Juan Felipe prior to joining the firm worked in Gamboa & Del Hierro Abogados, one of the four law firms that merged into G&C Abogados. From 2011 through 2014 he lived in Beijing, China, where he undertook advanced mandarin studies thanks to a scholarship granted by the People’s Republic of China, and he worked in a boutique M&A law firm and investment consultancy, Sinowing Law LLP and Sinowing Consultancy and Investments LLC. In this role, Juan Felipe directed the business development and the foreign client’s relationships departments.

He is a member of the Investment Committee of the Cattleya Private Equity Fund, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Colombo China Chamber of Investment and Commerce, Aritmetika S.A.S, and Ban100 S.A.

Juan Felipe obtained his law degree from the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). He has studies in private international law from the Carlos III University of Madrid. He received his LLM from Northwestern University, Magna Cum Laude (Chicago, Illinois), and holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Instituto de la Empresa (Madrid, Spain).

Additionally, Juan Felipe studied Mandarin in Beijing, China, as a fellow of the Chinese People’s Government, at Beijing Language and Culture University, and later worked as a foreign associate at Sinowing Law LLP.

Languages: Spanish / English / Chinese – Mandarin / Italian.