Juan Felipe Roldan Pardo

Juan Felipe is a Colombian lawyer, partner at Gamboa, García, Roldán & Co., with more than 16 years of experience advising local and foreign clients. In his day-to-day, he advises private companies and high-net-worth individuals in the conduction of their business and special projects. Juan Felipe focuses his practice on cross-border transactions, M&A, foreign direct investment, business structuring, financing, complex dispute resolution and shareholder litigation.

Throughout his practice, Juan Felipe has been positioning himself as a key player in the Corporate and M&A mid-market, bringing a young and agile team to the table, but ensuring a top-notch professional service, skills, and a business mindset comparable to those of any big law firms in the country.

Juan Felipe also has relevant experience in the real sector, as he is a member of the investment committee of Private Equity Fund – Cattleya, is a member of the Board of Directors of Ban100 S.A., of Aritmetika S.A.S., and of the Colombian Chinese Chamber of Investment and Commerce.

Juan Felipe holds a JD from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), he coursed studies in private international law at Carlos III University of Madrid, he holds a LLM from Northwestern University, where he graduated with honors Magna Cum Laude, and holds a minor in Business Administration from Instituto de la Empresa of Madrid.

Additionally, Juan Felipe lived in China for over three (3) years, where he studied Mandarin as a fellow of the People’s Republic of China, at Beijing Language and Culture University, and later worked as a foreign associate at Sinowing Law LLP. Hence Juan Felipe is a reference in the Colombian–Chinese relationships and oversees his firm’s China desk.

Juan Felipe speaks Spanish, English, Italian and Mandarin.