Carlos Andrés Sánchez García > Durán & Osorio Abogados Asociados > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Durán & Osorio Abogados Asociados Offices
CARRERA 4 NO 74A-12
BOGOTÁ, DC
Colombia
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Carlos Andrés Sánchez García
Work Department
Projects, Dispute Resolution, TMT, Corporate and Commercial Law
Position
Partner
Career
Carlos Andrés Sánchez lawyer from Los Andes University, admitted to practice in 2000. He also holds an LLM in telecommunications law from Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain (2002) and an MBA from Durham University Business School (2011). He has been recognised as a leading individual in the TMT and projects areas by Legal500 and Chambers and Partners.
Mr. Sánchez-García has been member of Durán & Osorio since 2000, and he is currently based in London. He is the head of the TMT Department and has a significant experience in the most important projects in the Colombian TMT practice area. he is also a member of the Projects department of the firm.
As the TMT head, Carlos provides permanent legal advice to important companies like Microsoft, Century Link (Level 3), or Hughes Network Systems -among others-. He has also advised the Colombian government on relevant projects and policies including the procurement of a new operator of the Colombian country code top level domain ccTLD .CO.
In the projects area, Mr Sanchez has gained significant experience across several sectors including social and transportation. He currently advises IFC on the first PPP project in Panama and the Bogotá District on a project for a new research and production centre of biological products.
Languages
Spanish, English
Education
Lawyer. Universidad de Los Andes. 2000.
LLM in Telecommunications Law. Carlos III University, Madrid. 2003.
Master in Business Administration (MBA). Durham University Business School. 2011.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Public law
Satisfied clients of Durán & Osorio Abogados Asociados say it stands out for its ‘extensive knowledge of public law and private law’, which equips it to ‘solve public problems and propose viable solutions’. The group is additionally distinguished by its record in representing major government agencies and state-owned enterprises at home and abroad, including ANI, Ecopetrol and the UK’s Crossrail International. Álvaro Mauricio Durán Leal is a go-to public law specialist and recently advised IDB on the development of a framework analysing the different contractual functions of the contracts for the First Line of the Bogotá Metro and the Second Line of the Lima Metro. Durán co-heads the department alongside Jorge Gabriel Taboada, who is highly regarded for infrastructure and litigation; London-based projects expert Carlos Andrés Sánchez García; and Álvaro Gasca, who is particularly active in the PPP sphere. Senior associate Felipe Herrera provides capable support.