Juan Pablo Amaya > DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile

DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán
CARRERA 7 NO 71-21
TORRE B OF 602
BOGOTA
Colombia

Work Department

Corporate conflicts

Position

Juan Pablo is a Partner in the Corporate Law practice area.

Career

He holds an MSc degree in Law and Finance from The University of Oxford. He advises clients on the full range of corporate governance matters and has been involved in several major corporate litigation cases in Colombia over the past few years. Before joining DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán, Juan Pablo served as a judge for Colombia’s Specialized Business Court, where he presided over hundreds of disputes among shareholders, corporations, D&Os, and others. He is a professor of Corporations at Universidad de Los Andes and regularly teaches corporate law at several Colombian universities at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Languages

Spanish; English; Mandarin

Education

  • Master’s Degree in Law and Finance, University of Oxford (England)
  • Lawyer (J.D. equivalent), Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Lawyer Rankings

Colombia > Dispute resolution > Litigation

DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán’s dispute resolution group strikes the right note with sources for its ‘strong focus on service’. The multidisciplinary practice handles a broad range of contentious matters, with notable activity in civil and commercial litigation, administrative proceedings and constitutional actions, among others. Key contacts include managing partner Camilo Martínez, whose litigation expertise is supplemented by his complementary strength in corporate and finance transactions. Martínez recently paired up with Julian Solorza, who advises on all aspects of dispute resolution, to represent Club El Nogal in an action brought by a former club member, who was banned from the club for five years by its board of directors. Martínez and Solorza co-head the department together with insurance and reinsurance specialist Sergio Rojas and José Miguel Mendoza, who specialises in corporate conflicts, and energy and natural resources. Other senior names include Nicolás Polanía, who advises on arbitration, litigation and corporate law matters; and Ricardo Alarcón, who is the associate director of the arbitration team. At associate level, seniors Sergio Londoño and Juan Pablo Amaya are both noted for their emphasis on corporate litigation. Intermediate associate María José Figueroa left in July 2022 to study abroad. Since publication, both Londoño and Amaya have been raised to the partnership – effective as of February 2024.