Expert in Urban Planning and Real Estate Law

Founding partner with over 30 years of experience in urban and real estate law, specializing in the creation of urban development instruments to ensure the legal and financial feasibility of partial implementation, regularization, and management plans, as well as zoning and urban renewal plans. His expertise has been applied in the construction, real estate, and legal sectors.

He is an expert in designing urban development instruments to ensure the legal and financial feasibility of projects, such as Partial Plans, Macroprojects, Implementation Plans, Regularization and Management Plans, and Urban Renewal Plans, among others. Through these instruments, he has contributed to innovative mechanisms for the distribution of burdens and benefits.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Legal support in the formulation and adoption process of the Macroproject of National Interest Ciudad Verde (Soacha).
  • Legal support in the formulation and adoption process of the Casablanca Partial Plan (Madrid), Amarilo S.A.S.
  • Legal advisory in the approval process of the Hacienda Rosablanca Partial Plan, Villavicencio, Meta, Entorno Urbano S.A.S.
  • Drafting of the Decree Reform Proposal for Decree 1052 of 1998 - Technical and regulatory proposal to optimize the role of the Urban Curator, Ministry of Housing, Environment, and Territorial Development.
  • Development of the legal urban study for the Terranova Urban Project, Municipality of Bello, Antioquia.
  • Structuring land management strategies for some of Colombia's most significant real estate projects, such as La Felicidad, Ciudad Sanitaria Sanitas, El Tomillar, and Unicentro at a national level in legal urban structuring.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Leading the firm in some of the most significant dispute cases in the country, defending private property rights while balancing collective rights.
  • Advising major construction firms and real estate developers in urban planning matters, as well as the Colombian Chamber of Construction (CAMACOL) and other industry entities.
  • Creating urban development instruments to ensure legal and financial feasibility.
  • Development of partial plans.
  • Development of urban renewal plans.

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • 1994. Specialist in Administrative Law from Universidad del Rosario.
  • 1992. Law degree from Universidad Militar Nueva Granada.

 

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

  • Lecturer in "Land Management Instruments" in the Urban Law postgraduate program at Universidad del Rosario, 2014-2024.
  • National speaker and panelist at the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce and the Colombian Chamber of Construction (CAMACOL) on topics such as land use planning, land management instruments, the future of real estate development in Bogotá, challenges related to land use, mobility, and financing in territorial planning, 2015-2024.
  • Attendance at the International Urbanism Seminar "How to Create Better Cities," organized by the Fundación por el País que Queremos, 2003.
  • Diploma in Conciliator Training, Universidad de La Sabana, 2002.
  • International urban planning consultant: advisor to the Association of Real Estate Developers of Ecuador (APIVE) for implementing a social housing program in Ecuador.
  • "Train the Trainers" seminar. Pedagogical program for staff induction, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, 1994.
  • "Social Development Plan" Workshop-Seminar, Administrative Department of District Planning, 1993.

 

RECOGNITIONS

  • Recognized in "Best Lawyers" as Lawyer of the Year in his specialty, 2025.
  • Recognized in "Legal 500 Latin America" as Band 1 for the Real Estate team, 2023, 2024, 2025.
  • Recognized in "Chambers and Partners - Ranked in Latin America" as Band 1 in the Real Estate area, 2024, 2025.
  • Recognized in "Chambers and Partners - Ranked in Latin America" as Band 1 as the best lawyer in his specialty, 2022, 2023, 2024.
  • Recognized in "The Legal 500 Latin America" in the "Hall of Fame" category, 2023, 2024, 2025.
  • Recognized in "Best Lawyers" as the best lawyer in his specialty, 2023, 2024.

 

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member of the National Colombian Chamber of Construction, Regional Chamber of Construction Cundinamarca, Colombian American Chamber, and National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI).

Languages: Spanish and English.