. The comprehensive practice spans the full spectrum of industry issues, from regulatory matters through to real estate financing and project development. Fielding one of the deepest real estate benches in the market, the group includes go-to specialist Juan Manuel González, who is widely recognised as a dean of the real estate bar. González teamed up with urban law head Ángela Caicedo, transactional real estate expert Felipe Pinilla, and corporate law partner Julián Rojas to advise Cemex Colombia on the development of almost 400 hectares of land in Bogotá. Other key names include urban planning specialist Sandra Milena Lizcano — who co-heads the department together with González and Caicedo — and Camilo Hermida, who ‘provides impeccable service’. The experienced Susana Mowerman Ocampo is noted at associate. Laura Carolina Mesa Fonseca was promoted to managing associate in October 2023. Luis Miguel González left the firm in September 2023.