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Luis Felipe Barrios Cadena is the Managing Partner and founder of the firm, with extensive experience in the areas of Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions, Advertising, Entertainment and Audiovisual Production, Private Clients and Family Businesses.
He has extensive experience in corporate operations, private contracting processes, as well as in legal aspects related to entertainment and advertising products. He has led several projects of special relevance, such as the development of supply chain contracting models and processes for BP Exploration Company and for Equión Energía Ltd., the negotiation of the international Joint Venture for the commercialization of the Merrell, CAT and Hush Puppies brands in Colombia. Luis Felipe has ample experience in the creation of sophisticated national and international structures for planning and wealth protection, among other projects. He has participated as legal counsel of various productions for open and closed television and platforms since 2000, including "Expedición Robinson", the first reality show produced in Colombia, Pop Stars, Factor X in multiple seasons, among others. In the development of this work, he has advanced the negotiations of the respective format licenses and attended all the legal aspects related to the pre-production, production and post-production of the programs. Additionally, he has been legal advisor in the generation of content for series of wide dissemination and national and international success, including Bloque de Búsqueda, El Comandante and Escobar, El Patrón del Mal. He has also attended the legal aspects related to more than 40 audiovisual productions such as Rosario Tijeras, La Baby Sister, La Reina del Flow, El Inútil, among others, as well as advertising and audiovisual productions in digital media.
Luis Felipe is a lawyer from Universidad del Rosario, with a specialization in media from Universidad de Los Andes. Since 2019 he has been a professor of the Entertainment Law course at Universidad de Los Andes.
He is the founder of BBGS Abogados together with the firms Bambach y Campos, García de Luca y García Velasco and Sacovertiz y Landerer (2014) and of the global alliance Elite Business Advisors ELBA (2019).
Since 2012, he has been recognized by major international legal directories as a leading lawyer in the areas of media, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private clients and family wealth and technology.
Academic background
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Lawyer, Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia).
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Specialization in Media, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia).
Languages
Spanish.
English.
Recognitions
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Band 2 in the TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology) area, Chambers & Partners Latin America.
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Leading individual in the area of TMT, Legal 500.
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Highly recommended lawyer in the area of Restructuring & Insolvency, Leaders League.
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Recommended lawyer in the areas of Wealth Management, Arbitration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Innovation, Technology & Telecommunications, Leaders League.
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Valuable Practice i Dispute Resolution, Leaders League.
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Recognized in the areas of Entertainment Law and Media Law, Best Lawyers in Colombia.
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Lawyer of the year in the area of Media law, Best Lawyers in Colombia 2023.
Memberships
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Member of the International Bar Association.
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Member of the Family Firm Institute.
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Member of the Universidad del Rosario Bar Association.
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Vice-President of the Chamber of Legal Services, National Association of Entrepreneurs of Colombia (ANDI).
Contact
Mail: lfbarrios@bbgscolombia.com
Phone: +57 601 5551350
Address Cra 9 # 80-15 Of. 301, Bogotá Colombia