Lawyer
Private Clients and Family
Andrea Concha is a lead associate on matters involving estate planning and other private client issues, as well as family disputes. She is consistently rated highly for her fantastic client service, combined with her commercial awareness. “She is a family lawyer and she always listens, which is very important. She goes the extra mile and she insists on being available.” High Net Worth, Chambers and Partners, Latin America.
Principal Associate, member of the Private Clients and Family team. Her professional practice focuses on advising business families, both in Colombia and abroad, on managing their wealth. She is an expert in designing and implementing corporate and fiscal structures for succession planning, asset protection, and tax planning, as well as processes for the transmission of leadership in family businesses (family protocols), successions, divorces, drafting prenuptial agreements and wills, among other matters related to Private Client practice. With over 17 years of experience, she has advised business owners, executives, high-net-worth families, family offices, trust companies, and clients across various industries.
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.