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Catalina Arango

Catalina Arango

Catalina Arango is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property and Competition practice at Pérez-Llorca. Since beginning her career in 2005, she has focused on the management and administration of industrial property portfolios in Colombia and abroad, advising clients across diverse sectors on intellectual property regulation, copyright, competition law, and related litigation. She also advises companies on expansion strategies, including franchise models, and provides ongoing support in the structuring and protection of intangible assets. She has provided comprehensive legal support to leading national and international companies. She has advised Disney and TIS Productions on intellectual property matters related to audiovisual productions and supported major corporations such as Bancolombia, Celsia, Almacenes Éxito, and M.P. Galagro in the management of trademark portfolios, copyright protection, and strategies to prevent anticompetitive practices. Her experience includes designing innovation systems, notably for ISA, and implementing Legal Design workshops that integrate user-centred approaches into legal processes.
David Araque

David Araque

David Araque is Partner and head of the Dispute Resolution practice at Pérez-Llorca. With more than two decades of experience, he is widely recognised for his expertise in domestic and international litigation and arbitration, particularly in complex disputes arising in construction and infrastructure, industrial procurement, energy, commercial distribution, and mergers and acquisition. He also has a strong track record advising on litigation prevention and liability, and has defended multinational clients in class actions and public interest lawsuits relating to environmental, consumer protection, and personal injury matters. David has acted as counsel in domestic and international arbitrations involving EPC and FIDIC contracts for wind farms, aqueduct systems, and infrastructure concessions. He has represented clients in shareholder and M&A-related disputes, hydrocarbon sector arbitrations, and commercial litigation concerning distribution and agency agreements. His experience also includes defending Fortune 500 companies in class actions in Colombia and providing expert advice on Colombian law in cross-border disputes.
William Araque

William Araque

William serves as a Of Counsel in the Litigation & Conflict Resolution practice group, with over 42 years’ experience in commercial litigation, arbitration and business law. Araque advises national and international companies on complex commercial contracts, distribution arrangements, Colombian procedural law and dispute resolution, representing clients before ordinary courts and domestic arbitration tribunals. Has participated in more than 75 arbitration proceedings under the rules of the Chambers of Commerce of Bogotá, Medellín and Pereira, involving aggregate claims exceeding USD 2.5 billion. He has represented companies in the pharmaceutical, consumer goods, automotive and commercial sectors in class and group actions, commercial distribution and agency disputes, consumer protection matters, and contractual and non-contractual liability proceedings.
Patricia Arrázola

Patricia Arrázola

Patricia Arrázola-Bustillo is a Partner and Head of the Energy & Natural Resources practice at Pérez-Llorca. Drawing on over three decades of experience, she is recognised as a pivotal advisor in Colombia’s energy and mining sectors, guiding both domestic and international clients on corporate, regulatory, and transactional matters. Her practice encompasses privatisations, acquisitions, project development, and regulatory compliance, combining technical expertise with a strategic business perspective.
Carolina Bobillier

Carolina Bobillier

Carolina Bobillier is a Partner in Pérez-Llorca’s Tax practice. With over two decades of experience, she focuses on estate and wealth tax planning for families, corporate tax structuring, and cross-border asset protection mechanisms. Her work also covers tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, and the structuring of entrepreneurial ventures and startups. In addition, she has developed significant expertise in advising nonprofit organisations, particularly those subject to Colombia’s special tax regime.
Lina Correa

Lina Correa

Lina is Director of Energy & Natural Resources practice. Expert on structure of Colombia’s environmental legal regime, mining and energy project regulation, and environmental oversight. Advises on legal frameworks governing activities impacting environment, environmental legal audits, and interpretation of regulations. She has led due diligence and legal reviews for acquisitions, concessions, and investments across sectors including infrastructure, energy, mining, manufacturing, and retail. Counselled on environmental matters for Hitachi, Yanbal, Clorox, Cenit, PriceSmart, CMPC, and Cryogas. Participated in major transactions including the acquisition of Zona Franca Celsia by Enfragen and Briceño-Tunja-Sogamoso road concession.
Álvaro Andrés Díaz

Álvaro Andrés Díaz

Álvaro Andrés Díaz Palacios is a Partner in the Tax department at Pérez-Llorca, where he has been a key figure since 2004. Informed by more than 25 years of experience, he focuses on tax litigation, consulting, and transfer pricing, and represents national and international companies across sectors including telecommunications, construction, infrastructure, and hydrocarbons. He is widely recognised for his ability to handle complex disputes involving both national and local tax authorities. Álvaro has represented clients including Bavaria, Deutsche, Termobarranquilla, Booking, Permoda, Contegral, Enel, and HMV Ingenieros in high-stakes litigation before tax authorities. He has also advised Porvenir and Ritrama on transfer pricing strategies, combining technical precision with a pragmatic approach to minimising tax risks. His practice balances contentious and advisory work, and provides clients with comprehensive strategies in both corporate tax planning and litigation.
Ricardo Fandiño

Ricardo Fandiño

Ricardo Fandiño heads Pérez-Llorca’s Banking, Finance & Capital Markets practice in Colombia and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. With nearly three decades of experience, he advises international and domestic banks, financial institutions, corporates, and government entities on financings, capital markets, derivatives, banking and securities regulation, and the structuring and financing of infrastructure and energy projects. Ricardo has acted as lead counsel on many of Colombia’s most significant financial transactions. His mandates include Avianca’s DIP financing and reorganisation plan, Tecnoglass’s listing on NASDAQ, the financing of the BTS toll road concession, and the restructuring of Pacific Rubiales. He advised Bancolombia on the financing of the Santa Marta–Paraguachón concession, supported debt management operations for major financial institutions, and led the refinancing of Bayport Management’s financial liabilities. At Pérez-Llorca, he directed the structuring and implementation of unsolicited tender offers for Grupo Nutresa, Grupo Sura, and Grupo Argos (2021–2023), as well as the negotiation of the 2024 framework agreement between the Gilinski family and IHC Capital Holding LLC. He also advised lenders on a multi-billion-dollar loan to Ecopetrol, in one of the country’s most significant public credit operations.
Natalia García

Natalia García

Natalia García is a Partner in Pérez-Llorca’s Corporate and M&A practice and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. With more than two decades of experience, she focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and project financing, and advises companies, investment banks, private equity funds, multilateral organisations, and strategic investors. She combines technical depth in transactional law with a strategic business perspective, and has also received recognition for her leadership in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession.
Ana Cristina Jaramillo

Ana Cristina Jaramillo

Ana Cristina Jaramillo Cuéllar is a Partner in Pérez-Llorca’s Corporate and M&A practice, with more than two decades of experience advising on complex corporate and transactional matters in Colombia and internationally. She specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law, and financing, representing private equity funds, multinational corporations, family-owned businesses, and startups. Her dual legal training in Colombia and New York, coupled with her MBA, enables her to combine transactional expertise with a strategic business perspective. Ana Cristina has led significant transactions across a range of industries, including advising JCHX Mining Management on its 50% equity acquisition, Premise Data Corporation on its acquisition of Grupo Meiko, and Grupo Iberoamericano de Fomento on its majority stake acquisition in Greendipity. She has also advised on cross-border transactions for Alta Latin Holdings, Egis Consultoría, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III, and Acon Consumer Finance Holdings. Her ability to manage complex and high-value deals across diverse sectors, furthermore, has been demonstrated in her work on the democratisation of Ecopetrol and the global sale of NEC Corporation’s wireless transport business.
Paola Larrahondo

Paola Larrahondo

Paola Larrahondo Cuesta is a Partner at Pérez-Llorca, where she leads the Projects and Public Law practice. With nearly two decades of experience, she advises on administrative law, public procurement, public–private partnerships (PPPs), infrastructure development, and litigation. Drawing on both her public sector leadership and private practice expertise, she has a broad and comprehensive understanding of Colombia’s regulatory and institutional framework. Paola is widely recognised for her ability to design and implement legal strategies that address complex public law and infrastructure challenges. Paola has played a central role in some of Colombia’s most significant public law and infrastructure mandates. During her tenure at the Ministry of Transport, she led the legal team responsible for drafting and advancing the Infrastructure Law (Law 1682 of 2013). At Pérez-Llorca, she has advised Aguas de Bogotá and IGT on regulatory and contractual matters, supported transactions such as the acquisition of the Briceño-Tunja-Sogamoso road concession and SF Convías, and led comprehensive advisory on flagship projects including the Bogotá Metro First Line and the TransMilenio fleet procurement. She has also advised concessionaires and public utilities on compliance in large-scale bidding processes, advised on PPP structuring in energy and public service projects, and represented stakeholders in disputes arising from administrative contracts. Her ability to combine transactional, regulatory, and contentious expertise has been widely recognised in both infrastructure development and public law litigation.
Daniel Londoño

Daniel Londoño

Daniel Londoño Pinzón is a partner in Pérez-Llorca’s Banking, Finance & Capital Markets practice, with more than two decades of experience advising Colombian companies, financial institutions, and multilateral organisations. His practice spans structured financings, debt and equity issuances in domestic and international markets, and the structuring of private equity and private debt funds. He also leads a practice group dedicated to entrepreneurship, with a strong reputation in the fintech market, where he actively supports startups through recognised acceleration programmes. Daniel has served as counsel in a wide range of high-value transactions. His recent work includes advising Grupo Pegasus on the financing of senior living projects, Banco de Bogotá on its first sustainable subordinated bond, and Trafigura on the financing of barges for the Magdalena River. He has represented IFC and IDB Invest in multiple Colombian and cross-border bond issuances, and advised on Banco Davivienda’s AT1 perpetual bond issuance. He has also worked on Advent’s acquisition financing of a stake in OCENSA, credit agreements for Almacenes Éxito, Mercantil Colpatria’s acquisition of Banco Colpatria shares, and the structuring of numerous private equity funds.
Andrés Meza

Andrés Meza

Andrés Meza is a Senior Associate in the Technology, Communications, and Data Protection practice at Pérez-Llorca, where he advises local and international companies on transactional and regulatory matters spanning telecommunications, internet, postal services, and television. His practice also covers data protection and cybersecurity compliance across the GDPR, CCPA, and Latin American frameworks, technology licensing and acquisition, and the implementation and development of artificial intelligence tools.
Mauricio Montealegre

Mauricio Montealegre

Mauricio Montealegre is a Partner in the Labour & Employment practice at Pérez-Llorca. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience, he advises national and international companies on the full spectrum of corporate labour law, from drafting employment contracts to resolving complex labour disputes. His practice encompasses collective bargaining and union relationship management, corporate integrations and mergers, compensation planning, executive negotiations, voluntary retirement programmes, workplace investigations, and labour audits, as well as due diligence in transactional contexts.
Adriana Moreno

Adriana Moreno

Adriana Moreno Márquez is a partner in Pérez-Llorca’s Banking, Finance & Capital Markets practice and head of the firm’s Medellín office. With nearly three decades of experience, she advises financial institutions, corporations, and investors on complex transactions in capital markets, corporate reorganisations, syndicated loans, and privatisation processes. She has built a strong reputation in financial regulation and investment banking matters, with particular expertise in structuring investment vehicles and advising on regulatory frameworks for banks and brokerage firms.
Catalina Prieto Núñez

Catalina Prieto Núñez

Catalina Prieto is a senior associate in Pérez-Llorca’s Banking, Finance & Capital Markets practice in Bogotá. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience, she advises national and international clients in the financial, energy, and technology sectors on complex financing structures, corporate lending, and capital markets transactions. She has significant expertise in corporate loans, syndicated financings, acquisition financings, aircraft financings, and bond issuances under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Rule 144A, and bring a cross-border perspective to her work that has been strengthened by her international training and regulatory background.
José Luis Palacios

José Luis Palacios

José Luis Palacios is a Partner in the Energy & Natural Resources practice at Pérez-Llorca. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience, he advises national and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, financing, regulatory, contractual, and environmental matters in the oil, gas, mining, and renewable energy sectors. His practice combines transactional expertise with deep industry knowledge, particularly in structuring and negotiating sector-specific contracts, including E&P, PPA, EPC, and O&M agreements.
María Camila Parra

María Camila Parra

María Camila Parra is Director of the Real Estate & Urban practice at Pérez-Llorca. Over the course of more than 15 years of experience, she has developed a strong focus on urban planning law and real estate project structuring. Her expertise covers land development, territorial planning, and managing administrative procedures involving municipal and national authorities. She regularly advises clients on the legal feasibility of large-scale projects, ensuring alignment between urban planning instruments and business objectives. She has played a key role in a number of significant real estate and infrastructure projects, including advising on Bogotá’s First Metro Line, the structuring of the Madrid II partial plan for Amarilo, and the capitalisation of Viva Malls. She also supported the provisional management of the Lagos de Torca Trust. In addition to these large-scale initiatives, she provides ongoing counsel to PriceSmart, Fox Telecolombia, and the Anglo Colombian School on urban planning, construction permits, and real estate development strategies, combining technical knowledge with practical execution in highly regulated contexts.
Juanita Pérez

Juanita Pérez

Juanita Pérez Botero is a Partner in Pérez-Llorca’s Intellectual Property & Competition practice. She advises Colombian and international clients on the full spectrum of IP rights, including trademarks, patents, copyright, franchising, and entertainment law. With more than two decades of experience, she has achieved wide recognition for her skilled management of complex industrial property portfolios across Latin America, combining strategic brand protection with regional coordination for global companies. Juanita has significant experience in infringement proceedings, domain name disputes, and regulatory defence, as well as in developing enforcement strategies for leading multinationals. She also advises on licensing and commercial agreements, and supports corporate transactions in which IP is a central factor. Her recent mandates include leading the regional brand strategy for Prosalon (Cromantic); advising Alicorp, Almacenes Éxito, Quechua Perú, Grupo Aval, and Jafer Enterprises on IP protection; and assisting international airline brands with trademark negotiations. She works extensively across regulated and consumer-facing industries including pharmaceuticals, health tech, media, and retail.
Andrea Pieschacón

Andrea Pieschacón

Andrea Pieschacón is a Senior Associate in the Life Sciences and Intellectual Property & Competition practices at Pérez-Llorca. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, she has significant expertise in health and sanitary regulation, and advises national and international companies in highly regulated industries including pharmaceuticals, cannabis, medical devices, cosmetics, hygiene products, and biomedical equipment. Her practice encompasses sanitary registrations and notifications, health permits, homologations, and regulatory support for mergers and acquisitions transactions. Andrea has provided regulatory and sanitary advisory services to leading companies including Glenmark, PriceSmart, and Drypers, as well as multinational pharmaceutical, food, and healthcare companies. Her recent work has included managing biosafety protocol implementation and guiding clients through complex regulatory frameworks in Colombia and abroad via foreign correspondents. She regularly coordinates client relationships and regulatory processes before INVIMA, the Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos, and other relevant authorities.
Mauricio Piñeros

Mauricio Piñeros

Mauricio Piñeros is Country Chair of Pérez-Llorca Colombia and Head of its Tax practice. Drawing on nearly four decades of experience, he advises companies in a wide range of industries on corporate taxation, litigation, and cross-border structuring, and advises individuals and family groups on estate planning. His practice spans the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, banking and finance operations, project financing, foreign investment into Colombia, and outbound investment.
Juan David Quintero

Juan David Quintero

Juan David Quintero is a Partner in Pérez-Llorca’s Corporate and M&A practice, where he has built a strong reputation for advising on complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Admitted to practise in both Colombia and New York, he focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity fund structuring, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations, including transactions requiring regulatory approval in Colombia and abroad. His ability to combine deep transactional expertise with cross-border qualifications makes him a key figure in high-stakes mergers and acquisition and corporate matters.
Paula Samper

Paula Samper

Paula Samper is a Partner at Pérez Llorca and head of its Real Estate & Urban practice. She also leads the firm’s pro bono practice. Drawing on more than three decades of experience, she advises real estate investment funds, developers, construction companies, shopping centres, retail chains, and educational institutions. Her work spans the structuring of complex transactions, regulatory and contractual advice, urban development matters, and strategic planning for private and institutional projects.
José Luis Suárez

José Luis Suárez

José Luis Suárez is a senior partner at Pérez-Llorca and one of Colombia’s most distinguished corporate and financial lawyers. With more than three decades of experience, he has advised leading national and international companies on mergers and acquisitions, structured financings, investment schemes, and local and international placements. He is especially recognised for his pivotal role in shareholder democratisation processes in Colombia, having led legal teams in 95% of such transactions carried out in the country. José Luis has been at the centre of landmark transactions that have shaped the Colombian market. His track record includes the acquisition of Carulla Vivero by Almacenes Éxito, the privatisation of Isagen, Davivienda’s acquisition of Bancafé, the merger of UNE EPM–Millicom, and the democratisation of Ecopetrol. He has advised on the Grupo Aval bond issuance, EnfraGen’s acquisition of Zona Franca Celsia, and the structuring of Bogotá’s First Metro Line project. More recently, José Luis has served as lead counsel to the Gilinski family in the unsolicited tender offers for Grupo Nutresa, Grupo Sura, and Grupo Argos; as well as the 2023 framework agreement with IHC Capital Holding LLC enabling the share exchange between Grupo Nutresa and Grupo Sura.
Felipe Suescún

Felipe Suescún

Felipe Siescun Partner in the Dispute Resolution department with 20 years’ experience in domestic and international arbitration, dispute resolution and business law. Felipe focuses on complex commercial and investment disputes involving infrastructure, energy, oil and gas, mining, construction, corporate matters and EPC contracts across Latin America, Europe and North America. Felipe has acted as counsel, arbitrator, tribunal president, sole arbitrator and tribunal secretary in complex domestic and international arbitrations under various institutional and local rules. He has represented clients in arbitrations seated in the Americas and Europe, investment and state-investor disputes, and proceedings concerning the recognition and setting aside of awards, as well as advising on pre-contentious disputes arising from major engineering projects and corporate conflicts.
Juan Antonio Ucrós

Juan Antonio Ucrós

Juan Antonio Ucrós is a Senior Associate in the Projects and Public Law practice at Pérez-Llorca. With more than 15 years of professional experience, he advises public and private sector clients on constitutional and administrative law, state procurement, project finance, and infrastructure development. His practice combines regulatory knowledge with transactional and contentious expertise, particularly in transport, electric mobility, and public–private partnerships (PPPs). Juan Antonio has advised on several landmark infrastructure and public law mandates. He has provided comprehensive legal counsel to Empresa Metro de Bogotá in connection with its mass passenger transport system, advised on the acquisition of the Briceño-Tunja-Sogamoso highway concession, and supported the financing granted to Elecnorte by IFC and Banco Davivienda. His work has also included advising on the public tender for the procurement of an electric fleet for TransMilenio and contributing to the structuring of the electric transport system for San Andrés and Providencia. Earlier in his career, his work managing legal issues for environmental and social projects at a private Colombian foundation contributed to his expertise at the intersection of public law, infrastructure, and environmental regulation.
Lina Uribe

Lina Uribe

Lina Uribe García is Partner and Head of the Corporate and M&A practice at Pérez-Llorca. With more than 25 years of experience, she focuses on private equity, joint ventures, and domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Her practice also encompasses corporate reorganisations including mergers, spin-offs, and transformations, as well as corporate governance and advisory to local and international clients across multiple sectors. In addition, she is part of the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources group, where she advises on the environmental law aspects of transactions, regulatory compliance, and litigation. Lina has advised on complex and high-value transactions in Colombia and across the region. Her experience includes advising on the acquisition of Carulla Vivero by Almacenes Éxito, the merger between SABMiller and Bavaria, and Avianca’s integrations with Grupo TACA and subsequently with SAI. She has also counselled Tetris Logística on the acquisition of a stake in Open Market, KKR on its acquisition of Colombia Telecomunicaciones’ fibre optic assets, and on the spin-offs of Caracol Televisión and Cine Colombia. More recent matters include advising on the acquisition of Centelsa by Nexans, Lamosa’s purchase of Eurocerámica and Cerámica San Lorenzo, and Acon’s acquisition of Grupo Ave’s holding companies.