Arrieta Mantilla & Asociados
The ‘creative and determined’ projects team at Arrieta Mantilla & Asociados ’reviews problems from multiple perspectives’, according to satisfied clients. The group frequently works hand-in-hand with the wider firm’s public law practice to specialise in representing public entities, concessionaires and other sector stakeholders on major infrastructure projects and public contracts. Alongside its dominant position in toll-road concession contracts, the group is equipped to handle the full range of projects as demonstrated by its recent roles in airport, irrigation and energy-related matters. Senior partner Álvaro Mantilla is widely revered as a go-to sector expert for his broad experience spanning project development, secondary transactions, and contentious work. The team also draws on public law specialist Yady Villaquirán Castro; administrative law and projects-focused Álvaro Mantilla Sánchez; and up-and-coming partner Ramón Enrique Ramírez. As associate level, Julián González Torres is recommended for his emerging expertise in public procurement processes, among other matters.
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‘The projects team is agile, versatile, concerned with understanding the client's business, reviews problems from multiple perspectives, is creative and determined.’
‘We value lawyers for their closeness, depth of knowledge combined with pragmatism, and efficiency, particularly Alvaro Mantilla, Álvaro Mantilla Sánchez, and Ramón Enrique Ramírez.’
‘We appreciate the team for its extensive knowledge of the sector's problems and personalised attention.’
‘Lawyers demonstrate a good disposition and high-level service vocation.’
Key clients
- Corficolombiana
- Concesionaria Vial de los Andes (Coviandes)
- Concesionaria Vial Andina (Coviandina)
- Concesionaria Vial de Oriente (Covioriente) and its EPC contractor Proyectos de Inversión Vial del Oriente
- Concesionaria Vial del Pacífico (Covipacífico) and its EPC contractor Proyectos de Inversión Vial del Pacífico
- Concesionaria Vial del Mar (Covimar)
- Concesionaria Panamericana
- Proindesa
- Aerocali
- Estructura Plural Aeropuertos del Suroccidente
- Proyectos de Infraestructura y Desarrollo (PISA)
- Operadora de Aeropuertos de Centro Norte (Airplan)
- Concesiones CCFC
- Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional (FDN)
- Consorcio Ruta 40
Work highlights
- Advised Estructura Plural Aeropuertos del Suroccidente (comprised of Corficolombiana and AENA Desarrollo Internacional) on its submission for the PPP for the expansion, renovation, administration, operation, and maintenance of the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón and Benito Salas airports.
- Advised Corficolombiana on various matters, including on the structuring of the execution of national importance projects through the Public Works Tax Deduction mechanism (“obras por impuestos”)
- Acted for Consorcio Ruta 40, the EPC contractor in charge of the construction of the Bogotá-Girardot highway, on various matters.
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Álvaro Mantilla, Yady Villaquirán Castro, Álvaro Mantilla Sánchez, Ramón Enrique Ramírez