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Sergio is Founding Partner and head of the Banking & Finance practice and co-leader of the Dispute Resolution area for the Firm.

Founding Partner

Sergio is Founding Partner and head of the Banking & Finance practice and co-leader of the Dispute Resolution area for the Firm. In the Banking & Finance practice he focuses on banking regulation and contracts, securities and capital markets, insurance, and fiduciary law and trusts products. In the Dispute Resolution practice, he works in the areas of litigation and arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.

He is Honorary and Emeritus Professor of Commercial Law and Director of the Postgraduate Program in Finance Law at the Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. He is an arbitrator of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá and was a member of its Court of Arbitration. He is a member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, a member of the Group of Experts of the Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance and is also a member of the Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence. Thus, he is “Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour” of the French Government, former President of the Colombian Trust Association and former Director of the Colombian Banking Association.

In addition, Sergio is the author of the books “The responsibility of the trustee” (Dike, 1977), “Banking Contracts – Its significance in Latin America” (Legis, 7th Ed. 2021) and “Trust Agreements – Its significance in Latin America” (Legis, 2nd Ed. 2017) and is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.

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Arbitrator of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce He was Member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Succesal and Trust Law –TIAETL- Member of the Reform Commission of the Financial Sector created by the Government in 1982 He was President of the Rosarista Club He was Coordinator of the Study Committee of the “Financial Sector” in the campaign of President Gaviria He was President of the Colombo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry He was President of the “Metropolitan Club” He was Judge in numerous Arbitration Courts He was Member of the G-3 Convention (Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela) He was President of the European Circle of Bogotá Corresponding Member of the Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence and Member of its Legal Analysis He has been Counselor for the Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario during two periods He was Co-judge of the Constitutional Court He was Advisor of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in the current Financial Reform Member of the Colegio de Abogados Comercialistas Member of the Colombian Association of Insurance Law –ACOLDESE- Member of the Colegio de Abogados Rosaristas

Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 1966, Lawyer, Bogotá, Colombia