About

Alejandro Amelines Guerrero is a formidable lawyer with a career spanning over 11 years in both the public and private sector. After spending three years as a legal advisor at Notaria 12 del Circulo de Cali at the onset of his professional career, Amelines Guerrero moved to work in agricultural administration, initially as a lawyer at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and then at the Colombian Institute of Rural Development. After gaining an indispensable knowledge and expertise in the public sector and impressing his colleagues with his pragmatic and analytical approach, Amelines Guerrero joined the utilities company Vatia as a senior in-house lawyer in 2012. After a year in the role, Amelines Guerrero was hired to work as general counsel and secretary of the board of an underground thermal coal technical operation, Carbones San Fernando. Working at a company that supplies both the international and domestic markets, over the past couple of years Amelines Guerrero has gained a reputation for his ability to negotiate and work on complex disputes and litigation. One source says: ‘Alejandro has made a fantastic contribution with his expert advice and counselling on all legal matters of the company, protecting the interests of the shareholders’.