Lucas Arboleda > Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa Offices
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Lucas Arboleda
Work Department
Energy & Natural Resources
Position
Lucas is a Partner in the Energy & Natural Resources practice area.
Career
Lucas has extensive experience advising companies, agents, and state entities on energy law and administrative matters, as well as on public finance issues.
He led the financing operations of Colombia and its public companies, including those in the electric power sector as Legal Head of the Dirección de Crédito Público y Tesoro Nacional (Public Credit and National Treasury Directorate of the Ministry of Finance of Colombia), where he also led the privatization processes of state-owned enterprises such as ISAGEN S.A. E.S.P.
Likewise, Lucas was the Legal Head of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, where he outlined a legal approach that successfully enabled the Colombian Caribbean region to be supplied with electric power and where he also structured the first auctions for long-term energy supply contracts for the development of renewable energy generation projects in Colombia.
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
- Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M.), Columbia University (United States)
- Postgraduate Degree in Administrative Law, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)
- Lawyer (J.D. equivalent), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Energy and natural resources
(Next Generation Partners)Lucas Arboleda – Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa
The energy group at the newly rebranded Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa (formerly DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán) is hailed by clients as ‘a diligent, analytical team with deep knowledge’. The practice is primarily recognised for its regulatory work, where it excels in advising conventional and renewable energy companies on regulatory compliance, licensing processes and administrative law procedures. Less frequently, it also advises on supply agreements, energy-related M&A and day-to-day corporate matters. The department is led jointly by Lucas Arboleda, who is well versed in electricity generation, distribution, and commercialisation-related matters; José Miguel Mendoza, who is a former Superintendent of Public Services; and Johanna Cajigas, who made partner in February 2024 and heads the oil-and-gas area.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Colombia > Energy and natural resources
- Energy and natural resources Colombia