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Juan Camilo is Managing Partner and leads the Corporate/M&A and Commercial areas. He also co-leads the Real Estate practice for the Firm.

Managing Partner

Juan Camilo is Managing Partner and leads the Corporate/M&A and Commercial areas. He also co-leads the Real Estate practice for the Firm.

In addition, he is a member of the Latin America Committee and the Executive Committee of CMS internationally. He has advised national and multinational clients on matters related to commercial and civil law and family business and estate planning.

He has vast experience leading M&A transactions related to divestitures, equity investments and disposal of assets of major companies. He also led the most important management buy-out to date in the Colombian financial sector. He has advised investor clients in Colombia and abroad, as well as many multinational companies on issues related to foreign investment in Colombia, shareholder agreements, agency and distribution agreements, corporate governance, competition law, technology transfer agreements and joint venture agreements.

Furthermore, he has more than 20 years of experience advising shareholders of major businesses in the development and implementation of estate planning and has more than 20 years of experience in real estate projects.

Spanish, English and French

Former President for Family Business Network (FBN), Colombian Chapter, which has 100 of the most important family businesses in the country including: banks and retails, and others (http://fbn.com.co/fbn-global). FBN promotes success and sustainability of family businesses around the world. He was a Member of the Surveillance Committee of Fondo Capital Privado Darby Colpatria He was a Member of the Surveillance Committee of Fondo Capital Privado Nexus He has been national and international speaker in various panels and conferences He was a Member of the Board of Directors of Club Los Lagartos He is one of the Founding Shareholders of Prelegal Assist, a start-up company that today has more than 2 million clients (http://www.prelegalassist.com)

2003 – Degree in Finance for Non-financiers, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia 1999 – LL.M., International Business Law, University College London, London, United Kingdom. Law of International Finance – King´s College London, Law of Finance and Foreign Investment in Emerging Economies – Queen Mary and Westfield College, Multinational Enterprises and the Law - London School of Economics, Insurance Law - University College London