Lucas Arboleda
Lucas is a Partner in the Energy & Natural Resources practice area.
Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa
More informationAn increasingly prominent player in the energy market, Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa’s practice secured 13 new clients during 2022/23, including PowerChina International Group, CarbonFree Technology and Intercolombia. The group ‘strives to truly meet customer needs’, according to sources, and possesses experience along the full energy chain, including regulatory, transactional and contentious matters. A former legal director of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Lucas Arboleda was promoted to partner in January 2023; he is valued for his ’great knowledge on energy regulatory issues’. José Miguel Mendoza specialises in corporate conflicts and energy and natural resources work and co-heads the department alongside Arboleda. In February 2023, energy and infrastructure partner Paola Aldana left to become an independent advisor, but the firm has since hired Johanna Cajigas -formerly associate director of the hydrocarbons unit at Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría- as director of the firm's energy practice (effective as of May 2023). Since publication, Cajigas has been promoted to the partnership (February 2024); and the firm has left the DLA Piper network to which it previously belonged - effective as of May 2024.
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Testimonials
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‘We value the firm for its immediate and permanent availability. The team strives to truly meet customer needs.’
‘DLA fields lawyers who have worked in private practice and in the public sector, providing a good mix of backgrounds. Client service is excellent, superior to other firms in response times and in the close relationship established with the client. It is interested in the processes beyond the required request.’
‘Lucas Arboleda is an excellent partner; he has an incredible disposition, has great knowledge on energy regulatory issues, is up-to-date and knows how the public sector works due to his experience at the Ministry of Mines and Energy.’
‘This office has lawyers who know and understand the Colombian public sector and the ways in which we must interact to achieve the expected results without generating risks related to the state nature of our company. Lawyers build trust and value.’
‘The training of lawyers in the public sector generates knowledge and risk management strategies associated with the management of public resources. I highlight Lucas Arboleda and Camilo Martínez for their performance and advice.’
Key clients
- Air-e
- First Solar
- BBI Colombia
- Uriel Renovables
- CarbonFree Technology
- Termoélectrica El Tesorito
- Intercolombia
- Transelca
- PowerChina International Group
- XM
Work highlights
- Advised Air-e on the structuring of the first private tender process for the development of renewable energy projects in Colombia.
- Advised Proeléctrica on the structuring of a solar photovoltaic energy project with an installed power of 200MW.
- Advised BBI, owner of the coffee shop chain Tostao, on reviewing and negotiating long-term agreements for the supply of electricity to its operating plants and shops.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Johanna Cajigas
Johanna is a Partner in the Oil & Gas practice area.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Lucas Arboleda, José Miguel Mendoza