Director
Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
Associate-to-watch Iván Páez continues to garner ample praise from interviewees for his advisory expertise in the Colombian environment area. “Iván Páez’s expertise is in the environment area and he has a comprehensive vision of every matter. He is also very agile and intelligent”. Energy and Natural Resources: Environment, Chambers and Partners, Latin America.
Director of the Environment and Sustainable Development team. His professional practice focuses on environmental and administrative law. He has extensive experience in the practice of environmental law in the public and private sectors. He has advised clients in environmental licensing processes, in sectors such as infrastructure, energy, hydrocarbons, mining, and agroindustry. Expert in the design of legal strategies for handling environmental litigation and sanctioning processes, and in the judicial and administrative representation of national and international companies. For more than 8 years, he led the litigation and sanctioning group of a firm of great national recognition.
Cristina es abogada de la Universidad de Los Andes (1998). Cuenta con un LLM de Columbia University (2002), un Curso en Corporate Compliance de la Universidad de Los Andes (2020) y un Diplomado en Gestión de Riesgos de la Universidad de La Sabana (2020). Después de una larga práctica en fusiones y adquisiciones y derecho financiero, Cristina fue nombrada Secretaria General y Controller de PPU en enero de 2019, apoyando a PPU en un amplio rango de asuntos regulatorios y contractuales y a cargo del proceso de conflictos de interés. Es la Oficial de Cumplimiento de PPU en Colombia y un miembro de su Comité de Deontología y Cumplimiento. Está a cargo del proceso global de manejo de conflictos de PPU, los estándares profesionales y éticos, reclamaciones, acuerdos de seguros y el manejo de riesgos.