Mr Andrés Montoya > Posse Herrera Ruiz > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Posse Herrera Ruiz Offices
CRA 7 NO 71-52
TORRE A, PISO 5
BOGOTÁ
Colombia
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Mr Andrés Montoya
Work Department
Land Use, Urban Planning and Develpment
Position
Andrés Montoya is a Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. He heads the Real Estate, Urbanism & Agribusiness practice area.
Career
Andres has experience advising local and international clients in the structuring and development of real estate projects. He has been involved in the negotiation of acquisitions, short and long-term contracts, construction, transfer, and use of urban and rural real estate properties, as well as in dispute resolution in urban and real estate matters. He has led due diligence processes for numerous forestry and agribusiness projects.
He advises private investment funds, promoters, developers, constructors, and in general companies with real estate investments in Colombia related to housing, hotels, shopping centers, infrastructure, and telecommunications. Additionally in different issues regarding agro-industrial projects in Colombia.
He has also been dealing with national and international arbitration and in projects regarding infrastructure, utilities, telecommunications, acquisitions, public bidding processes, and contractual liability.
Languages
He speaks Spanish and English.
Education
• McGill University Master of Laws LL.M., 1999 Montreal, Canada
• Universidad de Caldas J.D., 1996 Manizales, Colombia
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Real estate
(Leading partners)Posse Herrera Ruiz’s real estate team is ‘knowledgeable, devoted, practical and always available’, according to clients. The full-service practice is well versed in urban planning, development projects, transactions and real estate disputes, while it also benefits from its ability to lean on the wider firm’s corporate, environmental, and energy units. Department co-head Andrés Montoya has an impressive record in real estate transactions, particularly on behalf of real estate funds, portfolio companies, construction companies and retail clients; he advised Phoenix Tower International on the acquisition of over 800 telecommunications antennae sites. Fellow co-head Alejandro Turbay specialises in land use, urban planning and development matters and is advising Unicentro on issues concerning the mall’s expansion. A strong second line of associates includes Héctor Otálora and Sergio Salazar — both of whom handle a mix of agribusiness and real estate work.
Colombia > TMT
Posse Herrera Ruiz’s TMT activity is particularly concentrated in the data protection and privacy areas, while it also advises on cybersecurity-related matters and telecoms regulation. The multidisciplinary department is co-led by real estate partner Andrés Montoya, who also has experience in telecoms; and Jorge de los Ríos, whose competition practice spans data and consumer protection. Intermediate associate Laura Torrado and junior associate Sarita Enríquez are also noted for data protection law.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration
- Corporate and M&A
- Energy and natural resources
- Dispute resolution > Litigation
- City focus > Medellín
- Tax