María Paula Álvarez > Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas
CRA. 7 NO 71-52
TORRE B, PISO 9
BOGOTÁ
Colombia
María Paula Álvarez photo

Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Director

Career

María Paula is the Firm’s Real Estate Director.

Her practice focuses on corporate and real estate law and includes assistance in commercial transactions, housing transactions and structuring local real estate projects with foreign investment. Maria Paula also focuses on different agreements related to the acquisition, lease and operation of real estate used for commercial, residential and hotel purposes, among others. Within her areas of expertise Maria Paula has provided legal advice to real to PropTech / real estate clients.

She is also involved and has experience in the entire development process of real estate projects, including the preparation  title studies, the preparation and negotiation of promise to purchase contracts and their subsequent public deed of sale, establishments of trusts, and/or companies to complete investment processes, memorandums of understanding, and the relevant investment framework agreements, hotel operating contracts, commercial projects, student housing, among others.

She graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá D.C. and earned her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Inalde Business School.

Languages

english and spanish

Education

Inalde Business School, 2018, MBA

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2012, Attorney

Lawyer Rankings

Colombia > Corporate and M&A

Commended as ‘responsive, competent, clear, agile and adaptable’, Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas’ corporate team acts for a diverse mix of buyers, sellers and private equity clients on M&A transactions, joint ventures, restructurings and general day-to-day matters. Active in both domestic and cross-border work, the group has particular experience in the energy and natural resources, real estate and technology spheres. In a recent showcase of one of its industry sweet spots, energy and mining head Jorge Neher paired up with fellow energy and natural resources specialist Santiago González to advise LNG Holdings on the indirect acquisition of Lewis Energy Group’s oil and gas assets in Colombia, worth $100m. Eduardo Cárdenas and Mauricio Borrero co-head the department and are together held up as ‘always attentive, quick to respond, and able to understand client requests’. Managing partner Bernardo Cárdenas divides his practice between banking and finance, and corporate and M&A; he recently advised Toppan Gravity on the acquisition of plastic credit card producer, Hogier Gartner. The group also includes Santiago Miramón, who was promoted to partner in April 2024; María Paula Álvarez, who is associate director of the real estate practice; and commercial law associate director Camila Fernández de Soto.

Colombia > Real estate

(Leading associates)

María Paula ÁlvarezDentons Cardenas & Cardenas

Commended by multinational clients for its ‘deep local knowledge’, Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas’ real estate team stands out for its ability to link up with its wider global platform to provide seamless cross-border advice. The group is particularly noted for its record in real estate transactions but it is also geared-up to advise on regulatory and project development matters. Corporate and finance specialist Eduardo Cárdenas steers a multidisciplinary practice that additionally draws on tax head Camilo Cortés, along with increasingly prominent directors María Paula Álvarez (real estate) and Julián Cardona (land use and urban development).