Mrs Paola Larrahondo > Gómez-Pinzón Abogados (GPA) > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Gómez-Pinzón Abogados (GPA) Offices
CALLE 67 NO. 7-35
OF. 1204
BOGOTÁ
Colombia
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Mrs Paola Larrahondo
Work Department
Infraestructure, Administrative & Constitutional
Position
Director of the Infraestructure and Administrative & Constitutional practice groups.
Career
Paola is a Lawyer of Los Andes University admitted to practice in 2007, Specialist in Public Management and Administrative Institutions (Universidad de los Andes) and Master in Law and Economics (Universita di Bologna/ Aix-Marseille Université -EMLE European Master in Law & Economics). Recipient of the Colfuturo scholarship (2014).
Paola is the Director of the Administrative, Constitutional and Infrastructure Team. Prior to joining our law firm, she was working as a legal advisor of the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism and has experience as public server in national and local institutions as a Legal Chief or Legal advisor.
Her practice focuses on administrative procedures, in constitutional and contentious administrative lawsuits, public policy design, public affairs and public procurement procedures.
Her thesis, “The Fourth Generation of Road Concessions in Colombia and the New PPP Legal Model: What have we learnt from over-renegotiation and over-litigation trends?” was selected for publication at the Public Law Review of Los Andes University.
Team leader and responsible of the lawmaking process, legislative process and approval process of the Infrastructure Law No. 1682 of 2013.
Advisor in the cross- sectorial coordination within the agencies of the transport sector; planning public policy and public-private partnerships, creation of public strategies and conducting studies related to the promotion of viable and modern transport infrastructure projects in the country.
Executive director in charge of creating, fundraising, designing business processes and operating the Colombian Pro Bono Foundation. This social responsible project that provides legal services to the most vulnerable citizens in Colombia.
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Education
Attorney from Universidad de Los Andes; Specialist in Public Management and Administrative Institutions from the same University; Has a European LL.M in Law & Economics from Università di Bologna and Université d’Aix-Marseille.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Projects
(Next Generation Partners)The projects group at Gómez-Pinzón Abogados (GPA) impresses sources with its ‘commitment to excellence in client service’. Well versed across the full life cycle of project matters, from tenders through to operational issues, the team counts public-sector entities, banks, investment funds and construction companies among its key clients. Department head Paola Larrahondo is an increasingly prominent name for infrastructure and administrative law; she recently advised Empresa Metro de Bogotá on the construction and operation of Bogotá’s metro lines. Seasoned projects specialist, José Luis Suárez, contributes experience across the full range of infrastructure, public law and project finance; he advised VGMobility on the financing of a project for the provision of an electric bus fleet. Senior associates Juan Antonio Ucrós (infrastructure and administrative law) and Catalina Prieto (banking and finance and infrastructure) provide additional support.
Colombia > Public law
(Next Generation Partners)Among Gómez-Pinzón Abogados (GPA)’s key attributes, sources highlight the public law group’s ‘experts from different areas of law’ and also its ‘extensive technical knowledge’. Alongside its work for corporate clients on bidding processes, infrastructure projects, administrative procedures and public law disputes, the team additionally acts for numerous state and semi-state entities on public procurement, regulatory matters and commercial contracts, including FDN and Grupo Energía de Bogotá. Administrative law and infrastructure specialist, Paola Larrahondo, heads the department and advised FDN and Transcaribe on a solution guaranteeing the continuity of the public transport service currently provided by Transcaribe in Cartagena. The team also includes José Luis Suárez, whose practice intersects administrative law, infrastructure, and banking and finance; and infrastructure and administrative law-focused senior associate, Juan Antonio Ucrós, who ‘quickly understands and attends to the client’s needs’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Colombia > Public law
- Next Generation Partners Colombia > Projects
- Projects Colombia
- Public law Colombia