Lorenzo Villegas Carrasquilla

Practice Areas

Technology, Media & Communications (TMC)

Antitrust, Competition & Trade

Dispute Resolution

Career

- 2018-present – Partner, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, Bogotá, Colombia

- 2010-2018 – Director, Lorenzo Villegas Consultores y Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia

- 2006-2010 – Chairman and Commissioner,

- Regulatory Telecommunications Commission (CRT), Bogotá, Colombia

- 2004-2006 – Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, International Law and International Arbitration Group, Paris, France

Professional Memberships

 Member of the New York Bar Association.

 Young Arbitrators Forum, Internacional Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

 Grupo de Estudios en Internet, Comercio Electrónico, Telecomunicaciones e Informática – GECTI, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de los Andes

 Réseaux de Contrats Publics dans la Globalisation, MADP-Science Po

 Asociación Iberoamericana de Estudios de Regulación, ASIER

 Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG), London Court of International Arbitration – LCIA

 Association de Droit Public de l´Économie, Universidad de París 2

 International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) Young & International Association, American Arbitration Association – AAA

Publications

 Author, "Regulation as proven fact in international investment arbitration", pending publication

 Author, "Debates about the consent to the arbitration agreement by the State in international investment arbitration", Arbitral Law Treaty, Volume I, Editorial Ibañez Group, 2011

 Author, "Investment protection agreements and the regulatory power of the State: an analysis of indirect expropriation and fair and equitable treatment", International Review of Arbitration no: 12, pgs. 57-104, January-June 2010

 Author, "The Law on ICT and the regulation of telecommunications: The Communications Regulation Commission", Comments to the Law on Information and Communication Technologies - ICT (Law 1341 of 2009), Universidad Externado De Colombia, 2010.

 Author, "Regulation and foreign investment: The Treaties of Reciprocal Promotion of Investments and the standard of Fair and Equitable Treatment", International Law, Colombian Journal of International Law, N ° 15, July-December 2009

 Author, "Problems of modern contracting and consumer protection in information and communication technologies", Universitas, No. 117, July-December 2008

 Author, "New Generation Networks, Cybersecurity and the Right of Telecommunications Users", Telecommunications Law, GECTI, Uniandes Editions - Editorial Témis, 2008

 Author, "Market Economy and Telecommunications", Perspectiva Magazine, Institute of Political Science, edition No. 15, December 2007

 Author, "Legal Notion of Regulation", 15 years of telecommunications regulation in Colombia, CRT, 2007

 Author, "Reflections on the Consolidation of the Regulatory State", 15 years of telecommunications regulation in Colombia, CRT, 2007

 Author, "Advances in telecommunications: analysis", La República, August 31, 2007

 Author, "Security in telecommunications networks", Protection and Security, Colombian Security Council, year 53, No. 313, May-June 2007

 Author, "The action of tutelary a new mechanism for review of arbitration awards in Colombia?", Revista de Arbitragem e Mediacao, No. 7, October-December 2005

 Author, "Design and institutional performance of regulatory agencies", www.dussan.net, 2005

 Author, "Regulation of public services: constitutional redefinition of the Colombian State", Constitutional law, critical perspectives, Legis, Bogotá, 2001

Personal

Lorenzo is a Partner for the Firm in the Technology, Media & Communications (TMC) and Antitrust, Competition & Trade practices and coheads the Dispute Resolution team. He has more than 21 years of experience advising national and international clients on matters of data protection and privacy, technology, Internet, fintech, e-commerce and telecommunications. Also, he has significant experience in regulation and arbitration.

Lorenzo is a recognized expert in telecommunications and Internet law and has advised on matters related to disruptive technologies, big data, artificial intelligence, fintech, cyber-security, start-ups and telecommunications regulatory issues. In terms of privacy and data protection, Lorenzo has advised national and foreign companies in the implementation of the Colombian data protection law and has significant academic experience in these matters.

Likewise, he has advised and represented in competition matters. He has been a professor at different universities in law and regulation of telecommunications, Internet, electronic commerce, data protection, arbitration and constitutional law.

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish