Education

• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Specialist in Corporate Business Law, 1996. Bogotá, Colombia.
• U.C.C. Specialist in Management of Development Projects (2001 - 2002). Bogotá, Colombia.
• British Columbia Institute of Technology. Business Law Program, 1994. Vancouver, Canada.
• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Attorney-at-Law, 1991. Bogotá

Professional Experience

• LEWIN & WILLS ABOGADOS. Associate since October 2001 as Director of the Department of International Trade Law, with the following principal areas of expertise:
  • Advisory and consulting services related to the presentation and planning of corporate projects for the import and export of goods and services, access to export promotion mechanisms such as Plan Vallejo, international trading companies, free-trade zones, solicitor in customs law, foreign trade, dumping, countervailing measures, International Agreements, Andean community Law and Trade Treaties.
• Ministry of Foreign Trade of Colombia . Assistant Director of Export Promotion Mechanisms, 2000 / 2001
• Colombian Institute of Foreign Trade - Incomex. General Assistant Director of Operations, 1998 / 2000
• Panalpina Inc. Colombia . Counsel. 1994 / 1996
• Araujo Ibarra & Asociados Asesores Juridicos. Counsel. 1990/1993
• University Professor.

Academic Activities

• Member of the Governmental Committee appointed to review the Custom Commerce and Foreign Trade Law. Incomex - Mincomex, 1998-2000
• Member of the Team Group to Develop the Colombia Strategic Export Plan, 1999-2009.
• Member of Colegio Abogados Javerianos and American Society of International Law - ASIL.

Languages

• Spanish and English