Phillipi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero y Uría

Iván

Paez

Director

Environmental Law and Sustainable Development

Personal Contact

Ivan Paez PPU Legal

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.

Education

2009
MASTERS CANDIDATE
Universidad del Rosario
2007
SPECIALIST
Universidad del Rosario
2006
SPECIALIST
Universidad del Rosario
2005
LAWYER
Universidad del Rosario

Languages

English, Spanish

Work experience

2024 - TO THE PRESENT
DIRECTOR
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
2019 - TO PRESENT
PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
2013 - 2019
LEGAL DIRECTOR
Macias Gómez & Asociados Abogados
2011 - 2013
LITIGATION AND SANCTIONING COORDINATOR
Macias Gómez & Asociados Abogados
2010 - 2011
LAWYER
Macias Gómez & Asociados Abogados
2009
YOUNG RESEARCHER
Universidad del Rosario
2009
CONSULTANT
Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo - PNUD
2009
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Universidad del Rosario
2008 - 2009
LAWYER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND ETHNIC GROUPS RESEARCH GROUP FOR THE SPECIAL INDIGENOUS JURISDICTION PROJECT
Universidad del Rosario
2008 - 2009
ATTORNEY OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis
2007 - 2008
LAWYER OF THE GENERAL UNDER SECRETARIAT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Secretaria Distrital de Ambiente
2006 - 2007
LAWYER OF THE LEGAL SUB-DIRECTORATE
Departamento Técnico Administrativo del Medio Ambiente - DAMA
2006
FAMILY LAWYER
Centro de Investigación de las Telecomunicaciones - CINTEL
2005 - 2006
HEAD OF THE SUBDIVISION OF NOTIFICATIONS, CONTROL OF PROCEDURAL TERMS, RECEPTION OF STATEMENTS, COMMISSION OFFICES, ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC (LAWYERS AND INDIVIDUALS) AND PROCESSING OF FISCAL LIABILITY PROCESSES WITHIN THE COMMON SECRETARY
Contraloría General de La República - Delagada para investigaciones, juicios fiscales y jurisdicción coactiva

Memberships

  • Instituto Colombiano de Derecho Ambiental

Academic and Teaching Activities

2008 - TO DATE
Postgraduate Degree in Environmental Law, Chair of Legal Regime of the Air
TEACHER- Universidad del Rosario
2010 - 2012
Chair of Political Constitution and Civic Education
TEACHER - Universidad del Rosario
2009 - 2012
Chair of Constitutional and State Theory
TEACHER - Universidad del Rosario
2009 - 2013
Chair of Business Law
TEACHER - Universidad del Rosario
2008 - 2015
Postgraduate in Environmental Law, Chair of Waste and Discharge Regime
TEACHER - Universidad del Rosario