PROFILE
Trilingual lawyer (English, French and Italian) with a Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) and a Master of International Business Law from the Sorbonne University School of Law (France).
I have work experience in public surveillance and control entities, mixed trust companies, law firms and in international legal affairs offices of state entities in matters of public and private international law.
I have also worked as an undergraduate and postgraduate professor in Colombian universities.
EXPERIENCE
FROM 2022
VÍCTOR MANUEL BERNAL - INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ADVICE
DIRECTOR - FOUNDER
International right
Dispute settlement mechanisms
Fiduciary Law
2019 - 2021
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL CONCILIATION CENTER OF BOGOTÁ HEADQUARTERS
Administrative and legal management of the Conciliation Center.
Coordination of conciliation hearings, conciliators and administrative staff.
Preparation of responses to petition rights.
Preparation of legal concepts regarding conciliation and alternative methods.
2017 - 2021
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
ADVISORY LAWYER DELEGATED ATTORNEY OFFICE FOR CIVIL AND LABOR AFFAIRS
Advice on alternative dispute resolution methods (MASC), particularly in the fields of conciliation and arbitration.
Conciliator in civil and commercial law.
Preparation of responses to petition rights.
Preparation of legal concepts in compliance with prevention tasks of the entity.
2015 - 2017
1493 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CONSULTANCY
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
In charge of the Fiduciary Law area and co-leader of the Entertainment Law and Creative Industries area.
Structuring of fiduciary projects in real estate, infrastructure and commercial matters.
Legal defense of trust companies and public and private clients.
Legal advice on civil law, commercial law, corporate law, administrative law and civil procedure.
2013 - 2015
FIDUCOLDEX SA
LEGAL DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL BUSINESS – LEGAL VICE PRESIDENCY
Director in charge of providing legal support to the PROEXPORT Colombia trust, today PROCOLOMBIA, and the FONTUR Autonomous Trust, autonomous trusts constituted by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.
Director of the Committee for the participation of Colombia in the Universal Exhibitions led by PROCOLOMBIA.
2012 - 2013
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ADVISORY LAWYER OF THE DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AFFAIRS
Structuring of the memorandums of defense of constitutionality of the laws approving the treaties before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Colombia.
Participation as negotiating delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the negotiations of trade and justice treaties.
Participation as an expert delegate representing the Republic of Colombia in the sessions of the working group II Arbitration and Conciliation and III ONLINE Dispute Resolution Mechanisms of the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law - UNCITRAL.
2009 - 2011
FIDUPREVISORA SA
LAWYER OF THE LEGAL VICE PRESIDENCY
Preparation of complex contracts, legal advice on the development of fiduciary activities.
Legal defense of the company and its trusts in civil, labor and administrative matters.
Member of the training team of the Trustee, in charge of carrying out the training in Trust Knowledge and Contracting Manual.
Meetings with clients of the Fiduciary, private and state.
STUDIES
2011 – 2012 Philadelphia – United States
MASTER OF LAW (LL.M.)
University of Pennsylvania Law School (Top 10 Law Schools in the United States). Concentration in Public and Private International Law (International Business Law and International Arbitration).
2007 – 2008 Paris – France
MASTER'S DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (Degree Cum Laude)
École de Droit de la Sorbonne - Université Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne. Concentration in International Commercial Law and MASC (International Commercial Arbitration and Mediation).
2002 – 2007 Bogota – Colombia
ATTORNEY
University of the Andes. Concentration in Private Law and International Law.
