Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa

Energy & Natural Resources

Lucas is a Partner in the Energy & Natural Resources practice area.

Lucas has extensive experience advising companies, agents, and state entities on energy law and administrative matters, as well as on public finance issues.

He led the financing operations of Colombia and its public companies, including those in the electric power sector as Legal Head of the Dirección de Crédito Público y Tesoro Nacional (Public Credit and National Treasury Directorate of the Ministry of Finance of Colombia), where he also led the privatization processes of state-owned enterprises such as ISAGEN S.A. E.S.P.

Likewise, Lucas was the Legal Head of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, where he outlined a legal approach that successfully enabled the Colombian Caribbean region to be supplied with electric power and where he also structured the first auctions for long-term energy supply contracts for the development of renewable energy generation projects in Colombia.

Spanish and English

Master’s Degree in Law (LL.M.), Columbia University (United States) Postgraduate Degree in Administrative Law, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) Lawyer (J.D. equivalent), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)