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Legal director at the Bogotá arm of the Colombia-based waste management business Ciudad Limpia Bogotá, Jorge Luis Castro has undertaken a successful overhaul of the legal function, restructuring the legal department with efficient procedures and legal documents. Castro was imperative in implementing his own long-term vision, which centres on an organised database and the compilation of the latest Colombian laws, decrees and jurisprudence in one easy-to-access place. As well as his organisational achievements in successfully rebuilding the legal department, Castro has made his mark on Ciudad Limpia with his litigation work. Last year, under Castro’s guidance, the legal team won an arbitration victory against the municipality of Bogotá relating to the inexistence of a previous obligation that enforced the transfer of vehicles to the municipality. Credit has also been given to Castro and his team for their efforts to fight off attempts by the last two mayors of Bogotá to exclude Ciudad Limpia from rendering the solid waste public utility in the city. The mayors were unsuccessful in their venture due to carefully constructed legal arguments and high levels of technical knowledge and expertise showcased by Castro. Previous roles for Castro include a 10 year stint (2000-2010) at law firm Brigard Urrutia Lawyers in the infrastructure and public utilities team, a one year stint as legal counsel at the General Audit of the Republic, four years at thw Water and Waste Regulatory Commission (1995-1999) as legal advisor and two years (1993-1995) at the Economic Development Ministry an as in-house attorney. Castro’s first role was with the legal department of Bank of Bogotá.