His professional career combines institutional experience in the public sector with the independent practice of law, providing him with a comprehensive understanding of how government decisions are shaped, adopted, and subject to oversight.

This background has informed a practice focused on high-level strategic counsel, particularly in matters where regulation, administrative discretion, and judicial review intersect.

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Practice Areas

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Public law (administrative and constitutional), environmental law, mining and energy law, agrarian and urban law, regulation, and institutional decision-making, with a particular focus on highly regulated sectors involving significant legal and economic impact.

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Professional Experience

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Attorney with 30 years of experience in public law, government, and senior leadership in public and corporate affairs, litigation, and legal counsel in administrative proceedings before public authorities, regulation, public policy, contractual and non-contractual liability, and public and private procurement.

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He has worked across both the public and private sectors in matters relating to sustainability, environment and natural resources, infrastructure, energy, mining, hydrocarbons, international cooperation, and urban and rural development.

 

He has served as Delegate Attorney General for Environmental, Mining, Energy and Agrarian Affairs of Colombia; Secretary General and Head of Legal Affairs of the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Cundinamarca (CAR); Legal Deputy Director of Bogotá’s former Administrative Department of the Environment (DAMA); and Deputy Director and Acting Director of Colombia’s National Natural Parks Authority.

 

He is an arbitrator at the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, with recognized expertise in hydrocarbons, mining and energy, and administrative matters, and has also served as conjuez of the Administrative Court of Casanare.

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Education

 

Attorney-at-law from Universidad Externado de Colombia. He holds graduate studies in Commercial and Investment Arbitration from the University of Alcalá, an LL.M. in Human Rights from American University Washington College of Law, a Specialization in Commercial Law from Universidad de los Andes, and a Specialization in Constitutional Law from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

 

He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Law at the National University of Mar del Plata. He has also completed diploma studies in the Legal Foundations of Land Policy at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Energy Leaders Programme of the World Energy Council.

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Academic and Teaching Experience

 

He has served as adjunct professor, lecturer, and invited panelist at forums, congresses, seminars, diploma programmes, specialization courses, and master’s programmes in constitutional, administrative, environmental, and urban law at leading academic institutions, including Universidad del Rosario, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad de Manizales, ICESI, EAN, and Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic.

 

He has also participated as speaker and academic contributor before institutions and organizations such as the Rodrigo Lara Bonilla Judicial School, the Supreme Court of Justice, the Council of State, the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, the Colombian Mining Association (ACM), the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI), the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), ACOLGEN, ANDESCO, COREGULACION, FENDIPETROLEO, GDIAM, SER Colombia, ASOCARS, the Colombian College of Administrative Lawyers, the Organization of American States (OAS), CAF, Grupo Prisa, El Tiempo, the Office of the Comptroller General, the Ombudsman’s Office, and other academic, professional, and media organizations in Colombia and abroad.

 

He is the author of academic works, articles, and opinion columns published in specialized journals and media outlets, and is a frequent guest speaker at academic and leadership events on legal and public policy issues related to environment and sustainability, mining and energy, agrarian affairs, infrastructure, urban development, regulation, liability, and public procurement.

 

Memberships and Recognitions

 

He is a founding member and Board member of the Colombian College of Administrative Lawyers; a full member of the Colombian Institute of Procedural Law (ICDP); a member of COREGULACION; a member of the Latin American Mining Law Network (REDMIN); and a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), including its Climate Change Specialist Group.

 

He has also served as Executive Director of the Colombian Center for Environmental Policy and Legislation Studies (CEPLAC), Director of the Public and Constitutional Law Chapter of the Center for Procedural Law Studies (CEDEP), and full member and member of the Academic Commission of the Colombian Bar Association of Mines and Petroleum.

 

He has twice been nominated as a candidate for appointment as Justice of the Council of State.