About

Pablo Urrego, started his career in private practice before joining Renault Sofasa in 2004 first as a member of the legal team, then progressing to legal manager and to his current role in 2010. He also represents the company on different boards including the Renault Foundation in Colombia. Since becoming general secretary, Urrego has implemented a new business model from scratch involving the transformation of the legal department’s image from a hindrance to its perception as an earnings generator. He has overseen the merger with RTMX, an automobiles parts assembler, and negotiated a legal stability agreement with the Colombian government, negotiating new fiscal reforms in the Envigado municipality. Urrego also successfully arbitrated a case against a former dealer arguing for commercial agency at the Bogota Chamber of Commerce. Urrego and his team have applied new litigation, contract and trademark templates and a scheduling system that keeps track of deadlines. He has also specialised his team in different subject areas and expertise to maximise efficiency and legal coverage. A nominator says that he ‘is one of the most important and recognised in-house lawyers in Colombia, working for the Renault Group almost all of his career. With his near 15 years of experience in the business, plus his strong [legal] knowledge on commercial and business law, he has turned the legal function [into] a strategic area for the company obtaining outstanding results with strong impacts all over the business… Urrego is also an MBA Graduate from Inalde Business School and has postgraduate degree in International Business Law from Los Andes University. He has to deal with some of the most important legal issues of Renault Colombia in their history and has helped the company to succeed in its operation to become the biggest automotive company of the country. Urrego, is without any doubt, one of the top best in-house lawyers in Colombia’.