Luis Fernando Macías
/PartnerColombia
Partner at PPU expert in Environment and Sustainable Development. He has more than 25 years of experience in Environmental Law, mainly in litigation and sanctioning processes, compliance and legal strategy. He advises important national companies and multinationals in complex environmental business and has been a consultant for many international organisms. He is also an Ecuadorian lawyer due to the homologation of diplomas. The principal international directories rank him as a tier 1 lawyer.
Legal Advisory
Luis Fernando Macías has a 360-degree vision of environmental standards in the businesses he advises, making his counsel truly comprehensive. He also offers a high level of client service and sophistication".
Education
Doctorate in Political Studies
University of Paris III – Universidad Externado de Colombia
Ecuadorian Lawyer (Degree Equivalency)
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Master's in Doctrines and Political Philosophy
University of Paris I. Sorbonne
Master's in Latin American Political Science
Institut des Hautes Etudes D’Amerique Latine (IHEAL), Paris III
Lawyer
Universidad Externado de Colombia
Languages
English / Spanish / French
Work Experience
Partner
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Founding Partner
Macías Gómez & Asociados Abogados
Litigation Attorney in Public Law, Civil Law, and Environmental Law
Particular
Individual Consultant for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
ONUDC
First Head of the Legal Office
Ministry of the Environment
Acting Secretary General
Ministry of the Environment
Publications
Memberships
State Adjudicator
Member of the drafting group for the Global Pact for the Environment project
Member of the Board of Directors of the Colombo-Ecuadorian Chamber of Industry, Commerce, and Integration
Vice President of the Institute for Sustainable Development, QUINAXI
President of the Colombian Institute of Environmental Law and Sustainable Development
Arbitrator at the Arbitration and Conciliation Center, Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá
Member of the French Society for Environmental Law (Société Française pour le Droit de l'Environnement)
Member as an expert of the Environmental Legislation Review Commission
Academic and Teaching Activities
Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad Externado de Colombia y Universidad del Rosario, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla)
Professor
+562 2364 3786
