Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas

Noted for its ‘comprehensive and very high-quality support’, Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas’ environmental law practice is equipped to handle matters across all of Colombia’s major industry sectors but it is particularly weighted towards the energy and natural resources segments. The group strikes a balance between advisory and litigation work, with its recent activity spanning regulatory compliance, permitting matters, project development-related issues and  environmental sanctioning procedures, among others. Director Margarita Lorduy spearheads the team and is ’an excellent lawyer with remarkable experience’. The practice additionally draws on natural resources co-head Hernán Rodríguez, who is a key resource for energy and mining-related matters, and junior associate Valentina Vivas, who focuses on environmental and energy law.